True... I liked his work in Pudiya Mugam re recording and Kadhal Sadugudu ( Alaipayudhey)
Nice write up. Thanks Aravind On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (from my blog http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com/2008/09/boss-of-bass-1.html) > > One instrument that has fascinated me a lot is the bass guitar. That's > because of just two people - A.R.Rahman and Keith Peters! I'm so very > enamoured with Keith's talent that I exclaimed "Sir.. You are the reason > that I love bass guitar", when I met him at the TOI concert in April! > > In Indian music, there was hardly any importance for bass guitar. Composers > have been using bass guitars for decades, i'm not denying it... But, it was > more like it was pushed to the background. Rahman brought out that change, > made bass guitar an important part of his compositions. And, thus the star > Keith's extraordinary skills were exposed to the world. > > I'll write about some of his exemplary work in Rahman's songs. > > The first song that comes to my mind is Thee Thee Thithikkum Thee (Thiruda > Thiruda), one of my top favourites of AR. Everything in the song - be it > Naveen's flute, or Thubma Raja's powerful jathis or the sensuous voice of > chinese girl Caroline or the innovative percussion - is out of the world! > But, let us push everything else aside for now, and focus on the Mr Keith's > work. > > Bass Guitar is definitely one of the main pillars of this song, which is > very unusal in Indian music. > Right from the start when he plays the bass by plucking the strings > hard(right at the start), then the normal bass guitar sound in most parts of > the song, then the slap bass (during the swaras ma-pa-ni-sa.. ri-sa), Keith > shows his class throughout the song. > > The emhpatic fusion between Keith's bass and Naveen's flute (second > interlude) is such a bliss, and takes me to a different world every single > time I listen to it. The ends with another bass piece accompanying the > jathi. > > This song is one of my all time favourites, for many reasons, bass guitar > being the most important reason! > > > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com > > Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com > > > -- regards, Vithur ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
