I think this can be the authorized biography of boss without pictures. Thanks Arvind bro to this awesome post.
2009/6/11 Aravind AM <[email protected]> > > > Hi everyone, > > > Here are the scans and translation of this week's article. > > Week 10, Part 01 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3615929836/ > Week 10, Part 02 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3615929850/ > > > Week 10: > > Throughout the history of Tamil film music, the trends have kept changing. > During one period, it was completely based on Carnatic music. This was the > time when brilliant singers like Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, PU Chinnappa, > Kittappa, T.R.Malalingam were themselves actors. The high-pitched carnatic > songs gave way to soft melodies on the arrival of Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy on > the scene. The duo gave us many timeless classics, in the voices of TMS, P > Susheela, PB Shrinivas, which make some people still say, “nothing can match > those old songs”. > > > > Then came another genius, Ilayaraja. He brought in folk music in to Tamil > film music. Thousands of songs, in which he fused western classical with > carnatic, became the favourites of masses. > > > > When Tamil film industry was waiting for the next generation of music, came > Rahman. He brought in a new digital revolution. He reached out to the entire > country through his music and attained world fame. ‘Roja’ proved to be a > perfect opening for everything that followed. > > > > During his jingles days, Rahman had composed for many ad films of director > Amshan Kumar. He speaks about his experience with Rahman - “Many film music > composers considered ad jingles as something below their standards. They > would rather sit idle at home, rather than compose for ad films. During that > period, I heard of this brilliant young composer in Saamiyaar Madum, Ashok > Nagar. Electronic music was a new technology those days. I’d listened to > such sharp music only in Andrei Tarkovsky’s films. I was overjoyed when I > listened to music of such quality, from Dileep. > > Our work usually began at 10 pm, and would go on till wee hours of the > morning. Once, the composing that started at 10 pm got completed only at 6 > am next morning. I came out of the studio, completely satisfied. I found > Mani Ratnam and singer Minimini waiting there. I didn’t realize then that > they were waiting to compose a song which would go on to become a world > famous song! > > > > I didn’t see Rahman making them wait, as a negative thing. It just showed > his sincerity and his dedication to complete each work to complete > satisfaction. I think, this dedication is what has taken him to such great > heights.” > > > > When Roja released, it swept everyone like a storm. Many years back, > Illayaraja’s song *“Machaanai Paatheengala” *created a wave in the > industry. After many years, Rahman managed a similar feat with his “*Chinna > Chinna Aasai”.* > > > > Rahman totally changed the way music was composed too. He didn’t have a > separate conductor and arranger, and didn’t write down notes for the > instrumentalists. > > > > He completely knows each person’s talent. He gives them complete freedom, > and made them sing/play independently, and picks and chooses the best out of > those and completes his recordings. The singers and the instrumentalists > are usually in the dark as to which one of the pieces performed by them > would be chosen by Rahman. He works like a talented weaver, weaving in > multiple layers and multiple colours. > > Right from Rahman’s early days, Sound engineer H.Sridhar was Rahman’s right > hand. The recent death of this extremely talented technician affected Rahman > deeply. Along with Rahman, he created many technology revolutions in sound > recordings. He once remarked about Rahman’s music – “I knew Rahman even > before *Roja* happened. We would often meet and discuss about the new > developments in recording technology and music trends. According to me his > secret of success is that he considers each song as his first song. He would > retire to his prayer room before recording for a song. We would be > astonished to see him completely fresh and totally charged up after the > prayer. I’ve never seen him as a dictator. He would always respects the > creativity of his singers and instrumentalists. > > > > During the recordings, he wouldn’t talk much with the instrumentalists. He > would move out after explaining the basic idea, and they would play freely. > He would record everything, and use the best of those. ‘We shouldn’t rely on > just the technology. There should be soul in the music’, he would often > say.” > > > > Rahman is a techno-junkie. If you give him the latest headphone, within > minutes he would open it up in to parts and understand how it functions! The > same eagerness flowed on to his musical side, and made him keep thinking on > how to make recordings sound better. > > > > After Roja, a majestic musical garden bloomed up for him. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Aravind > > ------------------------------ > > Rahmania show interviews: http://rahmania.4shared.com > ------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------ > Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India > Travel Click > here!<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_Travel_1/*http://in.travel.yahoo.com/> > > > -- Regards, Uday Kiran
