wow! simply amazing.... it goes to show the length and breadth of a genius he is....
Rahman sir...thank you for everything and loads to come. -balamurugan ramakrishnan- On 05/10/2007, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm back with some snippets from Rahmania. The celeb this week was singer > Srinivas... (I guess he was the guest last friday too, but i couldnt listen > to last week's show coz i was out of town) > > (as usual, please excuse if there are inaccuracies..... typing this mail > from memory) > > Srinivas: > > "Minsara Poove from Padayappa was the song that brought about a change in > my life.... It brought in lot of recognition and people started knowing > me... Though I had sung a few songs previously, the songs had become famous > but I hadnt got enough recognition... This song gave me that!! > I was called in to sing the track for the song.... The entire song tune > was ready... but initally, the pallavi (antara) of the song was > different.... It was a very soft starting for the song unlike the energetic > opening that we have now... the inital antara was not Minsara Poove... The > words were something like "sowkkiyama kanne... sowkiyama" (Sings that > tune)(***that tune is very different from the minsara poove that we know, > and is also different from Sowkkiyama kanne from sangamam in case you are > wondering if it is the sangamam song that u r talking about!***) > > Then Nithyashree came over for the recording, and Rahman asked me to > teach her the tune as I had already practiced the tune.... It was an > honour.... and even when Nithyashree asked ARR about some doubts in the > tune, he just asked her to consult me... I was moved by the confidence he > had in me..."!!! > > "Mangalyam song (Alai payuthey) is one of the most auspicious songs and I > always start my concerts with that song! That song was composed n recorded > in about 5-10 mins!!! It was close to midnight and Rahman was playing some > chords and he suddenly hit upon this tune!! and immediately we recorded... > It was already decided that we will have Mangalyam Thanthuna as lyrics for > the song as it suited the situation.... The "endrendum punnagai" lyrics was > written by Rahman himself... HE has contributed the opening lyrics of many > more songs!!" > > "After I was recognised as a singer, and I started singing for lots of > other composers, i felt that it's been a long time since i had sung for > Rahman - even harmony or tracks... So, I wrote a mail to Rahman saying i > wanted to sing for him - even if it was harmony or tracks.. And I got a very > sweet reply from him - 'When God has given you wings, why do you want to > crawl? I'm really happy that you have established yourself as a leading > singer...' > > "Keep listening to all Rahman classics... I would say 99% of all songs > that Rahman has composed are Classics!!" > > > > > > Cheers, > Aravind > > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------ > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get > online.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48251/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/?p=PASSPORTPLUS> > > > -- Seek the Divine in you...Arise! Awake!
