Very well said Ranojoy. This is what i love about this group. Once in a while u get to read such balanced , honest views which are also profound and strong.
hari On 8/14/07, Ranojoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can relate to your feelings completely. However, I do think that AR > Rahman, potentially, is miles ahead of any other composer in the Indian > film industy. A R R told me recently that music production has become > more time-consuming because every song has to be mastered in 5.1 and > that it hurts productivity. There are all sorts of issues. Technical > competition, as you point out, is very much a part of it. > Many of the A R R "fans" here who cannot accept any criticism must not > remember how profound the impacts of Roja, Thiruda Thiruda or Bombay > were when they hit the market. My mind is too shrouded by nostalgia to > objectively assess those albums as far as musical quality anymore. > However most people who have seen those releases will agree that the > impact was far greater than a Yuva or Guru in recent times. It is also > doubtful whether this was due to a musical vacuum, espcially in > Bollywood, since Nadeem Shravan, J-L etc., were in their peak as well, > and were selling a lot more albums than Rahman. But what A R Rahman > brought was completely different in musical style and arrangement, and > broke all traditional barriers. He took out any instrumentation that > sounded "cheesy" and relied on sound engineering and effects processing > to tweak every little sound. Thematically, he went away from the common > musical conceptions of emotions, and created fast beat-based songs that > were sad, or slow songs with subtle instrumentation that were happy or > cheerful. As I was discussing with Gopal Srinivasan recently, you watch > the videos of songs from Pudhiya Mugham, May Maadham, Vandicholai > Chinarasu and wonder how (or where) A R R got the inspiration to > produce such beautiful music given the scanario. As I know him, he > still tries to be the trendsetter. But people are exposed to so much > these days, it is probably more difficult to create something > impactful. Let's see what Jodha Akbar brings. > It was nice to see an honest assessment from you. > Good luck with your itwofs website; whenever I hear a terrific > Bollywood song, I run to your site to check. > -Ranojoy > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Karthik S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A small collection of thoughts about my interests' arc on A.R.Rahman's > > music, on the eve of his completing 15 years in Indian film music. > > > > http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2007/08/12/15-years-of-arrahmans-music- > 1992-to-2007-and-continuing/ > > > > > -- ______________________________________ hari n iyer http://hari-iyer.com/ _____________________________________
