BASS GUITARIST
MADHANA PRAKASH
From someone who has been progressing in the South Indian music industry from 1990 to this day and age. His journey in this forum to read is as beautiful and euphoric as his music.
Madhan has associated with playback singers and music directors. He has been around the globe for concerts and several events..
After his endless and perpetual growth in his carrier, In 2019 he started his own band named-“Madhan’s Band” . .
It thickened out to be much more than what he thought.
The Madhan’s band started playing and evolved into more reality shows, played concerts abroad and worked for multiple event companies as freelancing.
He also performed in numerous televisions shows and spectacles, one such renowned show is-Singing Stars in Colors Tamil.
33+
YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN THE MUSICAL INDUSTRY
BASS GUITARIST
MADHANA PRAKASH
Madhan whose love for music originated from playing percussion instruments such as Timing, Thumba, and Conga, he gradually started to evolve his passion and love for music by learning to play the Bass guitar from his master - Mr.Radha Krisnan (ela) and cautiously started playing innumerable music and music styles for top bands in Tamilnadu at regular intervals.
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MY JOURNEY
I had written my 10th Standard exam and was enjoying my holidays, is it a long holiday and had nothing much to do, I came up with this person, Mr. Ela who was staying next door and he always took me over to this musical programs whenever he had a chance. So that’s when I started traveling along with him and started helping him when he was out to shows. This ended up being my summer routine. Yet another day Mr. Nagaraj (Percussion Player) inquired me and said “I see you coming here every other day with Mr.Ela and watching the show, I can see you’re so much into music so if you’re interested you can join me in the play”, and that’s when he started teaching me to play the percussion instrument and it all began, my new journey towards music.
By this time I started playing Percussion in the show along with Mr.Nagaraj and I got inspired by this musical instrument called- Conga (a 2 Piece) and I was so avid and anxious to learn and play this piece of beauty. I was so into it that, even not having the instrument didn’t stop me from learning to play it, I took out a notebook and drew two circles and imagined them to be a conga and played the pattern from what I got inspired from and practiced them home. I used to pretend like I’m playing in front of the conga player during shows and him seeing this, gave me a chance to play and teach me. I got so excited and learned my first song and played it on stage, it was- Meenamma Meenamma from the Movie Rajadhi Raja. And when I thought it couldn’t get any better I actually got an opportunity to play the conga for one whole show since the main player was on leave, so that’s when my journey towards music started to evolve.
Yes, I started playing Conga for full-time shows. After that I started listening to Triple Conga player, playing pattern for songs and with the same inspiration I used to go back home take a rough book and sketch circles and started to practice them. I played the pattern from what I have learned from the player of Triple Conga player and one day he too appreciated and gave me a chance to play a song. So my first song which I have played using triple congo on stage was- Onnu Rendu Moonu Naalu from the Movie Dharma Durai.
I started playing triple Congo for shows and simultaneously was also helping Mr. Ela to set his Bass Guitar on Stage, off stage, and at home whenever he was practicing new songs and that’s when I got engaged and stimulated in playing Bass guitar. I realized that the bass guitar is the backbone of any song which is equalizing the Lead instrument and Rhythm instrument. After that I started learning Bass guitar from Mr. Ela and started playing it more, the first song that I played was – Parijatha Poove from En Rasavin Manasula. Every time I go to shows along with Mr.Ela he always prized me and would always ask me to play the song from Parijatha Poove and would hear it soulfully.
My whole life I continued playing the Triple Congo and the bass guitar. One day I got a chance to play the Bass guitar for a full show since Mr. Ela wasn’t available. That day I was completely relished to play the songs then sooner or later Mr. Ela got a chance to travel Abroad for 3 Months and I took his place in Chennai as the lead bass guitarist, where Mr. Padhmanaban Lead Guitarist who plays for all the orchestra and was my well-wisher and adviser. He used to recommend me to perform in all the orchestra’s, and that’s how my three months as a lead bass guitarist went-by. While coming back from his tour Mr. Ela brought a Rhythm Machine and started feeding sequence Rhythm for shows and taught me into handling it.
Mr. Ela again went abroad for shows along with Mr.Padmanaban. Where I maintained the full orchestra and started feeding sequence Rhythm for the songs that he taught me. My first song in rhythm sequence was Urvasi Urvasi from the Kadhalan. While coming back from his tour he bought an Audio Mixer 48 Channel for the shows and I evolved around it .Mr.Ela was the best master anyone could ask for, all his teachings were practicals and hands-on that gave me all the experiences and knowledge that I could gain and be thankful for.
I used you setup up all the instrument and audio equipment for the shows and I will do the basic sound balancing before the show. When the show starts I will play bass guitar and maintain the Lead & Rhythm sequencer on stage. My first reality show as a bass guitarist was in the DD Tv channel.
I started helping Mr. Ela to sequence the basic rhythm track for the song recordings since At that time he was too busy with recordings back to back.
I joined in Jeevaraja Sruthi as a Bass Guitarist for three month, where his bass guitarist went to abroad for shows. Once the bass guitarist is back to Chennai he joined with the group, within 5 months, Jeevaraja Sruthi drummer went to abroad so they called me as a Rhythm programmer and I worked as a Rhythm programmer for more than 2years. After that the bass guitarist in Jeevaraja Sruthi had left the orchestra and Mr.Jeevaraja want me to play Bass Guitar and Manage the Rhythm programming as well.
Started playing for Hindi programs as a Bass Guitarist and Rhythm Programmer.
Jeevaraja Sruthi had started playing in reality show called Rajageetham in Raj Tv. Jeevaraj kept high hope on me and given the chance to play bass guitar in Raj Tv Rajageetham where that time i am a small musician in the field. Thanks to Jeevaraja for giving the opportunity and that made me more visibility in the music field.
My first abroad sailing was to Sri Lanka for this beautiful wedding in February. Then in proper interludes , I travelled to Australia in November along with Jeevaraja Sruthi for a Star Night program along with Playback Singer Karthik, Harish Ragavendar and the show hosted my MR. B.H.Abdul Hameed.
I went to Malaysia for a show called- Star Night, along with the artists- Vivek, Abranmi and Singers-SPB, Madhu Balakrishnan, Sujatha and more and the show was hosted by Mr. B.H.Abdul Hameed.
This year I took a turn of events and started playing and performing for corporate events and initiated myself to evolve as a freelancer and gained the events knowledge from Mr. S M A Basheer Ahamed & Mr. Jerome Deepak John.
At this time I was working as a manager for Mr.B.H.Abdul Hameed and we conducted numerous shows overseas throughout the world. The first abroad show under my management was the- Imaiyangal in Singapore along with Vijay TV with a well-known artist, Siva Karthikeyan (Actor), then Singers namely- SPB, Chitra , Madhu Balakrishnan, Mukesh and Surmukhi the whole show was hosted by B.H.Abdul Hameed.
I had the chance to perform in a European TV channel as a Bass Guitarist for a Reality Show. Playback Singer Mukesh introduces to his family friend Mr.V.Sriganesh who loves music and passionate about music. We both became a friend after that. He helped me by referring to his friends and gave a birthday event party for his own daughter. At that time, he understands my quality and strength. So he wants me to come up in the life for that he had pushed him a step forward and we joined together produced a Musical show called Innisai Vaarpugal Presents – Vadakum Therkum ore Isai Sangamam under the Banner of Gama Events. The event expenses had taken care of by him. The event happened on 23rd May 2015 at The Music Academy.
I got a chance to work with BTOS artist management company and full-blown into Musician Manager for Music Director A.R.Rahman which included shows for both Local and Abroad.
Madhan's Band got the opportunity to perform in Colors Tamil Television Reality show and it was a great launch for me as a band head. We owe our sincere gratitude to online editor Mr.Venkatesh Sir, who had a big faith on our musical band who had referred to Mr.Diwakar (Tharag Padaipagam) who has hosted the "Singing Stars" reality show in Colors tv.
We also got the opportunity to perform in a Corporate event with the support of CARPEDIUM ENTERTAINMENT.
Our first show is for a multinational company "DANFOSS" which was held at Chennai.
Launching Madhan’s band in Muscat, Oman in January. Mr. D.P Venugopalan – CEO – JMR Events, had kept high hope on my band performance, that’s where our band launched abroad and thanks to Mr. Jose Mikkle Robin Chairman of JMR Group of Companies to sponsor the show.
Inspite of tough times during Covid – 19, Madhans Band performed First Virtual E-Concert as an online show on 30th May 2020.
Event link : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYcBQuRocP9Q2zhiXlzquZt5m9qcJIn2W
Thanks to entire Technical Crew, MC, Singer’s and Musician’s for their sincerely efforts.
While performing this virtual E-Concert, we got several opportunities, one of the memorable show is the
NEWYORK TAMIL SANGAM – 50th YEAR Celebration through Virtual E-Concert which is avail in our MadhansBand YouTube channel.
Madhans Band is thankful and delighted to announce that the biggest Virtual E-Concert in the music industry had been performed by us. Thanks to MJ Digital Mr Jangangir who referred our music band to this mega show Sangeetha Megam 2021 organised from London in aid of the Organic Home Garden Project. We are grateful to all the 13 social service organisations who all joined together called Bridge. The organisation’s names are
– Lotus Caring Hands (UK)
– Ratnam Foundation (UK)
– Virutcham Trust (UK)
– New Life Foundation (UK)
– Kili People (UK)
– Paranthan Hindu OBA (UK)
– Forum To Assist Children’s Education (UK)
– Save the Life International (UK)
– V4U (UK)
– NIMBU (UK)
– Mannar Welfare Association (UK)
– Our Society (UK)
– Path to the Future (UK)
Madhan’s band had an opportunity, with the grace of God, to perform in Ireland for the first time. The concert "Unni Menon Live in Concert" was organized by IIE (Ireland Indian Entertainment) founder, Mr. Suresh D.K., along with the legendary playback singer Kalaimamani Unnimenon.
This was a long-awaited dream-come-true moment in my life to celebrate and honour our Legend Mr. B.H. Abdul Hameed, Sir. He was a great mentor and a pillar of support in my life and career.
On December 18th, 2022, Madhan's band was so grateful to perform for the biopic book release event along with the below playback singers for "Vaanalaigalin Oru Valipokkan" which was presented by JMR Events at Chennai.
1. Madhubalakrishnan
2. Unnimenon
3. Pradeep Kumar
4. Mukesh
5. Surmukhi
6. Priya Hameesh
7. Prasanna Rao
8. Aadhavan
Thanks to Mr. D P Venugopal & Mr. Jose Michale Robin from JMR Events for supporting my thoughts and suggestions to honor the Legend Mr. B.H. Abdul Hameed, Sir for his indefinable efforts.
On October 21, 2023, Madhan’s Band performed an amazing concert in Toronto. Thanks to Tamil Osai Sree Canada, who referred our band to Latika Productions.
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WOW Experience & a great opportunity to perform for the Muscat Tamil Audience on 24th Nov 2023 - Our Band got an opportunity to perform in Indian Social Club Oman - Tamil wing along with the Legendary Playback Singers
1. Madhubalakrishnan
2. Nithyashree Mahadevan
3. Mahathi.
Super Singers / Upcoming Playback Singers
1. Sai Vignesh
2. Anu Anand
3. Rajaganapathy
Alongside with our 10 Piece band,
the outcome was widely enriched with the audience support.
Special Mention & Thanks to Mr. Srinivasan Sir & Mr. Vijay who had kept faith and gave us a wonderful opportunity to perform.
Thanks to INDIAN SOCIAL CLUB OMAN - TAMIL WING
ADVISOR : SRINIVASAN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- VIJAYA SARAVANAN
- ARUNA RANI
- KALYAN SUNDAR
- OM PRAKASH
- SHANMUGAM
- SEENIVASAN
- RAMASAMY
- JEYGANESH
- RAHMAN ANIFFA
Dear Latika Productions,
We are immensely grateful for the opportunity to perform at the Isai Aruvi event at Canada Whitsby Place on June 28th. It was an incredible experience for Madhan's Band, and we are truly honored to have been a part of such a wonderful occasion.
The evening was magical, filled with beautiful melodies and vibrant energy. It was heartwarming to see the audience enjoying our music, swaying to the rhythms, and immersing themselves in the joyous vibes of the performance. Their smiles and applause were the best compliments we could ever receive.
Thank you once again for giving us this platform to showcase our music. Your support and organization made this event a memorable one for us and for everyone who attended.
Warm regards,
Madhan's Band
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