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Melantha Perera launches solo career at the Walawwa in Melbourne – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Melantha Perera has over the decades cut a niche for himself as a singer, songwriter and a pioneer of acapella in Sri Lankan music. His achievements don’t end there having been part of some of the best bands in Sri Lanka including Mirage, and his hunger for more, apparently knows no bounds. An inner lust for exploring further horizons has seen him set up music schools and his current music workshop Riversheen school of music has gained wide acclaim and popularity among budding musicians in the Island of great musical talent. Hailing from Moratuwa in Sri Lanka,  widely acknowledged as the country’s music capital, Melantha is from a family rich in music background, his parents, siblings and children following a God gifted talent. His brother Rukshan is a case in point  being a highly respected musician ...

Feb 27, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , ,
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VISHARADA BANDARA ATHAUDA MOST HUMBLE MODEST MUSIC LECTURER, VIOLINIST, VOCALIST IN A GLITTERING CRUISE FOR OVER FORTY NINE YEARS – By Sunil Thenabadu Visharada Bandara Athauda was born in  his ancestral village in Ankumbura Kandy to parents MKDA Athauda and Charlotte Samaratunga  , a Principal and Teacher, on 23rd February 1948 . as the third child of six siblings  ,three brothers and three sisters. Father had been a native of Ankumbura Kandy while mother from Udugampola in the Gampaha district, the two had met while worshipping the sacred tooth relic at the Dalada Maligawa. After Bandara’s  birth in a village in Ankumbura  he had been forced to live in Uva Welassa located between Bibile and Moneragala  cities as his parents were on a transferable service. From year one to the year five Bandara had studied in the in the Senapathiya Vidyalaya beginning from year 1953. Bandara reminisces the fauna and ...

Dec 4, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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CEYMUSIC INSTITUTION CEO KALINDU WEERASINGHE ON COPYRIGHT IN MUSIC AND LYRICS (AITB) – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : dailynews   A basic run down of copyright as it applies to musicians and lyric writers. Copyright is a bundle of legal rights which artists own in relation to their creative work. Copyright gives the artist rights to control how other people can use their creative work. The copyright owner can control who can copy their work and how it can be used. The copyright owner can permit or refuse permission to other people who want to do these things. Copyright exists immediately. One not need to register to get copyright. Works protected by copyright include song lyrics and music. Music might be a composition for an orchestra, rap music or music for a traditional instrument like a yidaki or didgeridoo. Other subject matter protected by copyright includes sound recordings. It might ...

Nov 23, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , ,
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“MUSIC IS THE KEY” – by Des Kelly While everything else is going on around us, the only thing to help with sanity around the Globe is MUSIC. There is ALWAYS some music playing around, SOMEWHERE. My Mum, bless her soul, was musically minded. She won prizes for singing, while still in School, and was determined to pass on her talents to her eldest Son, me. Very early on, also at School, she wanted me to learn to play piano, which I did try. My piano teacher was a Roman Catholic Nun, and she did try her best, but being a little rebel, right from the start, I was not too wrapped in sitting there playing ‘scales’ day after  boring day. I wanted to play the ukulele, and Mum did have one in a cupboard at home. I never did learn the ‘theory’ of music,which I always later regretted,but my ...

Sep 30, 2022 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , , , ,
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