I cannot forget the use of bass in JANA GANA MANA song from Aayitha Ezhuthu/Yuva, wow....the bass coming at the end! Even in a classical tune like Ennavale what bass usage by ARR!
2008/9/4 Pradeepan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 !" > > -- Best Regards, Prakash Srinivasan +91-9880423119
