Very nice writeup, Rawatji. I think you have hit the nail on the head.
Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayak On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:43 PM, V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A recent criticism on ARR's recent offering has come up that means 'ARR > is not as good as before'. > > Why do people say that? > > Could it be something like Doppler effect in which sound of a > approaching or receding vehicle doesn't change but it is our ears and > mind playing tricks on us that make us "hear" a changing sound, and even > physics has given a good scientific explanation for that. > > First, I concede that ARR is changing. His previous music took time to > grow whereas several of his recent offerings are quite likable after > first few hearing, and some even likable in very first hearing. > > So, I think ARR has found the way to reduce the "growing" phase in his > music. Now, he is adding enough elements that would make the music > likable in the very first, or after the first few hearings. > > That is a good development, I think, because previously, several people > were writing away ARR's music when they didn't like it in the first few > hearings and they were not inclined to go through the "growing" phase. I > think that with the current instantly-likable music, ARR would earn more > praise and more fans. That would be very welcome. > > but, why are ARR's devoted fans saying that 'ARR is not as good as before'? > > Could it be something like Doppler effect in which sound of a > approaching or receding vehicle doesn't change but it is our ears and > mind playing tricks on us that make us "hear" a changing sound, and even > physics has given a good scientific explanation for that. > > I think that is the the point here. > > People change. People grow. Their perspective grows wider. They get > involved in more complex things. > > A teenager could listen to music endlessly, but when he goes to college > or for higher studies, he has to maintain a strict schedule in these > days of tough competion, and that would restrict how much time he can > devote to listening to music. > > Then, he gets jobs and he has to bloddy be in the office on the dot and > stay there for nine hours otherwise his boss will fry him alive. And, > then he gets tired, has less time left to attend to other important > things, and music's priority sinks lower and lower. > > Then, he gets married, and wife and then kids become first priority. > > And, going through all this, he gets transformed, metamorphed from a > carefree fan of ARR to a person in whose life there are several things > really more important than ARR's music. > > -- > > Now, if you have read seven habits of highly effective people, the book > beautifully describes a very important trick the mind plays. > > What are your priorities in life? > - ARR's music? > > Noway, Roti, Kapda, Makan are first priorities. > > But, even the famous "Roti, Kapda, Makan" priorities didn't mention that > we can live without Roti for a day or two, we can live naked, we can > live without makan, but we need Water first, and we need air to breathe > even before that. > > But this oft-quoted priorities didn't mention Water and Air because they > assumed that these two priorities (water and air) would always be > fulfilled. > > If you are sitting in a room sitting about priorities, and entire air of > the room is removed, what would be your first priority? Air. > > But, air is always there so that never becomes a priority to worry about. > > Unfulfilled priorities are real priorities. Fulfilled priorities don't > motivate. > > That is what is playing also about ARR's music. > > And, if you enjoy something of a particular level, you would need higher > level offering next time to get the same level of enjoyment. > > You really laugh on a joke only once. If you hear it again and again, > you get irritated. After you have heard a song of ARR a 100 times of a > 1000 times, it is no more enjoyable, at least doesn't give you > goosepimples that it was giving in first few hearings. > > ARR gave great music 10-15 years ago, and you were younger, you were > having less commitments and worries, so you enjoyed ARR's that music > like anything, for days and week and months to end. > > Now, it is you who are busy, who is having several other priorities, you > have enjoyed great music by ARR earlier, and now you need much much much > better music to get the same level of enjoyment. > > And, ARR has limitation on the improvements he can bring with each > album. What you expect from ARR is not what he can deliver. If his music > is 5% improved with each new release, you expect him to give 30%, 50% > improvement with each album, that he is not able to deliver as a human > being. There are same instruments, same techniques. There is a limit on > how much improvement can be brought. > > I think that described why even ARR's fans are saying 'ARR is not as > good as before'. > > It's OK. It happens. It is their life and mind playing tricks on them > that they are holding ARR responsible for. > -- > Rawat > >
