Voices of a virtual contest – The New Indian Express

Express News Service CHENNAI: Munbe vaa en anbe vaa… echoes a melodious voice, with an impressive diction and control over pitch. Besides me, over a thousand people are engrossed in listening to a contestant sing in Voice of Clubhouse, the first-ever Tamil singing contest show on Clubhouse, a social audio app.  Started on July 24, the bi-weekly show has become a global launchpad kick-starting the careers of budding singers. Hosted by Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy, film composer and music producer, and singers Chinmayi Sripada and Swagatha S Krishnan, the show received 1,000-odd entries via WhatsApp and email from singers all over the world. The judges have been shortlisting participants for the finale on September 25.  A promising platform “With a listener count of 1,500 to 2,000 people every episode, we’ve been getting feedback regularly from our listeners and we value them. People look forward to it as a stress-buster. This has given an opportunity to contestants from the US, the UK and Vietnam, and enabled people from various backgrounds and time zones to compete on fair grounds. We even have contestants who aren’t native Tamil speakers learning a Tamil song every show to deliver to the audience flawlessly,” says Ashwin. One such performer…
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