NO LIP SYNCING.. I've attended a concert , sat quiet close to the man himself.. and anyways, I definitely felt the difference between the real song & the one being sung. not just by ARR but by the other singers too.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:15 PM, nazeef mohammed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi! > > To the best of my knowledge, I beleive the following is true.. > > Firstly, Rahman is not so stupid to have a repertoire of splendid musicians > and singers "Acting" on stage.. > 99 pc of the music is played live-the guitars, the flute, the drums,the > keyboards, the synths and a whole lot of other percussions and strings. The > only sounds that would be recorded would be a little of the mixing sounds, > loops and some special effects and little bit of work done to combine more > than one song together.. > AR has atleast three to four days of proper rehearsals in his studios > before each concert. The singers practise till > AR feels it's right. Over and over again, if needed. AR himself takes a lot > of time to get Khwaja mere Khwaja to perfection. He uses a couple of other > singers to ensure the effect of the three to four rahmans, as heard in the > original is achieved. > There is barely any lip sync-infact so many singers have so many variations > while performing live. AR himself changes and shuffles within a song (Humma > humma, NY nagaram and so many!) to make sure it does not sound like we hear > it on cd. So many singers do last minute stunts, which is not possible if > they were to lip sync!! > There is a proper dedicated chorus that also backs the lead singer. Only to > ensure that nothing goes wrong, there is always the backing track, on which > the musicians tune their instruments to. Especially an AR concert, with hi > tech AR touch to it, is a lil impossible to be perfect, but a 99 pc to > perfection is always there! > > If you are judging by the sounds you hear on a video of the concert, then > PHEW!! The videos are edited, the sounds are edited and then allowed to > sync...the concert videos are not just some premature randomn > recordings..they take time to release because of the work involved in > getting you good sound quality. > > I have attended a few concerts of AR and lucky I should admit, to be very > close to the stage and to be able to give the above explanation. > > Gomzy, add?? > > Nazeef Mohammed. > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"