thanks Vithur. wonder how u time to do this.. appreciate ur patience to hear and type all these
On Jan 22, 2008 10:50 AM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Members > > May be for the benefit of people who are not able to stream it properly > and hear it I thought I can just write it down so that everybody can read > and enjoy > > q :- How was Life before you got your first break ?. The struggles faced > ?? > > > I did one album . i.e. Punjabi Songs in South Holland . It was a > combination of folk songs ; traditional PUnjabi Music and western style. It > came out very well and people liked it. That CDs were given to everyone in > Bollywood. It was a combination of Jazz Music, country music etc > > Q :- How did you get your first break ? > > I was listening to Laxmikanth Pyarelal right from Childhood. They were big > shots , and I wanted to contact them somehow. I convinced their watchmen to > leave me inside, and he allowed me to meet them. They claimed that it was > good, but were giving me some tips abt Music Direction, which I couldnt > understand properly. So, I was upset once again. At that time, I heard > somewehere in radio that music of ROJA and Rangeela had released. Then I > decided that this is the right person for me, who can do the experiment and > can understand me well. when I sang the Punjabi Version of Chaiyya Chaiyya > in front of the Music Directors in Mumbai, they were telling that its not a > good song, an ordinary song, and is creating more noise. So, I decided to > run away from Mumbai to CHENNAI. It was a very right decision , and the > moment I met ARR, the song was finished in the next 20 minutes. > > Q :- How did you get a chance to meet ARR ?. > > There is a musician very close to ARR, whom I met before. I asked him that > I wanted to meet ARR somehow, and he told me " Come". > > Q :- Your whole life changed after you met ARR ?? > > Definitely. ARR is a genius. I met the person, who always makes new > experiments. > > Q ;- How did you convince ARR ?. > > Now also, I feel I am not a succesful singer. Other singers are doing a > good job. I have never tasted succes. I have not seen success. Basically, my > motive was to do an experiement with music. When I met ARR, there was no > need to describe anything. The moment I met ARR, he told me to write lyrics > for the movie . I was shocked. It was fr a waqt for the movie THAKSHAK. ARR > told Govind Nihalani that may be wecan try with Sukhwinder singh if he can > write the lyrics. So it was liked by Govind ( director ) , and he told ARR > that Sukhwinder can write the lyrics. ( MUje Rang De Mujhe Rang de Song ) > > And then ARR asked if he can write a song dil Se. Sukhwinder jokes saying > that he writes all lyrics from his heart ( Dil Se ) , for which ARR told " > No.. its for a movie called Dil Se ( Maniratnam Film ) ". ARr started > narrating the situation, and SS was saying about Pir Baba Bulleh Shah. The > situation that was explained was suitable for wordings from Pir Baba Bulleh > Shah. ARR liked it very much, and then he asked " Whom do you think will > sing this ?". SS told " Let me try". and he sang and then everything was > history. > > first big break with ARR was that . > > SS was there in Chennai, till the completion of TAAL. Till that time, SS > was living there, and then returned to Mumbai. > > On 1/22/08, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://profile.imeem.com/dWod_ZN/music/3tL9a1fK/bbc_asian_network_sukhvinder_singh_on_arr/ > > > > > > Towards the last 1/3rd of the piece. > > > > Thanks to Dev Mannemela for this clip. > > > > > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE > >
