Nee (band)

Nee
Origin	Bangalore, India
Genres	Folk, Fusion, Arabic, Classical, Pop, Rock
Years active	2009 - Present
Labels	Nee Music Rating by RadioGirmit [1]
Website	http://www.bandnee.com
Members
Siddeshwar Sairam Vikram Joshi Sumithra Priya Yadav [1]

File:Nee CD Coversheet.jpg

Coverpage of the album Nee

Nee is a Kannada music band, founded by Siddeshwar, released their debut album on Nee Music on June, 2009 ^[2] The first ever Kannada Album by IT Professionals ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Filmography

The duo from the band, Siddeshwar and Vikram has composed music for a Sandalwood film Jai Hind, produced by Major Srinivas Pujar.^{[1][7] [8]}

Early days

The thought process emanated early in the year 2001 with an objective of making music albums. Siddeshwar, the founder of Nee, went on a talent search to build a strong music team to make innovative songs. Sairam became a strong pillar of Nee since 2004 and composed several Hindi songs which include a Nee Album Hit score 'Pahadi'.^[9]

Nee became a complete music troop in the year 2007 with Sumitra and Joshi joining in.^[3] The Nee group performed live on Dec 15th 2008 on the sets of TV9 (National News Channel) that became a big booster for them to create a music album.

What is Nee?

Sa – Re – Ga – Ma – Pa – Da – Nee

Nee is the seventh notation on the music scale, number seven is a magical number and has the following special mileage in this world: ^[2]

Seven Wonders of the World
Seven Continents
Seven Seas
Seven Colors in the Rainbow
Seven Musical notations
Seven Stars
Seven Days in a Week

Audio Release of Nee on 27th June 2009 at Planet M, by Raghu Dixit

Raghu Dixit (Centre) during the audio release along with Sumithra, Siddeshwar, Vikram Joshi and Sairam

Motive

Nee's motive is to give a message to the society; one of the album’s songs showcases the four noble truths of life as enlightened by Gautama Buddha.

This album showcases all shades of life like happiness, sorrow, romance, excitement, enjoyment, love for nature so on and so forth. Nee is the first Kannada music album of its kind, which gratifies likes of all ages.

Discography

2009: Nee - Rebirth of Music

^[5] The band Nee's self titled debut album was launched by the popular music director Raghu Dixit ^[2] on the band's new independent record label 'Nee Music'

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Composer(s)	Lyricist(s)	Length
01	Kuniyona	Sumithra	Siddeshwar, Sumithra	Siddeshwar	4:14
02	Malenaadavanu	Sairam	Siddeshwar, Sairam	Siddeshwar	5:10
03	Ee Nayanagalu	Sumithra	Siddeshwar, Sumithra	Siddeshwar	4:07
04	Marulaade	Joshi	Joshi	Siddeshwar, Ravi	4:16
05	Noorase	Sumithra, Sairam, Joshi	Siddeshwar, Sairam	Siddeshwar	4:28
06	Manasaagide	Joshi	Joshi	Joshi, Niranjan	3:36
07	Nee	Sumithra, Joshi	Siddeshwar, Sumithra	Siddeshwar	4:40
08	Dastak	Sairam	Siddeshwar, Sairam	Sairam	5:39
09	Tunturu	Sairam	Siddeshwar, Sairam	Siddeshwar	3:54
10	Pahadi	Sairam	Siddeshwar, Sairam	Sairam	5:11
11	Pahadi (unplugged)	Sairam	Siddeshwar, Sairam	Sairam	4:42
12	Nee (Remix)	Sarada, Sairam	Siddeshwar, Sumithra	Siddeshwar	4:21

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/10/2011051120110511235648212ad9e1208/Weekend-musicians-bag-film-contract.html
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450530800.htm
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=10&contentid=20090625200906250018595647e124c0b
4. ^ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/complete-package-416
5. ^ ^{a b} http://www.radiogirmit.com/musicreviews/nee
6. ^ http://www.usirekannada.com/articles/read-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-da-nee_25.html
7. ^ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/160848/stepping-sandalwood.html
8. ^ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/others/dynamic-duo-442
9. ^ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/10777/techies-craze-kannada-rock.html

External links

• Official Band Website
• My Space
• Band Nee's Free Audio Streaming at KannadaAudio.com
• Band Nee's Free Audio Streaming at Raaga.com