ICM Forum: Guidelines/FAQ

[RR]

Hi all,

Pls do not create one thread for every query. This is 1) making the forum look displeasing 2) creating technical problems for us. So, please don't create too many threads! Often you won't have to because we may already have a relevant topic created for you. First have a look around and browse the older topics to see if there's another topic similar to the one you have in mind. For example, if you want to post a query on 'Annamacharya Keertana', don't just go ahead and create a new topic! If you browse thru the older topics, you'll find that we already have a topic on 'Annamacharya Keerthanas' containing many useful information. See if contains answers to your query, if not.. go ahead and post a response in THAT thread. Following this practise helps in several ways:

* keeping all requests/queries organized means that our inhouse experts like Lakshman,meera,etc. have only a few places to look and answer your queries. You may get responses faster!

* having few threads will extend the time it takes for your queries to get pushed into archives. (Yes, new threads go into archives after they age.)

* More importantly, too many threads is just fattening our database and slowing down access speed for everyone.

We look forward to your cooperation. Thanks!

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Here are links to some threads for your common queries:

"Lyrics/Meaning Wanted" threads

Kannada Lyrics
Malayalam Lyrics
Sanskrit lyrics
Tamil Lyrics
Telugu Lyrics
Hindi,Bengali,Marathi,etc lyrics

* Generic "Lyrics Requests" thread
* Generic "Songs and meanings" thread

Composers

Annamacharya Kirtans
Meera bhajans
Muthuswamy dikshitar
Purandara dasa kritis
Surdas bhajans
Swati thirunal kritis
Tyagaraja keerthanas
Wodeyar kritis

Other categories

Aarti songs
Dance compositions
Goddess Lakshmi songs
Sai bhajans
Tamil Wedding songs - kalyaana paadalgal
Thillanas

Artists

Chembai Vaidyanatha Bagavathar
Maharajapuram santhanam


Assorted Useful Threads

* "Carnatic Song Stats" thread - For general queries of the type "who is composer of this song", "what is the raga of this song", etc:

If your query is on specific composer/singer or specific song category, you should first look for a related thread, and post in that thread. We already have threads for many such Annamacharya, Tyagaraja, Dikshitar, Purandara dasa, Meera Bhajans, Marriage songs, Thillanas, etc.

*"Carnatic/Hindustani Notations Wanted" thread. - If you want indian notations for a song/krithi.

If you want western notations, Post in "western notations wanted" thread.

* 'Audios/MP3's wanted' thread. - If you are looking for audios/mp3's of a song.
* Concert Reviews
* Carnatic Album reviews
* Musicians, Articles, Tidbits
* Classical Music related websites/links
* Mridangam aspects & repair
* Eymology of raga names
* Raga/Tala Technical queries
* Carnatic music fundamentals - fundamental questions on carnatic music
Looking for Carnatic music classes/teachers
Interesting articles

Again, please.. please DO NOT CREATE one thread for each query. Thanks!

When in doubt, send a pm to one of the moderators. They will point you to the right thread.

[srinivasan552000]

Thank you Moderator.

In fact I was unaware of this.

I shall follow strictly your advice.

Srinivasan

[Indrajith]

What happened to ROS? I am not able to get on to http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=188

-Indrajith