Raju Bandara a phenomenal musician to emulate dictates in peak spot in celebrity – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo source:hungama.com Behind all the songs and music that we hear, there are some untold stories. Stories of those musicians who dedicated their lives to music. Stories of each of their career paths are identified by only them, just like their palm prints. In a competitive and saturated industry like music, one needs a lot of luck to thrive. What are the qualities behind the success of famous musicians? .Raju Bandara is one who thrived in this industry for over four decades having commenced music while still a school boy at Kegalu Maha vidyalaya.In the annals of history of musical careers there had been no stable income when one start to embark upon this path.Many commence music as a passion but to transform passion into a career is a path of a struggle. ...

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Manoj Peiris: An effervescent dominant voyage in the field of music – By Sunil Thenabadu Source : sundaytimes.lk There are many successful musicians today who had no other choice of career except music, so they give their hundred percent to it. To implement focusing only on a musical career, one requires a lot of confidence in oneself. Manoj Peiris is a musician who has mastered his art, one who needs to give his whole time and energy to the art. A sense of adventure in a musician is a good motivator to dive deep into music and make it the only priority and path ahead. It is hard work of Manoj his stepping stone for success for approximately for four decades. Lalithakala Visharada Deshamanya Manoj, as a successful musician, is into music totally practicing hard in his early days, to date too as a highly talented exponent of the ‘Tabla’, which is exclusively his ...

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VISHARADA JAGATH WICKREMASINGHE REPUTED VOCALIST ,MUSICIAN AT THE SUMMIT OF FAME – by Sunil Thenabadu    Visharada Jagath Wickramasinghe was born on 10 April 1966 in Kolonnawa. His father L.K Jinadasa Wickramasinghe and mother Aryawathi Chandralatha who were both were competent music teachers. Hence it was natural for Jagath to have inherited music affiliations from the parent duo in addition to have had innate music skills.His parents were largely involved with many of musical programs in Sri Lanka. Therefore, he used to practice, sing and play whatever his parents did during their rehearsals. It is during those days his potential for singing and playing instruments were discovered by his parents.  In 1972, he was studying at Ashoka Kanishta Vidyalaya, Maradana and after triumphing  the grade 5 scholarship examination, he attended Ananda College studied up to grade 10. Then he had to enter Anuradhapura Central College as his parents had got an unexpected transfers to Anuradhapura. In the ...

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