If you need any help from THE HINDU, CHENNAI.. Pls let me know. I have interacted with the Business Line Editor Mr. D. Murali before.
we can try with some existing contacts On 2/1/08, Shah Navas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Hindu carries good number of articles on classical music. Though not > exactly a journal. And I guess they published a yearly book on music review. > We can contact the editors and writers over there for some leads. > > On Feb 1, 2008 12:59 AM, arr pavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thats really a wonderful idea. There are journals on music in india > > (mainly classical music which carry small columns on light music) about > > various artists, advt. sections, musical shops. But this journal about a > > film music director would be first of its kind. It is an arr exclusive & his > > music by arr fans with usual other sections which you suggested. One > > more feather to arr's cap. It is a matter of time keeping aside financial > > issues. There was a call for designing official website and it happened. > > Similarly another call for for various posts to maintain a journal from > > editor to columnists to proof reader to regional circulation manager to > > marketing manager with the help of printing press could deliver in the names > > like- Musically Yours. Hope publishing journal is an extension of PFB > > coloring books. > > > > Regards Pavan > > > > > > > > > > *neena kochhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > :-) :-) > > > > Hi Shah Navas > > Thank you for posting replies... I'd even forgotton that I had written > > 'feelings or observations' . It was about midnight when I wrote the message > > and forgot to mention (as we all know) that Journals are on subscriptions, > > need editors plus reviewers and so on. But from the posts in the group I > > note that the members are very knowledgeable so it didn't matter if I missed > > a few things related to Journals. > > Neena > > > > *Shah Navas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > Oh no... I did not reply to that 'feeling or observation'. It was > > purely instinctive. :) > > > > On Jan 31, 2008 9:52 PM, Shah Navas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Great Idea Neena and a very thoughtful one too. Hope this reaches ARR > > > or he already has this mind. > > > > > > > > > On Jan 31, 2008 5:35 AM, neena kochhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > "Neena and Raghu: I think above, I answered your interests and > > > > concerns regarding the request to start our own journal on ARR's music. > > > > Yes, > > > > Gops is already doing so much for this group and we can't ask any more > > > > of > > > > him. I think we just need to organize our resources already flowing > > > > through > > > > this forum and make them easily available and accessible to the > > > > thousands of > > > > fans who are a part of this group. I'm sure that would be something we > > > > can > > > > do fairly easily". > > > > > > > > Dear Dasum > > > > > > > > First of all I woud like to thank you for reading my e-mail and > > > > responding to it. Many a times I've posted but I observed and felt > > > > that no > > > > one ever reads my mails since generally there was no response to them > > > > although the same thread by some else was responded to. Oh no, now I > > > > am not > > > > complaining but as I just mentioned it is a mere observation and > > > > feeling. > > > > > > > > Secondly, I was off to a very important work meeting just after I > > > > replied to the e-mail about the journal. Let me clarify - I still > > > > believe > > > > that producing a Journal of music is a fantastic idea. Since ARR is > > > > opening > > > > the School ( I reiterate, I prefer the term Academy) of music, he (ARR) > > > > (or > > > > others working with him) could perhaps get in touch with a publisher who > > > > would be willing to publish this Journal (monthly like other journals). > > > > It > > > > will have articles on music and in that a section of readers letters > > > > which > > > > could include articles like your e-mail that many have responded to. > > > > The > > > > Journal would be on the line of for example: > > > > > > > > Journal of Experimental psychology > > > > Journal of Indoor Air > > > > Journal of Food Science and Technology > > > > and so on > > > > > > > > Its like Acedemia (ARR music School) and Publications going hand in > > > > hand. > > > > > > > > In this Journal (which could also be available on line - > > > > e-Journal).... > > > > > > > > Various people in the music industry both in India and Abroad would > > > > contribute articles which will give insight to various aspects of > > > > music.... > > > > > > > > It would have latest newsrelated to the music circle, e.g. > > > > technology and software developments.... > > > > > > > > It would include a jobs section that could advertise jobs and this > > > > section would generate revenue.... > > > > > > > > It will have other general advertiement section, e.g music shops, > > > > intrument rpair shops... again to generate income..... > > > > > > > > It would include information on seminars and lectures, workshops etc > > > > on music which people could attend free and /or by payment depending > > > > upon > > > > the nature of the talks... > > > > > > > > Poepe would of course have to buy the journal which again will > > > > generate income. He is an international figure and I am confident that > > > > people outside India would read and subscribe to the journal. > > > > > > > > I don't expect any one in this group to write this journal but I > > > > just wondered and wanted that perhaps those who are close to ARR > > > > suggest it > > > > to ARR and let him decide. His Music school is no mean feat and > > > > documentation survives the test of times. A journal on these lines > > > > will/could immortalise the teachings and open door to musical knowledge. > > > > > > > > Perhaps I am being naive here but as I not in India I don't know if > > > > such journals already exist and if they do how well do they do. > > > > > > > > I hope what I have written makes more sense now after this brief > > > > explanation above. > > > > > > > > Keep up the good work. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Neena > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Dasun Abeysekera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Rahmaniacs, > > > > > > > > First of all, let me say I'm humbled by all the wonderful responses > > > > you have sent. I have saved each and every one of them and thought I'd > > > > use > > > > one email to respond to all of you. > > > > > > > > Anand: Yes, being in touch with your own spirit and its connectivity > > > > to all of life is the key to reaching higher consciousness - it is > > > > really > > > > about self-awareness. There is so much beauty to be experienced at each > > > > higher level and we need profound minds like Mozart and ARR, who push us > > > > subconsciously through their music and Einstein and Tolstoy, who > > > > illuminate > > > > the true nature of our universe and humanity to help us reach those > > > > levels > > > > consciously. > > > > > > > > Dinesh: I will try to post some of my feelings on ARR and his music > > > > in the future as and when I find the time. I have always been grateful > > > > to > > > > Gopal and this forum, which when I joined had less than 200 fans, for > > > > giving > > > > me the opportunity to share the wealth of feelings that ARR had > > > > inculcated > > > > in me through his music first, then through his personality and > > > > thoughts. > > > > I'm happy to have woken you up from your slumber: as Kailash Kher says - > > > > Jaago! :) > > > > > > > > Padmini: The song I analyzed was Uyirum Neeye and not Kehna Hai Kya. > > > > Since there are so many new members here, I will re-post it. Perhaps, I > > > > need > > > > to load articles like these in a shared location in the group so that > > > > fans > > > > can read it at their leisure. I would love to have Swapnil's musical > > > > reviews > > > > in one place if possible too. As I always experience at work, good ideas > > > > just come and go because we don't store them in anything else, but > > > > emails, > > > > which are really hard to manage. > > > > > > > > Neena and Raghu: I think above, I answered your interests and > > > > concerns regarding the request to start our own journal on ARR's music. > > > > Yes, > > > > Gops is already doing so much for this group and we can't ask any more > > > > of > > > > him. I think we just need to organize our resources already flowing > > > > through > > > > this forum and make them easily available and accessible to the > > > > thousands of > > > > fans who are a part of this group. I'm sure that would be something we > > > > can > > > > do fairly easily. > > > > > > > > Gomzy: I think your point is fair regarding the lack of originality, > > > > but I used the word in the sense of innovativativeness more than > > > > genuineness. I doubt I will ever have to question ARR's sincerity. > > > > > > > > Siraj, Suresh, Krishna Kumar, Vithur, Chord, Avinash, Shanavas, > > > > Durbha and all: thank you again for your kind comments, they'll help me > > > > stay > > > > motivated to write more of these, and before that, finish this one! :) > > > > > > > > Like some director once said (forget who exactly it was), ARR is > > > > like an ocean..so calm and so deep. If we can explore how much > > > > creativity is > > > > conjured up by him in those moments of spontaneous revelation, which I > > > > feel > > > > is what he experiences, we can grow a little deeper than we are now, > > > > achieve > > > > a little more awareness of ourselves and the world around us. If I can > > > > help > > > > in that quest by writing these articles, then that will be my gift to > > > > ARR. > > > > > > > > Take care and thanks again, > > > > Dasun > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:41:40 +0000 > > > > Subject: [arr] Re: ARR's Standard Deviation - Part II - Aesthetic > > > > Judgment > > > > > > > > So well and rightly said. It was a sheer bliss reading your > > > > write-up! > > > > Thank you so much for this wonderul post. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Dasun Abeysekera <[EMAIL > > > > PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aesthetic Judgment (Taste) > > > > > > > > > > I don't have to tell you that ARR's taste is of the highest > > > > possible kind compared with composers of all time. I mean how many > > > > composers the world-over has ever had the privilege of being > > > > compared > > > > to the ideal of Mozart, let alone being called one? Not even the > > > > kings of melody of the West – Richard Rogers (of The Sound of Music > > > > (59) fame) Sir Francis Lai (Love Story (1970)), Maurice Jarr (Dr. > > > > Zhivago (1965)), or even Ennio Morricone, who have written some of > > > > the most soulful and moving music I have ever heard, have been told > > > > they are like Mozart, at least not to my knowledge. Most music > > > > lovers, and all great minds, Leo Tolstoy and Albert Einstein among > > > > them, have acknowledged unanimously that Mozart's music is the most > > > > perfect and the most universal imagined, no, let me use the word > > > > conjured, by any human being; because imagination, to many, could > > > > still mean there's some conscious involvement in that process of > > > > creation; perhaps, it is still a conscious process, but it is a far > > > > superior sense of consciousness that, by average human standards, it > > > > > > > > cannot be called one. If anybody here has seen the Oscar-winning > > > > movie Amadeus (84) by Milos Forman, you can see why it is so: > > > > Mozart's music, to use a phrase Einstein once used, seems like have > > > > simply been `plucked out of the universe'; the great scientist who > > > > adored Mozart and used to play his Sonatas on his little violin when > > > > > > > > he wanted a break from his scientific pursuits, says that compared > > > > to > > > > Mozart, Beethoven's music feels `too personal, almost naked.' > > > > Tolstoy, in his polemical book `What is Art?' destroys the kind of > > > > conscious creativity that he believes Beethoven and the followers of > > > > > > > > the Romantic movement that he charted, Richard Wagner, for example, > > > > brought about to Europe, overthrowing the musical dominance of the > > > > spontaneous and universal music of Mozart. > > > > > > > > > > In essence, Mozart's music and its perfection are not a result of > > > > conscious processing, they come from a superior sense of natural > > > > harmony and an extremely rare capability of letting go of one's self > > > > > > > > and connecting with the universal spirit and listening to it in all > > > > its infinite beauty. There cannot be a more fitting description of > > > > ARR's music and how he has conjured his magical output over the > > > > years; and it is no accident that the West would offer up their > > > > ideal > > > > for comparison with the best the East has offered to date. That sort > > > > > > > > of taste, a sincere kinship with the natural harmony and beauty of > > > > the universe, with God, if you will, years in an industry cannot > > > > fade > > > > away or dilute, and, if anything, I can confidently say that ARR's > > > > taste has, over the years, been refined like fine old wine, and I > > > > have not witnessed an instance where his aesthetic judgment, given > > > > the proper opportunities, has faltered beyond identification. In his > > > > > > > > choice of movies, directors, and lyrics, there maybe exceptions, but > > > > > > > > I will address these in a later category. > > > > > > > > > > It is difficult to pin down one or two works from the 92-96 period > > > > > > > > in which, like Rano said, beauty oozed out of every single phrase > > > > that he weaved, but I will pick two of my favorite songs `Kannalane' > > > > > > > > from Bombay (95) and `Uyirum Neeye' from Pavitra (94) in which I > > > > think ARR achieves the highest form of perfection. Sometime back, I > > > > analyzed the beauty of the song Uyirum Neeye from a conceptual > > > > viewpoint, so if anybody is interested, let me know and I will send > > > > it to you or post it on the forum. Kannalane (or Kehna Hai Kya), I > > > > hear, has entered the music textbooks in certain parts of the world > > > > (Canada, if I recall correctly)! Yes, these are songs of superior > > > > beauty that they have that universal appeal that Tolstoy hailed as > > > > the finest ingredient of the greatest of art. > > > > > > > > > > What about now? What are the ARR compositions within the past 5 > > > > years which evoke the same feelings in me? Piya Ho from Water (2005) > > > > > > > > and Do Kadam from Meenaxi (2004) for sure are my favorites from this > > > > > > > > period with Tere Bina from Guru not too far off. When I refer to the > > > > > > > > perfection of these songs, I mean that I don't feel that I need to > > > > remove any part, any phrase, any instrument, sound or note, > > > > everything is in the right place at the right time! If anybody felt > > > > differently about these songs, I would be curious to know which > > > > parts > > > > destroy the perfection of these songs. I can write an essay on the > > > > song Do Kadam and will do soon so that I can back up my feelings > > > > just > > > > like I did with Uyirum Neeye. Do Kadam is so personal for me that I > > > > don't want to hold it up as universal! This song symbolizes what ARR > > > > > > > > and I share in silence without speaking a single word with each- > > > > other, but by connecting to the same universal spirit that we both > > > > trust wholeheartedly and by whose mysterious ways we are awed day in > > > > > > > > and day out. The highest taste, as Immanuel Kant defines it, is > > > > always subjective, but universal, and it will always flow from God > > > > and only God; Not only is ARR connected with Him, he can articulate > > > > His beauty with such ease and finesse that it brings many a tear to > > > > my eye thinking how much of my faith I owe to ARR; Even as I share > > > > this very personal story with you, I can feel a warm tear roll down > > > > my cheek. 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