Addiction!

Music! I can live without breathing, not without music. I am not exaggerating. Not at all. First memorable memorable music concert of mine was in a hilly place called Attakatti near Pollachi. We had to take a boat from Coimbatore to reach this place. I was young, say probably in 8th grade, may be. My first fan, if I rememberly correctly, was my uncle . My mom's big brother. Seenu mama. He loved hearing me. Whenever I was around, he would say, "Nalini, sing". Whenever I happen to listen to a song, I will give my complete attention to it. My body, soul, every bit of nerve, everything would be immersed into it. When you become one with Music, there is no other feeling that can be that qualitative. Once I was driving in 80 miles speed in Ithaca, Newyork. One side is full of water, other side of the road is full of trees. My car stereo is at full volume with one of my favorite songs....One hand on the steering wheel and the other out in the window, wow, wow, what a feeling! It can only be felt and not expressed. But in music, so many voices, so many songs, so many types lured me. But I am a BIG fan of my dad's music. He used to play violin early morning around 5.00 am. Wow, uncomparable music and yet to see one soul on the globe to express the same amount of dedication and interest to that field! Dad is the best. Now I hear my son sing, catch up to all tunes faster, his favorite first song when he was 2 was, "Manthara tharare". Now he loves Usher, SnoopDog, Phil Collins, Eminem in addition to his all time favorites "Kurai Ondrum Illai", "Siva Rama Krishna", "Kannan Sonnadhenna".