Nice... Very Nice.. Is this Srikanth here in the Groups by any chance ? On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Prakash Balaramkrishna < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&max-results=19 > > Part - 6! > > One more opportunity knocked my door, drive my cousin to Panchathan Inn > recording studio. It was a late night recording at 11..00pm, the studio had > undergone changes, and close to the studio entrance there was a new waiting > room. I was asked to sit in that room. Whenever someone opened the door I > was able to listen to the track in a very low volume. I heard orchestral > hits, tight drum grooves and vocals with lot of reverb. > > After 15 minutes or so, suddenly Mr. Viramuthu walked out from the studio. > I stood up, he asked me to sit. He then took the seat next to me, my lucky > star shines again and I am now sitting next to the Iconic lyric writer from > Tamil Nadu. He then asked me in English “Are you Anu’S brother?” I nodded my > head and then he asked are you from Delhi, for which I replied in a low > voice, “தமிழ்ல பேசலாம் சார்” [I can talk in Tamil Sir], then I had some guts > to talk and congratulated him for all the songs he penned right from late > 70’s till now. With a grin he nodded his head and then went back inside. One > more time an opportunity to hear the tight drum grooves and vocals with lot > of reverb. > > After about 30 minutes, door opens and no audio bleed this time and I see > few walking out, I spot A.R. Rahman in the middle, and to my surprise he > said "HI" "How Are You?" I said I am fine. He then started talking to > Viramuthu and I still remember, ARR was saying to Viramuthu that he should > be calling “Hariharnan” as he has been missing his calls. I was watching > this all with amazement. You might wonder what is so amazing about it, true > but for a 23 year old watching 2 giants of Tamil Cinema speak is nothing but > amazement. > > Then someone walks near ARR and whispers something, ARR goes inside. That > “somebody” was Noel James working at the Studio and ARR’s long time buddy. > Noel requested me to join him in the reception, he told me director would be > here anytime and he might not like anyone being around. In the reception as > though we were long time friends, Noel and I had a long discussion about > music, keyboard etc. We spoke about Pink Floyd to Phil Collins to Whitney > Houston and a lot about new keyboards. I still remember that evening > conversation. We even started refereeing ARR as “our man” and I did get to > know few little things about ARR’s work flow. At around 1.00am I had the > presence of mind to get Noel’s phone number. > > Tamil film music has tracks that are remembered just for its uniqueness. > "முத்து குளிக்க வரீர்களா", "நின்னுக்கோரி வர்ணம்" are few examples. The song > that was recorded that night was in the same league -> “Konjam Nilavu” > Movie: "Thiruda Thiruda" directed by Mani Rathnam. > > The song was all about A.R. Rahman’s rich music, Anupama’s dominant vocals > and P.C. Sriram’s camera work. Later when the movie came out the rumor was > that PC would use state of the art devices like akelaa cranes for the > filming the song. Honestly I am yet to see a singer who could reproduce this > song with perfection. The song format was western - verses and chorus. The > chorus lines [male vocals] were done by Noel James. I was able to spot > familiar sounds from Korg M1/O1W keyboards. Apart from the songs, the > uncelebrated feature of the “Thiruda Thiruda” was Rahman’s Background music. > The background score by Rahman was well above his all previous movies. For > example the French horn theme sounds in Sivaji; Rahman had composed similar > stuff way back for Thiruda Thiruda. This movie generated a lot of > expectations in me and I was waiting eagerly for its Audio launch. > > To conclude this part, following is a piece of advice, when you get to meet > top people in any business or industry please! Do not miss the opportunity > to talk; Make sure you use it to your potential. I still hate myself for > being shy; I hate myself for fear of communication.. My fears became factors > that created a natural block for me to move forward. I was musically > qualified and my sequencing and programming abilities were beyond most > during that time, but my silent mode did not permit me to promote my skill > set which in turn failed to create peers around me. Though I am happy where > I am now, I still rue missing chances. The crude fact is I never got them > again! At that time, I did not know that this was the last time I would meet > “A.R. Rahman” in his studio.\ > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pradeepan R <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, April 12, 2009 5:27:53 AM > *Subject:* Re: [arr] A Fan's tale > > This was awesome !!!! thanks so much. > > 2009/4/3 Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@yahoo. com <[email protected]>> > >> >> http://srikanthd. blogspot. com/2009/ 03/fans-tale. >> html<http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale.html> >> http://srikanthd. blogspot. com/2009/ 03/fans-tale_ >> 11.html<http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_11.html> >> http://srikanthd. blogspot. com/2009/ 03/fans-tale_ >> 17.html<http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_17.html> >> http://srikanthd. blogspot. com/2009/ 03/fans-tale_ >> 19.html<http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_19.html> >> http://srikanthd. blogspot. com/2009/ 03/fans-tale_ >> 24.html<http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_24.html> >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > Pradeepan. > > "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to > you !" > > > -- regards, Vithur
