A.R.R's gift for Rockers IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, October 15, 2008] The interest in Rock music of all styles and sub genres has not faded out after the craze and hoopla born due to the contemporary urban movie called 'Rock On'.
If the stylized Hindi songs created after taking inspiration from the true spirit of Rock set the balls rolling by presenting the music being played by a real band, then this new development can be termed as one step ahead. The plan may give the lifeline to some extremely talented musicians to the delight of music buffs and also can instigate other able established music bigwigs to follow and do whatever possible to give a genre of music a much needed massive push. This time also, like the innumerable music arrangement styles, blending and new voices that he has introduced, it needed a genius of a musician named A.R.Rahman and an out of the box thinking music and entertainment label to act as the pied piper showing the way. The music wizard has ganged up with music label Phat Phish Records to bring life to a reality show to be beamed through Doordarshan and which will enable independent bands across Asia to make their voice heard and to climb up the levels to be the winner to get great stages around the world to bang their heads. The bands will be assessed by the quality of the entries that they submit. The remake of a popular folk or conventional song, a version of a melodic tune set to tune by A.R.Rahman. This melody track will be specially made by Rahman and will be let out for the world to hear on October 24 and the third one is a purely original track are what the bands must send as their entries. This December Rahman's trip across India evaluating the several bands who will be participating in the initial rounds will be shown through Doordarshan. It will be quite a treat to watch the diverse music groups from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka displaying their music skills trying to get to the heart of the master music maker. The ultimate winner will be getting a three year recording contract with Phat Phish Records. It will be a drastic change of life and a real taste of a professional music scene just like in the west for the members of the top most band as artist management up to three albums, assistance in the production of six music videos, several concerts in both national and international stages and a cash prize ranging to Rs.10 million are the benefits that they will be getting. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/42326.html <http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/42326.html>
