thx Aravind.Rahman had consistently used Bass Guitar even in its high pitch till the late 90;s. and of course he is still using it for the typical 'Bass' effects in songs.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
