I agree with most part - but NOT the part where you compare today's ARR Role to that of a Project Mgr.Plz !!!! I don't understand what you feel is being delegated by ARR. He composes the tune - he composes the beats - he also composes the orchestrations. In all likelyhood, he would be directly teaching the singers as well. Additional Rythm programming is something that he used to delegate even in the early 90's. Think 'Hamma' from Bombay. and note the word 'Additional' in front of the Rythm Programming..
Overall...to equate a Proj. Mgr with ARR ---> Well thats wrong. On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:51 AM, 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. > > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
