Ramesh Vinayakam was born on 7 July 1963 and is an Indian composer, arranger, singer, songwriter, music producer, and a music researcher.
18 Facts About Ramesh Vinayakam
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Ramesh Vinayakam was born Ramasubramaniam to Tamil parents Vinayakam and Valli.
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Ramesh Vinayakam went to AM Jain College and later graduated in commerce from the University of Madras.
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Ramesh Vinayakam learned Carnatic music from Rukmini Ramani and Western classical music from Jacob John, completed his studies at the Trinity College, London with a diploma.
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Ramesh Vinayakam decided to pursue his dream when he got a chance to meet S P Balasubrahmanyam, through a friend who introduced him to the legend.
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Ramesh Vinayakam worked with Moulee on two more films, Manchi Roju and Aunty starring Shobana and Jayasudha, respectively.
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Ramesh Vinayakam recalls that "nothing happened" thereafter and calling it a "long and frustrating period".
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Ramesh Vinayakam then composed the score and songs for Radha Mohan's maiden feature film Azhagiya Theeye and Jerry written by Crazy Mohan.
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Ramesh Vinayakam received positive critical response for his work in Azhagiya Theeye in particular.
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Ramesh Vinayakam composed his first devotional song at age 12.
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Ramesh Vinayakam has composed many jingles and numerous title songs for television, including all of Crazy Mohan's television series.
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Ramesh Vinayakam's upcoming projects include the English remake of A Wednesday, titled A Common Man directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Chandran Rutnam and starring Ben Kingsley, as well as S P Charan's next production.
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Ramesh Vinayakam has lent his voice for songs from the films Bhaiyaa, the dubbed Telugu version of the film Malaikottai, and the low budget flick Kadhal Valarthen, which had music by singer Srinivas.
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Ramesh Vinayakam has been working for several years on a so-called "Gamaka box" or Gamaka Box Notation System, a way to visually represent and notate the gamaka, which is a type of ornamentation in Indian classical music.
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Notation of gamakams is generally not found in the Indian music system and Ramesh Vinayakam's attempt was seen as a possible breakthrough and revolution in carnatic music.
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Ramesh Vinayakam has obtained patent for the Gamaka box notation.
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Ramesh Vinayakam is working on creating a raga incorporates microtonal swarasthana, named "Sruti Ranjani".
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Ramesh Vinayakam created a raaga named by him as Beethovanapriya.