this is interesting!:) it actually correlates somewhat with my theory (!). there is mainstream and then there are people trying to experiement and go beyond it, and create newness, they are not scared of going against traditions for the sake of their pursuit. but sooner or later, this fresh experimental sound may become mainstream, and then the situation becomes interesting. this is the situation rahman is in presently i feel. he has created his sound, and now he also has ppl following his 'sound'. for him, now to do what he has been doing is as repulsive as following the sound that existed when he first started composing, hence his search for new sounds, and hearing his new stuff, i feel he is still searching. this is his experimental phase. comments?:)
--- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://ningning.org/blog/?p=100#comment-1393 > > > > âHave you ever had a die-hard A.R.Rahman fan tell you not to judge the proverbial book by its cover? Iâd bet your answer would be in the affirmative if youâve ever had (the good fortune of having) one to start with. > I still remember quite vividly how I would plead with my Sister to listen just one more time to a song that she has just spurned. Iâd say âRahmanâs songs need time to grow on you!â > I have always wondered why this phenomenon is so pronounced in his music. I think I have discovered the answer in Robert Pirsigâs Metaphysics of Quality (or MoQ for short). He is one who postulated âQuality is a direct experience independent of prior intellectual abstractionsâ. > I have a feeling Illayaraja & Co. should take a lionâs share of the blame for giving people (especially Tamilians) a heavy baggage of intellectual abstractions they seem to be lugging around. If this be the case, why should there be exceptions? What makes me see the quality and apparently my Sister not? The answer is - there is a static good consisting of a fixed set of patterns in the form of traditions and laws and there is a dynamic good that is outside of any culture and that which is not contained by any system of precepts. > âStatic goodâ is what we latch on to and dynamic good is that something which allows our culture to evolve continually. I embrace this dynamic good more readily because I can let go of my relatively light baggage of âintellectual abstractionsâ. I can say this with a great amount of certainty also because in my experience age is directly proportional to the verve with which Rahmanâs music is denounced. > This makes Rahman - The Brujo (Spanish word for a sorcerer). Music composer M.S. Viswanathan can vouch for that â" he once said, Buffaloes get scared when they are exposed to Rahmanâs music (sure sign of some vicious black magic, I would say). > MoQ also answers the all important question â" how do you know for sure what you are after is this so-called âdynamic goodâ. The short answer is â" you donât. When I embrace Rahmanâs music, itâs because of this âvague sense of betternessâ it gives me. I searched a little bit to see if my feeling can be given a name. I found my answer in Immanuel Kantâs ânoumenonâ (German: das Ding an sich or the thing-in-itself) as opposed to phenomenon (as seen by the observer). He says its noumenon that lets us take informed decisions that we think are moral. Its something we donât perceive but nevertheless thinkable. > Just the other day, my friend asked me what makes me like a particular movie which was trashed rather unceremoniously by the whole of Tamil Nadu and beyond. I didnât have an answer. I donât need one because I was after âdynamic goodâ. On this, my sister would agree because she declared, the movie in question deserved the âcult statusâ.â > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
