A Matured Engineer's Perspective... Good Analysis.. May be true... Thanks On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:21 PM, S.VijaiAnanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all, > > I am an engineer by profession.I used to be very active here, > especially around the years 2002-2005, where I was in my varsity > days.....Im working nowadays, hence there's hardly time for me to > pen anything here....Have been silently observing many things posted > here, and felt like wanted to give my view: Mind you, Im a die-hard > fan of ARR but unbiased. This write-up is intended purely for > working class people , because they will be in a better position to > understand my views, but I do welcome responses from others.I'll put > it in essay point form for easier-reading: > > 1) CURRENT MUSIC of ARR > - Lots of people complain that he doesn't sound the same like the > 90's. > - When ARR was fresh in the industry, he does it all by himself: > composing, arrangement, mixing, editing,etc...only ASSISTED by > his engineers to fine tune or whatsoever. This is similar to a > junior engineer, who is loaded with all kind of tasks on his > head for the next five years at least. So, quality is there, > since only the individual is there, and if he is good, he will > churn out the results. ARR single handedly did everything, and > the result was mindblowing. > > - As ARR grew bigger in popularity, he had major distractions. > That little man who used to be media shy,reclusive, and cooped > up in Panchathan had to attend functions, awards, TV > interviews, overseas programmes, charity dinners, events,be > ambassador, etc. The junior engineer now would have become a > manager, and although he is very skilled, will not be in the > position to do all the hard work he used to do to build his > career and spend many nights in the office. Instead he > will have many junior engineers coming through the ranks and he > will delegate the job to them. Same applies to ARR. In current > terms, He definitely wouldn't have the time to do all by > himself..So, too many cook, spoil the soup, to a certain > extent. > > - I matured > in my thinking towards the couple of final years in my > university. He grounded in Tamil Nadu, and spread to > Maharashtra, and flew to UK, then rocketed to US. He is, truly, > now an International figure. Hence, people all > over the world will be eager to listen to his works. So,he > should not compose a Tamil song with only Tamil audience in > mind. He has to experiment as much as possible to come up > with a song which appeals to Tamilians as well as pleasing his > international fans.Similarly, working for a local company and a > multinational comapny requires so much adjustment in an > individual. Not to compare here, but Harris Jayaraj and > Yuvan is what ARR 10 years ago, catering the Tamil Film > Industry only. If they venture into bollywood and hollywood, > they'll need to change the way they make music too. We need to > understand this and accept the fact. > > - I love melodies predominantly,but that doesn't mean that I > don't like rhythm. Just an example: Kummi Adi (Sillunu Oru > Kaadhal) is a folk song. Sangamam is also folk + carnatic. If > you ask me, personally I would say, the beats in Sangamam were > lively and thunderous. Kummi Adi's beats sounds programmed all > the way. But then we need to understand one thing: As time > goes, lots of changes happening in this world. How to reach the > current younger generation (the teens) to respond to our folk > song?....It has to have their taste. When I played Sangamam to > my brother (he is 19), he says...Oh, boring la...But he enjoys > kummi adi....I understood one thing: I have gotten older, and > music of today is aimed atthe teens and they like more of hip > hop, rap, genres. They are not into "soul"...not for time > being, at least.... > > - One last point is that "Nothing is Permanent"....As we grow > older, we can never recapture our old stuffs. I used to run > 8kms effortlessly, but now gasping for breath even in my 2nd > km. When ARR > did "Kalluri Salai", he was in his late 20's, so his mind is of > a young man.....Now he is 40, so if you notice, he has reduced > a lot of rhythm (there are still rhythm, of course, just > reduced in racy numbers) and moving towards western classical, > electronica(Vangelis kind of sound, heard too often in his > works nowadays). > So to expect someone to do the same until the end is very > wishful thinking. Even Rajnikanth cannot be a hero until the > end. One day, he either retires or becoming supporting > actor. > > My humble opinion is that as long as ARR can give at least 2 soul- > stirrer like New York Nagaram & Munbe Vaa in each film, it is > sufficient until i breathe my last. We as a fan, should accept the > fact that he has grown too big and hardly have the time to be the > 90's ARR. If we can accept this fact, there won't be much > disappointments. After all, ARR is also a human being like us. God > bless. > > > > -- regards, Vithur
