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.
