hi experiments with non native singers is okay only to a very small extent..one or two songs is fine.. i donno whay rahman is continuously using hindi singers for tamilsongs, tamil singers for some other language.. ex.. its very irritating to hear udit narayan singing tamil or telugu.. whatever fresh or new his voice be, its just not sitting well.. not just udit, there are soo many north indian voices which dont suit tamil.
if freshness in the voice is the reason for their usage, there are hundreds of tamil/telugu malayalam singers who have fresh voices, express better and pronounce the language better.. why dont rahman chose some of those voice? why only those same north indian voices udit, madhusri, shreya and some one else.. i always think he shud pick only tamils for tamil, hindi people for hindi and telugu singers for telugu songs.. see its not only rahman... other composers are using non native singers even to the worst possible extent.. their extensive usage udit is anyway snatching aways the freshness in arr songs..so what is the point in rahman using them? back in 1994, it sounded okay.. but now, look at the south indian music, every album contains only hindi singers.. its not helping rahman to make his songs sound apart.. using outside singers for songs like sivaji-style is okay bcos of its genre..also maryam teller for maiya maiya fits well .. but its not helping the melody based songs. my only concern is to see rahman not getting criticized for using non native singers who cd not pronounce properly.. we can talk anything here, between us.. but i dont want any outsider to say anything about rahman. may be he must start a new trend by using all native singers only to elevate the lyrical meaning and expression too.. in any case, i credit rahman for giving life for soo many new singers.. thanks Greetings Chitra "Music Moves" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
