No issues Aravind. It happens. Its a wonderful work from you . Keep up the good work. God Bless.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Aravind AM<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks everyone! > And, I've posted scans of Week 8 which i missed out... > > BTW, I just noticed that some typos and other errors have inadvertently > crept in, in my translation, as I didn't have time to proof read. Not just > this week, but in the previous weeks too. Sorry for that! > > After the series is done, I plan to compile everything into a single PDF. > I'll make sure I remove all the errors in that final draft. > > Aravind > > ________________________________ > Rahmania show interviews: http://rahmania.4shared.com > ________________________________ > > > --- On Thu, 11/6/09, uday kiran <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: uday kiran <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [arr] Oru Kanavin Isai (ARR's biography in Vikatan) - Week 10 - > Scans and Translation > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 10:41 AM > > I think this can be the authorized biography of boss without pictures. > > Thanks Arvind bro to this awesome post. > > 2009/6/11 Aravind AM <aravind...@yahoo. com> >> >> >> 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! > > > -- > Regards, > Uday Kiran > > ________________________________ > Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel > Click here! > > -- regards, Vithur ------------------------------------ Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? <b> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. 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