Well...here goes my 2 cents but not just his music but also his projects...
1) While even big banners like Karan Johar/Yashraj etc do give big duds, at least the marketing of the music is done full throttle (unlike some of ARR's best compositions which have bitten the dust due to lack of publicity (Ada) or atrocious scripts (Sakarrakati). So, ARR must score music at least for 2 big projects a year (minus the Mani Rathnam and Shankar which he will anyways be doing) 2) Not sure whether you guys will agree with me but I see a big difference in the new singers introduced by ARR in say...the early 1990s and now. While singers like Sujatha, Hariharan, Shankar M and others have gone on to achieve great laurels, the current bunch of singers (with the major exception of Karthik) like Madhushree, Naresh Iyer, Javed Ali etc have somehow been able to do well only under ARR ie they hardly have any big songs from the other MDs. Can one venture out to say that perhaps ARR should be more careful when he gives chances to the new singers? 3) Would luv to see ARR collaborate more with artistes like Bryan Adams, Youssou N Dour (like someone already suggested), Elton John etc. How about a compilation of English songs with different artistes on one album? A sure shot winner! 4) Again as someone said, ARR pls do a bit more of Rock music. I really cudnt help but think how Rock on would have been under ARR's baton! 5) Notwithstanding whatever others say and I am sure I am gonna be absolutely crucified here, I still feel that ARR's songs are definitely a lot lot better than his BGM. He probably will have to look a lot more deeply into his BGM programming 6) ARR Sir - Udit can just not pronounce tamil words. Why are u still giving him chances in tamil? Pls ensure that pronounciation is given paramount importance in your compositions (along with the lyrics which at times seem to be drowned in the music) 7) I know this sounds crazy...but I would luv to hear ARR sing songs for other MDs also. More than anything, I am sure it will be different experience for him as well. Lets say...a ARR singing for Vishal Shekhar or a SEL. I am sure this will encourage the other MDs to up their ante too as they will know ARR is not going to sing unless the song is absolutely fantastic.. Anyways...just my thoughts.... Cheers! Balaji --- In [email protected], V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > On 3/6/2009 7:00 PM India Time, _aneeshksasi_ wrote: > > > Hai all, > > > > I just want to know what all are the changes > > needed for Rahman's new age music in future. It doesn't mean that now he > > is doing bad music. > > > > My would be, > > He has to drastically improve the clarity and pronunciation of the words > in his songs. Several words are getting bogged down in louder music in > several of his songs. In several of his songs, the beauty of lyrics > doesn't get highlighted because of this problem. In several songs, I > couldn't understand till now what is being spoken. > > And some of his singers end up making wrong pronunciations altogether. > > -- > > That brings me to a 60 year old story. Lata ji had a humble upbringing > in a traditional Marathi family where they spoke Marathi, not even > Hindi, though he learned Hindi. But she was quite poor in Urdu > pronunciation. > > The producer/ Director Mehboob Khan (Mother India) was very particular > about language usage in his films and some small bit person filled him > wrong information that Lata's pronunciation is very poor, urdu even > worse or nil. Mehboob Khan "told" MD Naushad saab not to get Lata sing > for his films. > > They were doing probably Andaz (Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Dileep Kumar) then > (1949). Naushad saab knew Lata a little by that time and could sense her > melodious potential. So, Naushad saab retorted that music is his > department and producer/ director must not interfere in it. > > The tussle went worsening and entire crew soon got divided in two sides > fueling the fued. > > Anyway. Naushad was also a force to reckon with at that Mehboob Khan > realized that he couldn't just kick Naushad out on this point, so he > told naushad to go ahead with her for one song and "if he finds any > single mistake in her pronunciation in that song, then Naushad wouldn't > use her ever after for his films." > > Naushad took the challenge. He taught and taught and taught Lata ji. Not > just him but several other MDs are known to have helped in her development. > > Everybody was apprehensive, and the first song was recorded. There was > not a single mistake in her pronunciation in that song, Mehboob Khan > also liked the song and her voice and that founded a lasting association > beneficial for all. > -- > > If you hear the songs of 40-60, you would find such a clear > pronunciation of each word, each letter, each sound that just can't be > heard nowadays. > > ARR is known to give a lot of freedom to his singers, but it seems that > he needs to invest Naushad saab like efforts wherever singers needs to > be cultivated. Correcting a singer's mistake is his training and singers > should not take it as interference in their realm. > > > -- > Rawat > > > 1) Singers: should use senior singers in hindi like SPB, K > > S CHITRA. > > > > 2) Please do more traditional and village type of > > music > > > > 3) Use traditional singers and please introduce singer like > > shahul hameed > > > > 4) Do sufi albums > > > > 5) Release exculsive instrumental versions > > > > Regards >
