And here is my take on this ...
It is about "Sound" . I think himself and his teammate i.e. H.Sridhar
have mastered the art of recording. When I play his cd's to some of
my friends who own and record professionally here in the US, this is
what they say... "Dude ! that is very clean .. fantastic recording".
I think recording in itself is an art that needs a lot of time
invested and really good understanding on how it works. Most of the
MD's in India probably don't invest time/money in that. I guess one
would have to have love towards it to have so much dedication. And
keep in mind, a majority of his songs involve recording ancient Indian
instruments (mridangam, thavil etc) and you cannot find a manual to
know about "placing microphones" to these instruments which itself is
another deep subject. Using these instruments is a challenge and
bringing excellent recordings out of them is something not many people
achieve, no matter how expensive their equipment is.
Even though writing music is spiritual, you have to be a master in the
subject of recording to achieve the works that we have been
priviledged to ..
cheers
Prashant
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "sam_menon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ARR once quoted "You can learn music, you can learn technology, but
> beyond all that, composing music is like a spiritual, divine
> journey". What he was probably trying to convey is that his approach
> is different from other MDs. He admits he's never perfect; many a
> time he's approached a soundtrack wrongly, gone back and come in
> again. He's repeated the process over and over again till he's
> satisfied with the result. Technically speaking, he's got the best
> state-of-the-art digital studio in probably the whole of India (In
> fact, daxco digital, the pioneers in sound technology plan to modify
> and construct a hude studio just for ARR!!!!) So, this might be an
> advantage as well. He also admits that to grow in music, one should
> keep an open mind- 1 should experiment. He does a lot of that while
> other MDs probably don't (for reasons best known to them). It's all
> about approach- he says that everytime he starts out on a song, he
> treats it as his first. With such enthusiasm and freshness, can
> we "not" recognise his stamp?? :)
> Sameer
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Prasad Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > One of the many facets that I admire in Rahman's music is
> his "distinctness". Ten seconds into any of his tracks and you can
> easily recognize his stamp. His recordings are bright, vibrant and
> never muddled.
> >
> >
> >
> > My question to some of the gurus out here is what makes his
> recordings so distinct? Given the rapid technological advancements in
> the recording industry and their easy accessibility how is it that
> ARR's work still stands out?
> >
> >
> >
> > Only Sandeep Chowta, Vishal Bharadwaj, Ismail Darbar, Harris Jeyraj
> and Monty Sharma's recording is comparable and at least in the same
> league. (For the more easily excitable members of the group please
> read the word "recordings" in caps, bold and italics).
> >
> >
> >
> > What is it that the rest of the crop of MDs lack? A good support
> team? Or a finer understanding of the recording process?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > PV
> >
> >
> >
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