What to say bro? Awesome..!!!!!!!!!! 2009/8/12 Aravind AM <[email protected]>
> > > Hi all, > > Here are scans of Week 16. Scroll down for translation. As usual, I didnt > have time to proof read. Pls excuse if there are typos! > > Flickr > W16 P01 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3812948067/ > W16 P02 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3813760512/ > W16 P03 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3813761338/ > > > Photobucket > W16 P01 > http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/aravind_am/W16P01.jpg > W16 P02 > http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/aravind_am/W16P02.jpg > W16 P03 > http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/aravind_am/W16P03.jpg > > > Week 16 > > Rajni is a Super Star, who is always careful to maintain that image. > Rahman, on the other hand, belongs to the next generation and is very > innovative and keeps doing new things. Some critics doubted how he could > compose for a Rajni movie! Before Muthu audio was released, many even mocked > at, saying it is a ‘weird combination’! > > > > So, the soundtrack of ‘Muthu’ had great expectations riding on it. After a > long hiatus, it was ‘Muthu’ which made music fans queue up in front of music > stores to purchase an album. Immediately after the release, fans weren’t > satisfied with the music. “What’s this? Udit Narayan singing for Rajni? We > can’t digest it”, commented a few! All this lasted only for a few days, as > the songs *‘Thillana Thillana’, ‘Oruvan Oruvan’, ‘Kuluvaliley’, ‘Kokku > Saiva Kokku’ and ‘Vidukathaiyaa’* became super hits. Specifically, > ‘Thillaana’ reached No.1 spot in every chart! > > > > This was the movie, which created a fan base in Japan, for super star. The > music and songs of the movie impressed the Japanese fans, and Rahman’s > popularity reached Japan too. Muthu songs were played regularly in radios > there. Japanese youth danced to Kuluvaliley in discos! > > > > It was Rahman who brought in the trend of ‘Catch-lines’ in film songs. He > would insist on the first lines being short, catchy and different. Starting > from ‘Rukkumani Rukkumani’, Rahman has followed it all along – *‘Urvashi > Urvashi…’, “Mukkaala Muqabla’, ‘Maya Machindra’, ‘Mustafa Mustaa’, > ‘Shakalaka Baby’, ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’* to the recent *‘Masakkali’, ‘Maula > mere maula’* and *‘Taxi Taxi’*. The catchline fever has spread to the > entire Indian music industry! > > > > Owing to the success of the music of movies *like ‘Bombay’, ‘Rangeela’, > ‘Muthu’ and ‘Dli se’*, Rahman became an international composer. His music > kept getting better day-by-day. One important factor for this was that the > creative situations set by English and Hindi directors with whom Rahman > worked with. Another factor was the world tours. > > > > Noted director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra compares him with Chinese travelers > who lived 2000 years ago – “The Chinese travelers traveled around the world > in search of unique experiences and cultures, and learnt a lot of new > things. Rahman too, is like them! He carries his music to the world like a > journey. He seamlessly blends in his music, the various world music styles > which he has come across in his journeys.” > > > > Rahman’s music created a lot of ‘new-wave’ singers and composers. Ad film > Composer Shantanu Moitra, who was busy with his jingles entered film music > only because of Rahman. He listened to *Dil Se*, which inpired him to take > up film music! “I thought there’s no room for music of such quality as world > music and no room for melody in Indian film music. But Rahman brought in > both in to film music. I’m a film composer only because of the confidence I > got from listening to Rahman’s music!”, says Hantanu Moitra. > > > > Composer Vishal too tells a similar story - “I grew up listening to RD > Burman’s music. At one stage, I felt that Hindi film music was just noise, > and was reluctant to listen to them. It all changed after Rahman’s entry in > to the scene. I got a strong desire to become a music composer only as I > listened to more and more of Rahman’s music”, says he. > > According to him, *Dil Se *is the Encyclopedia of modern Hindi film music! > > > > Rahman had a wonderful experience working with directors like Mani Ratnam, > Ram Gopal Verma, Shekar Kapoor, Deepa Mehta, Rakeysh Mehra, Subhash Ghai and > Ashutosh Gowariker. He collaborated with noted artistes like Nusrat Fateh > Ali Khan, Adnan Sami, Amjad Ali Khan, Bupen Hazarika, Pandit Vishwa Mohan > Bhatt. Similarly hiw works with lyricists like Javed Akhtar, Gulzar and > Prasoon Joshi yielded unforgettable songs. Gulzar once said – “We lyricists > were like trapped in a cocoon. Rahman gave us freedom. Rahman broke the > traditional antara-mukhda structure of the songs, and thus gave us unlimited > creative freedom. All lyricists owe it to Rahman for this change.” > > > > Though Rahman has given so many super-hit albums in Hindi, Dil Se was his > first international Super-hit, with the album rocking the charts in the US, > England and many European countries. The song titled ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ > introduced a chocolate-boy named Sukhwinder. The song was played repeatedly > in many FM radio stations in the UK, and it spread throughout Europe. Noted > Romanian film critic, Mihail Cirilov, who is also the creative director of > Transilvania International Film festival, says “When I first listened to > *Chaiyya > Chaiyya, *I felt very fresh! It was what one would call ‘Ear Candy’. I > didn’t like it instantly. But on repeated listening, it created a fresh > state of mind. It was a very modern music. It was a song which blended > Indian music with modern world music”. > > > > Later, this same person listened to *Lagaan* songs and became a huge fan > of Rahman. He talks passionately about Rahman - “I know a lot about > bollywood music. But, one man took it to a new level single handedly, and > that was Rahman”. > > > > Rahman’s style of developing a song layer by layer using computers baffled > the Bollywood composers. Some purists in music industry criticized this > style. Rahman responded – “We are in 21st Century. Some do not want to > leave their 19th century practices. I don’t understand what’s wrong in > infusing latest technology into music. > > > > The computer which I got about 6 months back, takes 3 minutes to make. The > computer which I’ve got recently can be made in just 3 seconds. World is > moving so fast, shouldn’t we too run at the same pace? I can carry my music > on a small hard disk as I travel through out the world. I get a chance to > blend world music during those tours. Technology is like a huge beast. We > should understand how to tame it and bring it under our control. It took me > two years to ‘tame’ the music software and bring it under my control!” > > > > True! Rahman doesn’t carry his studio alaong when he travels. He just > carries a small hard disk which has various software and his music. Be it > London, New York or Paris – wherever he goes, the hard disk travels along. > He can plug it onto a computer and start composing, and can send the music > as audio files to his Kodambakkam studio through email. > > > > IT magazine *Express Computing* says Rahman is the most knowledgeable > Indian composer when it comes to latest in music and technology. Rahman was > the first to bid farewell to tapes used for recording. He’s also the first > composer to compose a song on his flight journey. He’s the one who turned a > recording studio to a technology park! > > > > Apple Macs are his favourite. World over Apple computers are the most > preferred systems for many musicians. In Rahman’s studio, there are 12 Power > Macs in his studio, 2 Power Book Laptops, and iBooks. (Rahman upgrades his > computers and music instruments frequently. So, these could be different > now!). A musical recording can be edited lakhs of times in these systems. > Rahman often says “This is not just a machine. It has an attitude of its > own!” > > > > Rahman, who currently uses Apple 3G processors, is soon going to upgrade to > the next generation. The systems in Rahman’s studio are not networked. Each > system is a kingdom on its own. The music processing that is done on each > system is then combined mixed in one system. Rahman himself has designed > this system, like an expert computer engineer. > > > > Ok.. all this is technology. But, apart from this, Rahman believes there’s > one more factor, which is the secret of his success… What could that be? > > > > (to be continued) > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > Aravind > > ------------------------------ > > Rahmania show interviews: http://rahmania.4shared.com > ------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------ > Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click > here <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_cricket_2/*http://cricket.yahoo.com>. > > > > -- Regards, Uday Kiran
