User:Joe manavalan

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Joe Manavalan

[edit] Childhood

Joe was born in Surat, India, which is in the Northwest, to Sefat Ronin and Chuni Manavalan with the name. At age two he moved to England, where he learned how to speak English although he cannot pronounce "r's". This often causes him to have cumpulsive fits because he cannot speak his native Hindi. At age 6, he moved to Mexico for two months before sneaking across the boarder into America. He migrated north to Big Rock, Arkansas. In 2002, he moved to Cincinnati, where he now resides. Joe's parents are both Sikh devotees, or beleivers in Sikhism, which was established by ten Gurus, teachers or masters, over the period 1469 to 1708. This is obviously noticable because of his father's turban, beard, or by a steel bracelet on his wrist.

[edit] Drumming

In 2003, Joe learned how to play Indian drums, or native drums played in India. Joe learned how to play the tabla from local Cincinnatian musicain, Raaj Muhammed, who in 1999 moved from Varanasi, India. He plays Delhi Gharana style, which is the oldest of all tabla gharanas, and is also the first to establish improvisation rules. It was founded in the early 18th century by Siddhar Khan. Khan, having been a pakhvaj player, was responsible for incorporating pakhvaj bhols to the style. However, the tabla, not the pakhvaj, is now the main instrument of the Delhi gharana. A few important tabla Ustads are Gamay Khan (1883-1958), who was the most important player of the twentieth century, his son Inam Ali Khan, and Chatur Lal. Joe has played on multiple cd's which have been released around the Cincinnati area, but has had trouble gaining popularity because the music he plays is often sung in Hindi and is noticably different from traditional western music. He is supposedly said to have donated an amount of $200,000 to the World Health Organization.(According to an anonymous source) This donation is supposed to be indirectly for India, in eradicating the various problems with Hepatitis.