Hi all, Singer Sriram (of 'Vetri Kodi Kattu' and 'Thiruppachi AruvaaLa' was the guest on yesterday's show.
(Usual disclaimer: Please excuse if there are inaccuracies... typing this mail from memory) Sriram: "I am basically a flautist and never had any idea that I will get into playback singing. I had accompanied my wife Baby for a recording for A.R.Rahman. My wife is a carnatic singer and had not sung for film music before. She was scared and was hence haveing problems getting what AR exactly wanted! I went upto ARR who was at the console and told him that I'll go and help her. I told him that I'm a musician too and he agreed. I went inside and sang to let her know what Rahman wants.. Rahman was impressed with that and he called me over to sing the 'jathis' in "Dheem Tare" (from Takshak).... That's how I became playback singer" "I had also lent my voice for 'Raga Dance' composed by ARR in Vanessa Mae's Choreography. (the starting "thadhingina ththom... bit") The funniest part was I had no clue that it was for Choreography! Few months later, for some ARR related whow, they were playing this track before the show started and I said "OMG.. this is my voice"... A person there told me "This is an international album, not a film song. Must be someone else"!!! And then, Rahman himself confirmed that it was my voice!! Usually, singers note down in their diary, all the recordings that they have done, the movies for which they have sung etc. But I have never done that, and so I get surprises like this!! Even when I had recorded 'Vetri Kodi Kattu' I had no clue it was for a Rajni movie. Only after the recording was over, Rahman called me and told me "Do you know for what movie u have sung just now? Rajni's Padayappa!!" I was so thrilled!!!" "I do compose songs and try my had at recording.... When I have some technical difficulty, I call up Rahman. So down-to-earth is Rahman that he actually helps me out and advises me about recording techniques despite all his busy schedule of assignments and international commitments. He also calls me up and discusses with me any latest technology in music or recording that he comes across" Sriram is the guest for next friday's show as well... so, i will continue next week! Cheers Aravind http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
