I totally disagree. ARR has lost nothing. He is trying different kind of music everytime and I am enjoying it.
Jafar --- On Fri, 7/11/08, dian hayati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: dian hayati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [arr] Do U find those creative percussions missing nowadays in > Sir's arrangement? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 7 November, 2008, 9:52 AM > I absolutely agree with you guys. One thing also bothers me. > I love Srinivas' voice, very much unique, but singing > Zindagi...without that classical music...I feel something > missing, not really satisfied with the arrangement, and also > with the manmohini...hmm...well, is it just because I'm > not too smart to analyze these kind of things, or...I > don't know, but please correct me guys if I say > something wrong here... > > > AR Rahman has changed my life > His great music is another name of Love... > > Dian Hayati Syamsuir > > --- On Fri, 11/7/08, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [arr] Do U find those creative percussions > missing nowadays in Sir's arrangement? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 10:40 AM > > > > > > > Agreed. Found Yuvraaj's rhythm tracks to be the weakest > link in the > album. He is also using synth tabla sounds, which is fine > by me, but > again underscores the diminished use of ethnic percussion > in recent > works, with exceptions like Khwaja and Azeem from JA. > > It could be a deliberate attempt by ARR to move away from > rhythm based > songs to more melody oriented numbers, which I feel has > been the > strongest trend by ARR recently. His songs this year have > been > extremely melodious, the most meloodious music out of > anyone in India, > and for that, I am extremely happy. His melodies and mid > range > arrangements are just mindblowing, even at the sacrifice of > his rhythm > tracks, which is just relative to his own previous work. > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Syed Quadri > <saregamaka@ ...> wrote: > > > > > > I fully agree on the poster's comments. May be it > is due to > relocation of his lieutenants , such as Siva mani, Naveen > and host of > other musicians already made Mumbai as their homes. Even > junior sound > engineers like Aditya Modi relocated to Mumbai. Other > factors could > be immense work load , pressure of deadlines ( Although > AR never turn > in the work on time.. .watch the recent interview hosted > by NDTV and > the trio was playing blame game in front of millions > of audience , > that Ghai was expecting a western classical in two months > and AR was > due to submit the project for shoot last July ,Gulzar > and Ghai belong > to two different schools of thought, etc ,etc ). > > it is a fact that , one person can not do things > single handed. Gone > are the days when MDs like Naushad, Madan mohan , > Ilyaraja RDB used > to oversee all the departments. This is the era where > Md's like SEL, > VS share their work load as a team and live in > tinsel town, stay in > touch with the best of people in the industry for PR work. > whereby > these smart marketing manipulators create negative > publicity for AR > and happily belonging to the camps controlling the > industry. > > > > --- On Thu, 11/6/08, subhadip_jis <subhadip_jis@ > ...> wrote: > > > > From: subhadip_jis <subhadip_jis@ ...> > > Subject: [arr] Do U find those creative percussions > missing nowadays > in Sir's arrangement? > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 1:11 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guys, I want to share my views on this topic. I was > listening to > > Rahman Sir's classic compositions from > Iruvar-Alaypayithey -Bombay, > > also "Thiruda Thiruda" numbers & > "FIRE" BGMs. > > I think the usual charm of tight percussion units in > ARR's songs is no > > longer existing nowadays. The kind of minute details > we used to get in > > every beat of it, may it be "humma humma" or > "Thee Thee" or a semi- > > classical number like "Radha kaise na > jale..." is somewhere missing > > nowadays. Even this creative percussion were heard in > RDB, (Remember > > the bike chasing or killing of minister scene !!!!), > also a bit of it > > in Jodha Akbar (although he relied upon synthesized > beats in "Jashn > > Bahara"). > > Does it mean Rahman Sir doesn't involve himself > much in every section > > of a song, rather leave it to young bloods like > Krishna Chetan? At > > least I personally felt lack of innovative percussion > (using unusual > > beats & instruments) in last couple of films like > "Jaane > > Tu..", "Sakkarakatti" , "ADA" > & even in "Yuvraj". In "Yuvraj" also > he > > uses a lot of techno stuffs as backing beats, which > just supports the > > song by keeping the rhythm but doesn't increase > it's beauty. Well > > composed numbers like "Tu hi meri dost" or > "Manmohini" or "Dil ka > > rishta" has a very repeatative & fully > synthesized beat which cud have > > been taken care of I think, a full orchestral sound is > going side by > > side (just think of "Thiruda Thiruda") > > > > Whats ur opinion ???????? > > Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/
