I believe earlier concerts of ar he used to lip-sync some of his songs.....I could definitely make out during 00/01 NYC concert I went to. But recently in Atlanta he sang all the songs .. it was awesome for sure.
--- In [email protected], "Pradeepan R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NO LIP SYNCING.. > I've attended a concert , sat quiet close to the man himself.. > and anyways, I definitely felt the difference between the real song & the > one being sung. > not just by ARR but by the other singers too. > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:15 PM, nazeef mohammed > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > To the best of my knowledge, I beleive the following is true.. > > > > Firstly, Rahman is not so stupid to have a repertoire of splendid musicians > > and singers "Acting" on stage.. > > 99 pc of the music is played live-the guitars, the flute, the drums,the > > keyboards, the synths and a whole lot of other percussions and strings. The > > only sounds that would be recorded would be a little of the mixing sounds, > > loops and some special effects and little bit of work done to combine more > > than one song together.. > > AR has atleast three to four days of proper rehearsals in his studios > > before each concert. The singers practise till > > AR feels it's right. Over and over again, if needed. AR himself takes a lot > > of time to get Khwaja mere Khwaja to perfection. He uses a couple of other > > singers to ensure the effect of the three to four rahmans, as heard in the > > original is achieved. > > There is barely any lip sync-infact so many singers have so many variations > > while performing live. AR himself changes and shuffles within a song (Humma > > humma, NY nagaram and so many!) to make sure it does not sound like we hear > > it on cd. So many singers do last minute stunts, which is not possible if > > they were to lip sync!! > > There is a proper dedicated chorus that also backs the lead singer. Only to > > ensure that nothing goes wrong, there is always the backing track, on which > > the musicians tune their instruments to. Especially an AR concert, with hi > > tech AR touch to it, is a lil impossible to be perfect, but a 99 pc to > > perfection is always there! > > > > If you are judging by the sounds you hear on a video of the concert, then > > PHEW!! The videos are edited, the sounds are edited and then allowed to > > sync...the concert videos are not just some premature randomn > > recordings..they take time to release because of the work involved in > > getting you good sound quality. > > > > I have attended a few concerts of AR and lucky I should admit, to be very > > close to the stage and to be able to give the above explanation. > > > > Gomzy, add?? > > > > Nazeef Mohammed. > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Pradeepan. > > "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you > !" >
