Thanks for your update, man... keep going.. Cheers, Siraj
On 10/19/07, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Singer Sriram (of 'Vetri Kodi Kattu' and 'Thiruppachi AruvaaLa' was the > guest on yesterday's show. > > (Usual disclaimer: Please excuse if there are inaccuracies... typing this > mail from memory) > > > Sriram: > "I am basically a flautist and never had any idea that I will get into > playback singing. I had accompanied my wife Baby for a recording for > A.R.Rahman. My wife is a carnatic singer and had not sung for film music > before. She was scared and was hence haveing problems getting what AR > exactly wanted! I went upto ARR who was at the console and told him that > I'll go and help her. I told him that I'm a musician too and he agreed. I > went inside and sang to let her know what Rahman wants.. Rahman was > impressed with that and he called me over to sing the 'jathis' in "Dheem > Tare" (from Takshak).... That's how I became playback singer" > > "I had also lent my voice for 'Raga Dance' composed by ARR in Vanessa > Mae's Choreography. (the starting "thadhingina ththom... bit") The funniest > part was I had no clue that it was for Choreography! Few months later, for > some ARR related whow, they were playing this track before the show started > and I said "OMG.. this is my voice"... A person there told me "This is an > international album, not a film song. Must be someone else"!!! And then, > Rahman himself confirmed that it was my voice!! Usually, singers note down > in their diary, all the recordings that they have done, the movies for which > they have sung etc. But I have never done that, and so I get surprises like > this!! > > Even when I had recorded 'Vetri Kodi Kattu' I had no clue it was for a > Rajni movie. Only after the recording was over, Rahman called me and told me > "Do you know for what movie u have sung just now? Rajni's Padayappa!!" I was > so thrilled!!!" > > "I do compose songs and try my had at recording.... When I have some > technical difficulty, I call up Rahman. So down-to-earth is Rahman that he > actually helps me out and advises me about recording techniques despite all > his busy schedule of assignments and international commitments. He also > calls me up and discusses with me any latest technology in music or > recording that he comes across" > > > > > Sriram is the guest for next friday's show as well... so, i will continue > next week! > > > > > > Cheers > Aravind > > > > > > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
