guys, I am totally clueless of this thread. What role does a sound engineer
have
in the final product ? How can cacaphony, noisy sounds be part of any song,
forget about AR's song. If a regular listener can make out these, why wouldn't
AR take care of this ? My question is more out of ignorance. Can a sound
engineer make such a difference ? Can any one elaborate ?
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From: harsha vardhan <harshaa_vard...@yahoo.com>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 6:42:43 AM
Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
exactly bro...just what i feel..
--- On Mon, 7/26/10, sreedhar <tri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>From: sreedhar <tri...@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
>To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
>Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 4:25 PM
>
>
>
>Well, it's a matter of preference. I mean, judging solely based on Komaram
>Puli,
>you just have to look back at Aa Aah and Nani/ New. I don't know if H. Sridhar
>was the engineer for those 2 albums, but the same complaints of cachophony
>hold
>good for them also. Ditto Godfather.
>
>
>And I do love the so-called noisy Blue and Raavan soundtracks! For the record,
>I
>think the only person who can have a massive impact on a Rahman album is
>Rahman
>himself. The loss of one technician or musician, no matter how good they are,
>does not adversely impact Rahman's output. For example, I feel Chitra is the
>best female voice Rahman has worked with. But her not collaborating with
>Rahman
>off-late has not hampered Rahman's output of melodious songs.
>
>The problem, and I felt this on several occassions, is that Rahman has, to put
>it across sensitively, a multi-tier approach. Directors like Kadhir, Shankar
>or
>Gautham Menon get songs of one tier, whereas directors like S.J. Suryah and
>K.S.
>Ravikumar get another tier. Then you have Mani who has a tier to himself. And
>whether you feel Raavan isn't as good as Bombay, or AE isn't as good as Roja,
>or
>Alai Paayuthey isn't as good as Thiruda Thiruda, the comparison is always on
>the
>one tier. Maybe one song from Raavan isn't as good as a certain song from VTV,
>but for my money, the best song in Raavan will hands down beat the best song
>on
>VTV.
>
>
>
>On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Indmov Buff <indmovb...@yahoo. com> wrote:
>
>
>>Raavan was no average flare, in my opinion. Was more appealing to me than VTV
>>and VTV was a great album! Just my two cents.
>>
>>
>>
________________________________
From: Gopal Anandan <agop...@yahoo. com>
>>To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
>>Sent: Sun, 25 July, 2010 3:17:52
>>Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
>>
>>
>>I was coming back from the B'lore airport last night and the playlist
>>switched
>>songs from an old composition (Sridhar times) to the most recent ones Blue,
>>Pulli etc...and I felt exactly the same!! Many of the recent compositions are
>>becoming noisy and needless extra techno-sounds - the balancing of
>>instruments,
>>layers is only visible in the melody oriented songs. That way Couples Retreat
>>is
>>far superior than some of the recent albums.
>>
>>I guess ARR is in a major experimenting mode these days - not just with his
>>compositions but also with his entire team. But the gaps are well filled in
>>by
>>Amit, Anandh and Mithoon...!
>>
>>A neutral and unbiased view of bulk of the songs of films like Shivaji, Blue
>>or
>>Raavan (and would add Pulli as well) from any of us fans is really tough...by
>>Rahman standards these are to say the least average compositions compared to
>>Delhi 6, VTV, Pudhiya Mugam, Dil Se, Taal, Rangeela, Duet - the old time
>>compositions!
>>
>>ciao / Gopal
>>
>>--- On Sat, 24/7/10, kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
>>>To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
>>>Date: Saturday, 24 July, 2010, 10:36 PM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>It's ok..that was understood bro..
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sorry... I mean after Delhi 6.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
________________________________
From: Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in>
>>>>To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
>>>>Sent: Sat, 24 July, 2010 12:55:29 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Agreed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Actually I feel some tracks are noisy Delhi 6 (except VTV)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
________________________________
From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com>
>>>>To: arrahmanfans <arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com>
>>>>Sent: Fri, 23 July, 2010 6:15:23 PM
>>>>Subject: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Komaram Puli songs....esp. .peppy ones Maham Maye juz amazing
>>>>But, the ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR is really hurting ARR soundtracks. ..
>>>>See, the AMAZING intro piece in this song...Juz imagine, how it would have
>>>>been
>>>>if H Sridhar was there....
>>>>ARR's old film Tehzeeb, had a couple of songs, of this kind.. But , u can
>>>>feel
>>>>the amazing difference !!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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