oh boy dat means many of us out of india cant hear it?
--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Vithur <[email protected]> > Subject: [arr] Rahman's new album tracks only available on mobiles > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 7 January, 2009, 10:49 PM > Music composer A R Rahman turned 43 on Tuesday but his > birthday celebrations > were relatively low profile. > > "My birthday this time is very low profile because > it's Muharram-so for us > it's 10 days of mourning-so it's vegetarian and > very low profile," says > Rahman. > > But his professional life is all full of celebrations. > Rahman's Gloden Globe > nominated soundtrack of *Slumdog Millionaire* was released > in Mumbai on > Tuesday evening but its plagiarised versions were available > on the internet > much before that. > > "I can't talk about piracy and I don't want > to. It's a moral thing within > you, I can't teach morals to you, it's a conscience > thing-if you want to > support a musician then get the music from shops," > says Rahman. > > Rahman said this at the release of his new album > *Connections* in Chennai on > Tuesday and what makes this album special is the fact that > it is available > on cellphones only. > > "Mobile phone is a very convenient device to listen to > music, you can just > carry that alone. You don't have to be cluttered with > other devices - it's > convenient to listen to whenever you want to - so I thought > it was a good > idea to create content for this," adds Rahman. > > "The first track I did was probably a drum groove for > *Jiya-sa-jiya* then * > Blaaze* had this idea of the Kural thing. Then there's > one based on > Rajasthani folk music-it's called a mosquito. > There's another track > called *Mylapore > blues* - what if you play jazz in *Mylapore* - how will it > sound - we just > enjoyed doing this album," Rahman explains talking > about his new album. > > > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rahmans-new-album-tracks-only-available-on-mobiles/82162-8.html > > -- > regards, > Vithur ______________________________________________________________________ Search, browse and book your hotels and flights through Yahoo! Travel. http://sg.travel.yahoo.com
