GEORGE SENANAYKE AN UNSELFISH MULTI TALENTED MUSICIAN,MUSIC COMPOSER DIRECTOR, SOUND ENGINEER AT APEX OF FAME FOR DECADES –By Sunil Thenabadu George Senanayake was born in the family with two brother siblings a native in Dehiwala area close to the Zoo. When he was around ten years old his father had decided to sell the properties to evade close relatives around settled to live in Homagama area, Has had had his education in Homagama area.His father who had worked in the Ceylon Electricity Board has had a craze for music often playing a ‘harmonium’ which comprised of pedals ,had been during leisure playing the ‘harmonium ‘ had singing many types of old songs.Young George had learnt to play the ‘harmonium’as a novice was able to grasp the manner of playing. There had been a ‘box’ guitar too at home.George has had  friend who could play ‘bass’ guitar very well. When George approached ...

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KOCHCHI SINGING QUARTET DELIVERING RED SPICE OF MUSIC VIA DYNAMIC FOURSOME DISPLAYING AESTHETIC MAGNIFICIENCE – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:youtube.com   The recent Covid-19 lockdown period had given musicians in ,particular and the general public in general to engage themselves to devote ample time to novel creations as time was accessible in abundance. The joint Aluth Iskole perception of Mariyazelle GUNATILAKE,Kelum SRIMAL,UPALI Sannasgala and Mahesh Denipitiya linking seventy five artistes and singers was very admirable which was a booming triumph. Correspondingly the aspiration of dream star season 2  Upekha Nirmanai de Silva daughter of acclaimed ‘Jolly Seeya”alias Chandu de Silva,too which had been lingering in her mind for sometime to form a female band with a talented foursome, first of its kind in Sri Lanka, was able to get off the blocks in establishing a dynamic foursome with spicy pods in Erandi Madushika Ranaweera, Shashika Madushani Herath and Nirasha Natalie ...

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KOCHCHI: DELIVERING RED SPICE OF MUSIC VIA DYNAMIC SINGING QUARTET DISPLAY AESTHETIC MAGNIFICIENCE   – by Sunil Thenabadu The recent Covid-19 lockdown period had given musicians in ,particular and the general public in general to engage themselves to devote ample time to novel creations as time was accessible in abundance. The joint Aluth Iskole perception of Mariyazelle GUNATILAKE,Kelum SRIMAL,UPALI Sannasgala and Mahesh Denipitiya linking seventy five artistes and singers was very admirable which was a booming triumph. Correspondingly the aspiration of dream star season 2 Upekha Nirmanai de Silva daughter of acclaimed ‘Jolly Seeya”alias Chandu de Silva,too which had been lingering in her mind for sometime to form a female band with a talented foursome, first of its kind in Sri Lanka, was able to get  off the blocks in establishing a dynamic foursome with spicy pods in Erandi Madushika,Tashni Perera and Nirasha Natalie and of course Upekha herself as the leader ...

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