Thank you Nazeef. Infact in Jaipur ,Sayanora could not get the fanaa song right during rehearsals, and ARR did not take any chance. The song was ofcourse removed from the list.
On 7/28/08, 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. > > >
