Singer cum composer Upasana Mohan is following the footsteps of his colleague Gururaj and come out with two volumes of valuable light music songs, karaoke tunes and book that contains the lyrics in one pack. The 25 songs two MP3 is released by Lahari Recording Company and Akash Audio for the first time in a joint venture. The fifty songs written by legendary poets in Kannada literature Gopalakrishna Adiga, Puthina, L.N.Bhatta, Lakshman Rao, Chandrasekhar Talya, Thulasi Tanaya ,Dr.HSV, Vyasarao and others are beautifully song by seasoned singers in the composition of Upasana Mohan.
The rage for light music has gone up in nook and corner of Karnataka in the wake of lot of competitions by the private satellite channels. For the taluk areas where there are no school to teach light music. This Karaoke will be useful said Dr.H.S.Venkatesha Murthy releasing the two MP3's. The correct translation to Karaoke is 'Joguha' ' meaning jothegoodi haadu ' sing together explained the famous poet on this occasion.
Baby Hiranmayi and state award singer M.D.Pallavi showed how the track could be adjusted to the voice by singing three songs after the MP3 release function.
Upasana Mohan has given a new facelift to light music in Karnataka conducting programs in the colonies under 'Maneyangaladhi Light Music'. He has so far conducted 68 such programs.
Lahari Recording company proprietor Velu present at the audio release function said piracy is eating away any good effort made by audio industry in Karnataka. He also cautioned the FM stations in Bangalore that they will have to face consequences if they do not use the Kannada songs that are in plenty in channels.
