I forgot to post this. Though it is unfortunate to miss to print singers
names correctly, lets forget it for human errors. That does not mean music
lovers cannot identify voices just becuz of wrong names. they know it better. &
We are here to welcome all, to offer chances to others voluntarily, to give
space & place to all people who come here, who consider us & approach us with
sincere affection & regard apart from business reasons & in the end always find
themselves luckier & more successful in their career one or other way. That is
the main thing / magic about this soil, that no one should forget. "vandhArai
vAzhavaikkum thamizhagam"....
Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Musical notes
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2007/09/08/stories/2007090851230300.htm
K.L. Sreeram is busy making a mark in the field of playback singing. He dabbles
in all things musical
Photo Vipin Chandran
Versatile artiste K.L. Sreeram has made a mark as composer, singer and
innovative musician
Internationally reputed violinist Vanessa-Maes album Choreography celebrates
dance rhythms from around the world. Original pieces were created by renowned
music directors, including A.R. Rahman. That piece had a strong Indian fla vour
and more significantly a Malayali touch to it. The vocal arrangements were
conducted by Palakkad K.L. Sreeram, who has made a mark as composer, singer and
innovative musician.
The recording took place sometime early 2004 at Rahmans studio in Chennai. He
was in London then and we played according to his instructions from there. I
also sang some classical alaaps in a few basic ragas. It is an
instrumental-fusion album. The final mixing was done in the United Kingdom. The
album was released in September that year, recalls Sreeram, who got his big
musical break through Rahman.
Getting into the Rahman stable was by chance. He had accompanied his wife Baby,
a Carnatic vocalist, who was to sing a complex variation of a Madyamavathi
piece. Sitting in the console room, Sreeram was biting his nails in
exasperation. He could see Baby struggling to decipher Rahmans instructions.
Unable to stand the stress any longer, he asked if he could help Baby with the
song. Sreerams detailed demonstration ended in energised singing.
Taj Mahal
What Sreeram did not realise was that the microphone was on all the time.
Rahman, impressed by Sreerams singing, went on to punch the whole song. A week
later Sreeram got a call from Rahman for his first film song, Tirupaachi
arivaala
in Taj Mahal.
A Calicut University Kalaprathibha, Sreeram has always been immersed in music.
He played the flute and mridangam for concerts and other music programmes, did
the nattuvangam and vocals for Bharatanatyam, was a guest artiste at
Kalamandalam, and composed adavus and jathis for dance. And then he moved
from Palakkad to Chennai. He suddenly felt unemployed.
I was frustrated at not doing anything and went in search of a job.
Fortunately, I was introduced by one of my friends to music director Rajamani.
He took me in to assist him in the re-recording of Keeravanis film
Pasavalai, which was going on in one of the studios. For the next 10 days I
was doing what I loved most. And, I was being paid too. That was my first
experience of playing for a film.
Sreerams debut song Tirupaachi arivaala
went on to become a huge hit. Two
more popular hits from Rahman followed but it also caused a lot of heart burn.
Sreeram sang the Tamil version of the Sukhwinder Singh hit Thaiya thaiya
in
the film Uyire, a remake of Dil Se.
But when the audio cassettes were released it went with Sukhwinders name. I
was crestfallen but decided to keep quiet about it. Corrections were made but
it was late.
Then came the other blow. Sreerams song Vettrikodi kattu
for the Rajnikant
film Padayappa turned into a smashing hit but the credit for this song went
to Malaysia Vasudevan. Vasu Sir was kind enough to go public and state that
the song was sung by me. Rahman was furious and called up the company making
the cassettes and asked them to make the change. When the CDs came out my name
was there.
Peppy numbers
Sreeram has so far sung around 80 Tamil songs that include peppy numbers such
as Tirunelveli halwa
(Samy), an innovative fusion number that had just two
words Love Check along with Sivamanis drums from the film Paathale
Paravasam, some fast numbers like Kannamoochi attam
from Kannamoochi
Yenada, and interesting duets like Mundasu sooriyane
(Sandaikozhi),
Urranthotathula
(Veyil) and Ulagame nee
(Ivan).
In Malayalam, Sreeram has composed the music for Mazhamega Pravukal and
Melvilasam Shariyanu. Im not sure how the film fared but a couple of songs
have become popular. One of them by S. Janaki, Kanne kanmani
from my first
film and a duet Puzhapadum ee pattil
by Jayachandran and Sujatha did figure
on the charts.
Some of the songs Sreeram rendered in Malayalam like Kadamizhiyil
kamaladalam
(Tenkasipattanam), Pottukuthedy
. (Ravana Prabhu), and
Indumathi
(Rakshasa Rajavu) are testimony to his talent.
Sreeram, a regular member of fusion bands Heart Beat and Silk Route, still
plays for film recordings, does ad jingles and even finds time for the odd
classical concert.
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