The Trendsetter . . .
To popularise Carnatic music among the younger generation he experimented and produced a CD "Call of the Bamboo" with the accompaniment of electronic percussion and western drums with Indian percussion for Chaste traditional carnatic music. It was an unique experiment, which was well recieved & was appreciated by critics globally.
Raman also experimented & released a CD through the most popular lable 'Lahari records'which was a carnatic flute solo with the Tavil accompaniment .
Raman released a challenging CD which other musicians would have never attempted with Sagar Musics , a popular lable co. in Bangalore in which he played the Complete Vedic chants of Lord Venkateshwara on flute with veena accompaniment.
Carnatic,Hindustani,Folk, Contemporary, Jazz , Music Theatre , Symphony , Dance Ballet - you name the genre & Raman has mined it creatively over the past 18 years or so. He has jammed with Irish , Flemish ,Welsh ,Spanish & musicians globally .
Today Raman is one the most hardworking men in the music business , playing concerts , producing CD's , playing recording sessions at home & overseas . He enjoys playing anywhere & everywhere , from the Night clubs , to the Royal festival hall in London.
Raman's creativity is never ending -particularly when he has the chance to collaborate with singers, poets , choreographers & instrumentalists .
Raman has diversified his music by working with great musicians Globally, Great dancers like Kumudini lakhia , Nahid Siddaqui ,Shobha Naidu ,Padmini ,Chitra & Meenakshi Sheshadri
Raman has performed in prestegious venues like the Royal Festival Hall ,London , The Barbican Center ,London , Madras Music season Festivals, India ,& has done workshops at the Trinity college of Music, London , The University of Birmingham , Stetson University & so on . Raman has performed with the members of London Philormonic orchestra , Belgium's Rajhans orchestra ,Stetson University orchestra.
Raman's life is just dedicated to Music & his imaginations & creativity are infinite & immortal.