--- In [email protected], Aravind AM <aravind...@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> Here are the scans and translation of this week's article.
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> Week 10, Part 01
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3615929836/
> Week 10, Part 02
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3615929850/
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> Week 10:
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> 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, ânothing can match those old songsâ.
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> 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.
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> 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. âRojaâ proved to be a perfect opening for
> everything that followed.
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> During his jingles
> days, Rahman had composed for many ad films of director Amshan Kumar. He
> speaks
> about his experience with Rahman - âMany 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. Iâd listened to such sharp music only in Andrei
> Tarkovskyâs films. I was overjoyed when I listened to music of such quality,
> from Dileep.
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> 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 didnât realize then that they were waiting to compose a
> song
> which would go on to become a world famous song!
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> I didnât 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.â
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> When Roja released, it
> swept everyone like a storm. Many years back, Illayarajaâs song
> âMachaanai Paatheengalaâ created a wave in the industry. After many
> years, Rahman managed a similar feat with his âChinna Chinna Aasaiâ.
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> Rahman totally changed the way music was composed too. He didnât have a
> separate conductor and arranger, and didnât write down notes for the
> instrumentalists.
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> He completely knows each personâs 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.Â
> 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.
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> Right from Rahmanâs early days, Sound engineer H.Sridhar was Rahmanâs
> 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 Rahmanâs music â" âI 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.
> Iâve never seen him as a dictator. He would always respects the creativity
> of
> his singers and instrumentalists.
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> During the recordings, he wouldnât 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. âWe shouldnât rely
> on
> just the technology. There should be soul in the musicâ, he would often
> say.â
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> 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.
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> After Roja, a majestic musical garden bloomed up for him.
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> Cheers,
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> Aravind
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Million thanx bro..Yu're doing a great job..Keep it coming bro... :-)
