[arr] AR Rahman's salute to Jacko

[$ Pavan Kumar $]

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_ar-rahman-s-salute-to-jacko_1309812

Mumbai: Double Oscar-winner AR Rahman is so inspired by Michael Jackson's music 
that he is set to include the compositions of the iconic pop star as a subject 
at his music school, the KM Music Conservatory in Chennai. Rahman will also don 
the hat of a lecturer for this course, giving the first lecture on Jackson, his 
life and times, and how it influenced his own music.
The composer adds: "Michael is an institution in his own right. His work is 
vast in variation and quantity. He showed his expertise in genres like R&B, 
Pop, Soul. We are looking at teaching our student various genres of music and 
also about music that left an impression on the minds and hearts of 
generations. Michael undoubtedly is one of them. Personally, it will be a 
matter of pride to talk to my students about Michael's music. I have enjoyed 
his music for years now and I've been grieved by his untimely demise.""I have 
been inspired by Michael and his works for years now. I had met him and though 
he was such a big star, he was always a very humble human being. That really 
touched and inspired me. I think he was an inspiration for an entire 
generation. His music must have influenced countless musicians across the world 
and it would be an honour for me to have the students of my music school learn 
and discuss the artist of the century," Rahman told DNA.
Rahman also goes on to say that Michael's sudden death has taught him a big 
lesson of life. "Michael Jackson was living a life which many like me can only 
dream of. He was a legend and did not have to hanker for the spotlight. Despite 
him having everything, he died in a second. It has taught me the greatest 
lessonabout how life truly is. You can have everything but all those things 
might not be of any use," he says.
Rahman adds: "I have realised that the spotlight might be on me now because I 
have won awards and am doing some good work. I have to make sure that all this 
attention does not blind me from looking inside, and my family. I can't let the 
spotlight take control of my mind because the day I don't work well, all this 
will also go in a second." 


  

RE: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a month

[Indmov Buff]

Vijay, is that a hint at what we might have in the future?! ;)
P.S: We want to see Rahman at the Wembley stadium again! Please- I don't care 
if it's a hopeless concert in terms of organising. I just want to see Rahman, 
the Oscar winner  perform for us. 


--- On Tue, 10/11/09, vi...@kmmusiq.com  wrote:

From: vi...@kmmusiq.com 
Subject: RE: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a 
month
To: dnshvai...@yahoo.co.in
Cc: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 10:37







 



  



  
  
  Keep your fingers crossed. .:)



-original message-

Subject: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a month

From: "DineshVaidya" 

Date: 10/11/2009 15:24



I agree with HARI's points. Even if Rahman is not directly involved in the 
event organisation, being a person on whose name the entire event is staged, he 
should be made aware of the feedback of the audience / fans. And if the 
situation is  beyond his control, I guess, he should not continue with the 
present setup and go solo. 



To be honest, the audience / fans come to listen / see ARR and ARR alone. 
atleast that's what I and my family did in the Pune concert. If Rahman decides 
to do simple 1-2 hour impromptu unplugged sessions with chosen few artists and 
a simple orchestra, no fireworks, no dancing puppets and songs which he and he 
alone wants to perform, I think that programme will be a stupendous success and 
will not be a logistical nightmare for any event organiser.  



And who can know the true worth of GURUJI  than his own disciples, the 
rahmaniacs ? So if Rahman starts a new trend of organising shows with local 
band or artists / musicians from his fan group, I would wholeheartedly support 
such a venture. This group has huge talent pool of musicians / singers / sound 
engineers / remix specialists amongst us, why do we require outsiders ?



Best regards

Dinesh Vaidya

Pune



--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "iucaa_hari"  wrote:

>

> I paid 2000 Rs of my hard earned money to watch this show. I am huge AR 
> Rahman fan and have seen two more of his live shows. 

> I am used to the substandard level of service that is offered in India. Any 
> kind of service. We don't have proper facilities anywhere in this country to 
> hold an event together for any number more than twenty thousand people. For 
> example Internation Cricket matches played in India. Have you been to any? No 
> stadium in India can boast of a descent parking facility for  ten thousand 
> cars(now if you have a stadium for 50K people you would need it right?). TO 
> be able to park conviniently and to take it of and leave easily itself is not 
> possible. Let alone expect reserved seating, hygienic and versatile top of 
> the line snacks and toilet facilities. All this for the richest cricketing 
> body in the world. 






 





 



  






  

Re: [arr] Rahmanism a new Religion

[Madhu.Sudhan d]

Hi Adithya i guess there are enough religions in this world to divide humans
please do not bring in a new religion. Let A R R's music touch everyone's
life not only the blessed fans like us

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Aditya Pai  wrote:

>
>
>  Good to see bulk no of people  becoming fans of Rahman all over the world
> so there is an indication of  "Rahmanism" now  turning out to be a new
> religion "Religion of music". This is the only religion where people from
> all communities get together worship and praises Rahman's god gifted
> creations. Here we only speak one language music. The Concerts are like the
> religious processions where all his fans celebrate and get chance to see
> Rahman singing live. His new releases are like festivals when Rahman fans
> will be busy buying CDs. Rahmanism is now spreading like fire these days.
> Rahman's dedication towards music has only made him win an Oscar. Had he
> been in the "Hollywood" film industry since the inception he would have won
> the Oscar in his debut album itself and till now he would have won ' n '
> number of Oscars. But you must see his power first Rahman ruled the Southern
> Film Industry with his powerful scores then came to Bollywood and gifted
> "Rangeela" and is now the no.1 composer in Bollywood, then he went Britian
> gifted them "Slumdog Millionaire" and earned an Oscar and now with "Couples
> Retreat" he has now made official entry into Hollywood . This clearly shows
> his power all over the world. Rahman you are the true "God Of Music".
>
> Regards,
> Aditya
>
>
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> 
>

Re: [arr] Kolkata Love for Rahman

[Arijit Debnath]

The irony is majority of Rabindra Sangeets are based on 'Baul' songs and
have 'baul' influences

Arijit

2009/11/10 Muktak Kanjilal 

>
>
>   kabhi neem neem doesnot have influences of Rabindra Sangeet. Infact it
> has influences "Baul" Music. Baul music is a kind of Bengali spiritual folk
> music
>
>  *Muktak Kanjilal*
>
>
> --- On *Tue, 10/11/09, Yogesh Korde * wrote:
>
>
> From: Yogesh Korde 
> Subject: [arr] Kolkata Love for Rahman
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 12:48 PM
>
>
>
>
>   I'm not saying that AR copied/inspired by Rabindra sangeet, but he has
> said that he'd used
> some elements of it[even in some Tamil songs]..and i felt that kabhi neem
> has that feel.
>
>
> Regards
> Yogesh
> Pune
>
>
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Re: [arr] Kolkata Love for Rahman

[souvik gupta]

where did u find baul influence in kabhi neem neem???bt that goes wt d
chraecter of shashi who is a bengali...he used khol a percussion instrument
of bengal in oru thuli in d first interlude..tat sounds very nice.

[arr] Rahmanism a new Religion

[Aditya Pai]

Good to see bulk no of people  becoming fans of Rahman all over the world so 
there is an indication of  "Rahmanism" now  turning out to be a new religion 
"Religion of music". This is the only religion where people from all 
communities get together worship and praises Rahman's god gifted creations. 
Here we only speak one language music. The Concerts are like the religious 
processions where all his fans celebrate and get chance to see Rahman singing 
live. His new releases are like festivals when Rahman fans will be busy buying 
CDs. Rahmanism is now spreading like fire these days. Rahman's dedication 
towards music has only made him win an Oscar. Had he been in the
 "Hollywood" film industry since the inception he would have won the Oscar in 
his debut album itself and till now he would have won ' n ' number of Oscars. 
But you must
 see his power first Rahman ruled the Southern Film Industry with his powerful 
scores then came to Bollywood and gifted "Rangeela" and is now the no.1 
composer in Bollywood, then he went Britian gifted them "Slumdog Millionaire" 
and earned an Oscar and now with "Couples Retreat" he has now made official 
entry into Hollywood . This clearly shows his power all over the world. Rahman 
you are the true "God Of Music".

Regards,
Aditya






 



  











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RE: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a month

[vijay]

Keep your fingers crossed..:)

-original message-
Subject: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a month
From: "DineshVaidya" 
Date: 10/11/2009 15:24

I agree with HARI's points. Even if Rahman is not directly involved in the 
event organisation, being a person on whose name the entire event is staged, he 
should be made aware of the feedback of the audience / fans. And if the 
situation is  beyond his control, I guess, he should not continue with the 
present setup and go solo. 

To be honest, the audience / fans come to listen / see ARR and ARR alone. 
atleast that's what I and my family did in the Pune concert. If Rahman decides 
to do simple 1-2 hour impromptu unplugged sessions with chosen few artists and 
a simple orchestra, no fireworks, no dancing puppets and songs which he and he 
alone wants to perform, I think that programme will be a stupendous success and 
will not be a logistical nightmare for any event organiser.  

And who can know the true worth of GURUJI  than his own disciples, the 
rahmaniacs ? So if Rahman starts a new trend of organising shows with local 
band or artists / musicians from his fan group, I would wholeheartedly support 
such a venture. This group has huge talent pool of musicians / singers / sound 
engineers / remix specialists amongst us, why do we require outsiders ?

Best regards
Dinesh Vaidya
Pune


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "iucaa_hari"  wrote:
>
> I paid 2000 Rs of my hard earned money to watch this show. I am huge AR 
> Rahman fan and have seen two more of his live shows. 
> I am used to the substandard level of service that is offered in India. Any 
> kind of service. We don't have proper facilities anywhere in this country to 
> hold an event together for any number more than twenty thousand people. For 
> example Internation Cricket matches played in India. Have you been to any? No 
> stadium in India can boast of a descent parking facility for  ten thousand 
> cars(now if you have a stadium for 50K people you would need it right?). TO 
> be able to park conviniently and to take it of and leave easily itself is not 
> possible. Let alone expect reserved seating, hygienic and versatile top of 
> the line snacks and toilet facilities. All this for the richest cricketing 
> body in the world. 

Re: [arr] which DAW you use?

[Umie]

Am using Logic pro.

Music is my 2nd mom
Luv u ARR

Op 9 nov 2009 om 18:57 heeft "wiredbeats ."  het 
volgende geschreven:\

just wanted opinions of some pros and semi pros in here.I Know some are here 
who write to me saperatly giving praises and brickbats

who is using using what for your music production and recording endeavors?Any 
band members??

beginners

audacity
acid express

semi-pro to pro

sony acid
ableton live
cakewalk
adobe audition

pro level

reason
logic
pro-tools


Remixes I Originals I Opinions


http://www.wiredbeats.com 






  

Re: [arr] Kolkata Love for Rahman

[Muktak Kanjilal]

kabhi neem neem doesnot have influences of Rabindra Sangeet. Infact it has 
influences "Baul" Music. Baul music is a kind of Bengali spiritual folk music

Muktak Kanjilal

--- On Tue, 10/11/09, Yogesh Korde  wrote:

From: Yogesh Korde 
Subject: [arr] Kolkata Love for Rahman
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 12:48 PM







 



  



  
  
  I'm not saying that AR copied/inspired by Rabindra sangeet, but he has 
said that he'd used
some elements of it[even in some Tamil songs]..and i felt that kabhi neem has 
that feel.


Regards
Yogesh
Pune






   
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[arr] Danny Boyle’s tentatively titled '127 Hours '

[Sreekrishnan R]

http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/news.php?newscatid=1&newsid=1627


After winning couple of academy awards with Slumdog Millionaire, the
Mozart of Madras – A.R. Rahman has been approached with many Hollywood
offers. Although, his project Couples Retreat didn’t make it top on
charts, the musical album has been doing good business in audio markets.

Now
the latest reports have stated that A.R. Rahman will be consecutively
scoring music for more Hollywood films including Danny Boyle’s
tentatively titled 127 Hours. The film is based on real life of
mountaineer Arson Ralston and his unforgettable experience of cutting
his own forearm.

The film is produced by Christian Colson, who
produced Danny’s Slumdog Millionaire while Simon Beaufoy (won academy
award for best screenplay –Slumdog Millionaire) will handle script and
screenplay. A.R. Rahman will soon meet the Slumdog Millionaire team to
go ahead with the project.

Apart from this film, Rahman
has already signed deal for Ashok Amritraj’s Hollywood production
Street Dancing. The film is based on a dance competition set in
backdrops of Singapore and New York. Since, Street Dancing will include
varieties of dances across the World, closer sources of Rahman have
mentioned that he will be roping in various instrumentalists and
singers from various countries. 

 

Rahman fever
His Music ~ My Mother Tongue


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RE: [arr] which DAW you use?

[wiredbeats .]

Hey Karun,
I worked a lot on the mid tier ones. Not pro-tools, Reason,Logic. I found 
cakewalk to have made a great improvement over the years.and that nuendo is a 
superb options like you said for MIDI based works. 

Remixes I Originals I Opinions
http://www.wiredbeats.com 



To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
From: karun...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:05:49 +0530
Subject: Re: [arr] which DAW you use?


















 



  



  
  
  Hi,

Pro Level Digidesign protools is great for both recording and mixing and in the 
recent versions mastering can also be performed well with few additional 
plugins. Stein berg Nuendo is also an alternate less expensive option but Pro 
tools is THE BEST.

 
For recording and mixing Logic audio the recent studio edition is also a very 
good product, the one best option available in this the musical sheet where u 
can write your music notes direclty without playing/play a music and the 
notation is automatically created. you can do most of the work that you do with 
Pro tools but pro tools stands first because of their dedicated hardware 
without that the software wont function.


Ableton live/Suite is another software which is extensively used on live 
performaces as they are famous for easy usage .

I ve worked on most of the softwares listed and and i recomend Protools and for 
ppl who cant afford for the hardware can go for Nuendo.


Just a note about other softwares

Reason is a digital studio setup - you can virtually use most of the studio 
equipments like Mixing console,effects processor,etc

Cubase - This is one of the best softwares for MIDI works, You can connct your 
keyboard to this via Midi port and use many music samples available so that 
just with the keyboard as midi controller u can create great tunes with this 
samples.


There are lots more i hav just given a brief intro  if more anyone needs 
more info please feel free to mail me.

Karthik


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM, wiredbeats .  wrote:
















 



  



  
  
  


just wanted opinions of some pros and semi pros in here.I Know some are here 
who write to me saperatly giving praises and brickbats

who is using using what for your music production and recording endeavors?Any 
band members??


beginners

audacity
acid express

semi-pro to pro

sony acid
ableton live
cakewalk
adobe audition

pro level

reason
logic
pro-tools


Remixes I Originals I Opinions


http://www.wiredbeats.com 

  



 









  












 









  

Re: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless ---arr not with his keyboard- Analysed after a month

[shai]

hi there,
 
...for me the most heartbraking thing was when ar rahman noth with his keyboard 
..i always wanted to see him with his keyboard...not perfoming solo..so 
boring...and we are not seeing beyonce in concert rite...its arrahman live in 
concert...so please sir...stand wit ur keyboard pls

--- On Mon, 11/9/09, in2mindstation  wrote:


From: in2mindstation 
Subject: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a month
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 9:40 AM


  




Some more from another fan:

* The sound and volume - For an event like this, people come expecting to HEAR 
the sound and enjoy - everyone cant be near the stage to see but sure everyone 
can HEAR THE SOUND clearly?
After the show started I was simply hoping anyone of the organisers would come 
and stand amidst the crowd and get to know how low the volume was. Midway 
through the show the volume improved but the system was nothing to boast of.

* ARR thanked the musicians at the end of the show..nice.. Wouldnt it be be 
good to see the musicians who play the songs onstage? Atleast on video screen? 
It was always the dancers and singers on stage. 
Agree this is a more general one applicable to many of the televised
music programmes - 
For the DD 50 years Delhi show, Stephen was introduced as the keyboardist but 
after that there was no sight of him. Not even once. Playing keyboards is not 
some easy thing.

Though there were shortcomings I ENJOYED THE SHOW TO THE HILT! IT WAS MY FIRST 
ARR CONCERT! :)

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "iucaa_hari"  wrote:
>
> I paid 2000 Rs of my hard earned money to watch this show. I am huge AR 
> Rahman fan and have seen two more of his live shows. 
> I am used to the substandard level of service that is offered in India. Any 
> kind of service. We don't have proper facilities anywhere in this country to 
> hold an event together for any number more than twenty thousand people. For 
> example Internation Cricket matches played in India. Have you been to any? No 
> stadium in India can boast of a descent parking facility for ten thousand 
> cars(now if you have a stadium for 50K people you would need it right?). TO 
> be able to park conviniently and to take it of and leave easily itself is not 
> possible. Let alone expect reserved seating, hygienic and versatile top of 
> the line snacks and toilet facilities. All this for the richest cricketing 
> body in the world. 
> 
> Now coming back to the AR Rahman show, the organisers are purely cashing in 
> on AR Rahman's market to make money. Rapport Global thinks that if the Stage 
> and the SOund is good(sound has always had a problem, since the my first show 
> in 2004) then they are world class. Its just a plug-in-plug- out stage and 
> organiser needs to understand that stage alone does not determine if the show 
> is "world class". 
> 
> I have a few questions proping up in my mind. 
> (1) For a Brand like Rahman why do you need to coloborate with MARG to donate 
> funds for AR Rahman foundation and Sakhti Foundation. 
> Even if Rahman had done the show directly for Shakthi, the money would have 
> come. Was collaborating with MARG so essential, taking 50K odd people for a 
> 12 hour pacakage(total time to travel to-and-fro). 
> 
> (2) People pay money for the event that is promised. Not to see MARG 
> advertising it self to 50K tired people(remember we are told no water bottles 
> allowed but later everybody seemed to have one and people like me who adhere 
> to ruled were idiots). When the program was promised to start at 6:30 PM why 
> dint they start atleast after the MARG PR excercise. From 7:00 to 7:25 people 
> were sitting like idiots. Tired and Hungry. 
> 
> (3) Extremely unproffessional not to have a Anchor for a show of this 
> magnitude. Imagine 50 K people waiting and there is no show anchor, no 
> introduction to songs, singers. Shocking. 
> Most of the Junta dint know that AR was singing Fiqrana or what. Please 
> organise more professionally. Introduce singers and Pieces. Treat the 
> audience with respect. 
> 
> (4) The way back was another chaos with buses waiting in queque to leave the 
> areana. The wait was for more than an hour. People sitting on the floor of 
> the bus and what not. I reached home at 3 AM. Can't See a good reason why 
> only MARG could do this. 
> 
> (5) The barricades dont work!!! I paid for my ticket but I sat or rather 
> stood with people who dont seem to have paid or many of the people with 300 
> hundred rupee tickets landed in this part of the arena. The screens were not 
> clear at all. 
> 
> That for the arrangments, to the music part. This sequence of songs has 
> already been heard t the Times of India launch in Chennai Last year. The 
> "Jaage hain" start and move to Khal Bali. Unless you have a fresher approach 
> what was the need to do the same thing again. If Rahman wants to mix songs 
> and does not want the language to be barrier that i

Re: [arr] Audio launch

[russel_mohammed]

Dear Vithur,

u have any confirmed date regarding audio release.?

in all other sites they are not giving any confirmed date...

atleast this month it will happen?


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur  wrote:
>
> It hasnt still.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:49 PM, riyaz_funky  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > *When did vinnaithandivaruvaya audio release anybody tell plz?*
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Vithur
>

[arr] "I produced the Pray For Me Brother track with Rahman "- Mikey McCleary

[Vithur]

Lucky Ali's brother-in-law Mikey McCleary (40) is making his Bollywood
debut. Born in India but settled in New Zealand, Mikey has given the music
to five out of seven songs in Aftab Shivdasani's Aao Wish Karein. A trained
musician, he has studied music after high school and was also part of an
orchestra.

Mikey studied music after high school at the Wellington Conservatorium of
Music and later the Victoria University in New Zealand. Later, he moved to
London where he produced and recorded tracks for orchestras and independent
artists at the Trident Studio.

After his sister got married to Lucky, Mikey got a chance to work with him
on his first album. "He just knocked on my door and introduced himself as my
new brother-in-law. He was in London to do some work on his album but it
wasn't going anywhere. So I suggested why doesn't he record some song with
me in the studio and that's how  Sunoh happened."

About his foray into Bollywood, Mikey says, "I had worked on an old song
called Sabke Peeche Hum Khade, along with my friend Ankur Tiwari. When Aftab
met me, he told he about this film he was doing and wanted me to work with
him.

So I ended up doing five songs for Aao Wish Karein."  In the past, McCleary
has also assisted and worked with the likes of AR Rahman and Salim-Suleiman.
"I produced the Pray For Me Brother track with Rahman and then assisted
Salim-Suleiman on  Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi."

Despite having a house in New Zealand, Mikey now plans to move to Mumbai for
a long haul. "I recently got a work permit to reside in as well as pursue my
career in India. So I am waiting for the film to release and then take on
more work."

-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr]

[souvik gupta]

i use nuendo for programing and recording shifting to logic soon..

[arr] Kolkata Love for Rahman

[Yogesh Korde]

I'm not saying that AR copied/inspired by Rabindra sangeet, but he has said 
that he'd used
some elements of it[even in some Tamil songs]..and i felt that kabhi neem has 
that feel.


Regards
Yogesh
Pune




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[arr] jai ho concert

[anil]

ar.rahman jai ho concert in our hyderabad is awesome  thanks for the 
ar.rahman performing for us and donating all the net money to the cm relief 
fund for the sake of flood relief...thank u 
alot
 regards 
ar.rahman fan 
 G.ANILKUMAR(9989979143)

[arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a month

[DineshVaidya]

I agree with HARI's points. Even if Rahman is not directly involved in the 
event organisation, being a person on whose name the entire event is staged, he 
should be made aware of the feedback of the audience / fans. And if the 
situation is  beyond his control, I guess, he should not continue with the 
present setup and go solo. 

To be honest, the audience / fans come to listen / see ARR and ARR alone. 
atleast that's what I and my family did in the Pune concert. If Rahman decides 
to do simple 1-2 hour impromptu unplugged sessions with chosen few artists and 
a simple orchestra, no fireworks, no dancing puppets and songs which he and he 
alone wants to perform, I think that programme will be a stupendous success and 
will not be a logistical nightmare for any event organiser.  

And who can know the true worth of GURUJI  than his own disciples, the 
rahmaniacs ? So if Rahman starts a new trend of organising shows with local 
band or artists / musicians from his fan group, I would wholeheartedly support 
such a venture. This group has huge talent pool of musicians / singers / sound 
engineers / remix specialists amongst us, why do we require outsiders ?

Best regards
Dinesh Vaidya
Pune


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "iucaa_hari"  wrote:
>
> I paid 2000 Rs of my hard earned money to watch this show. I am huge AR 
> Rahman fan and have seen two more of his live shows. 
> I am used to the substandard level of service that is offered in India. Any 
> kind of service. We don't have proper facilities anywhere in this country to 
> hold an event together for any number more than twenty thousand people. For 
> example Internation Cricket matches played in India. Have you been to any? No 
> stadium in India can boast of a descent parking facility for  ten thousand 
> cars(now if you have a stadium for 50K people you would need it right?). TO 
> be able to park conviniently and to take it of and leave easily itself is not 
> possible. Let alone expect reserved seating, hygienic and versatile top of 
> the line snacks and toilet facilities. All this for the richest cricketing 
> body in the world. 

Re: [arr] which DAW you use?

[Karthik A]

Hi,

Pro Level Digidesign protools is great for both recording and mixing and in
the recent versions mastering can also be performed well with few additional
plugins. Stein berg Nuendo is also an alternate less expensive option but
Pro tools is THE BEST.

For recording and mixing Logic audio the recent studio edition is also a
very good product, the one best option available in this the musical sheet
where u can write your music notes direclty without playing/play a music and
the notation is automatically created. you can do most of the work that you
do with Pro tools but pro tools stands first because of their dedicated
hardware without that the software wont function.

Ableton live/Suite is another software which is extensively used on live
performaces as they are famous for easy usage .

I ve worked on most of the softwares listed and and i recomend Protools and
for ppl who cant afford for the hardware can go for Nuendo.

Just a note about other softwares

Reason is a digital studio setup - you can virtually use most of the studio
equipments like Mixing console,effects processor,etc

Cubase - This is one of the best softwares for MIDI works, You can connct
your keyboard to this via Midi port and use many music samples available so
that just with the keyboard as midi controller u can create great tunes with
this samples.

There are lots more i hav just given a brief intro  if more anyone needs
more info please feel free to mail me.

Karthik

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM, wiredbeats . wrote:

>
>
> just wanted opinions of some pros and semi pros in here.I Know some are
> here who write to me saperatly giving praises and brickbats
>
> who is using using what for your music production and recording
> endeavors?Any band members??
>
> *beginners*
>
> audacity
> acid express
> *
> semi-pro to pro*
>
> sony acid
> ableton live
> cakewalk
> adobe audition
>
> *pro level*
>
> reason
> logic
> pro-tools
>
>
> Remixes I Originals I Opinions
>
> http://www.wiredbeats.com
>
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] which DAW you use?

[Kaushik Srenevasan]

+1 Logic

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:57 AM, wiredbeats .  wrote:

>
>
> just wanted opinions of some pros and semi pros in here.I Know some are
> here who write to me saperatly giving praises and brickbats
>
> who is using using what for your music production and recording
> endeavors?Any band members??
>
> *beginners*
>
> audacity
> acid express
> *
> semi-pro to pro*
>
> sony acid
> ableton live
> cakewalk
> adobe audition
>
> *pro level*
>
> reason
> logic
> pro-tools
>
>
> Remixes I Originals I Opinions
>
> http://www.wiredbeats.com
>
>
>
>
> 

[arr] 'Slumdog..' grabs 5 nods at European Film Awards | Semi ARR

[Sreekrishnan R]

Since the Awards are only for European Artists, ARR is not there.


Slumdog Millionaire has not yet finished its victorious run at award
ceremonies as the Mumbai-based potboiler has picked up five nods at the
2009 European Film Awards.

While British director Danny Boyle
has been nominated for the award of 'Best European Director', Dev Patel
has been nominated to receive 'Best European Actor' prize, reported Ace
Showbiz online. The rags-to-riches film which won eight Academy Awards
this year has also been nominated in 'Best European Film', 'Best
European Screenwriter' and 'Best European Cinematographer' categories.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Slumdog-grabs-5-nods-at-European-Film-Awards/H1-Article1-474578.aspx



European Film Academy Nominations :
http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/the-european-film-awards/nominations/


Rahman fever
His Music ~ My Mother Tongue


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Re: [arr] Re: Chennai Jai Ho Concert - Hopeless - Analysed after a month

[Farzad Khaleel]

Very well put up.

When it come to ARR everything must be world class.

Think of any other shows put up by DNA for International artists like
Enrique, L.P etc. I don't know the standard of that shows, but the
promotions and set up seems fine rather than Jai Ho Concerts.


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:40 PM, in2mindstation wrote:

>
>
>
> Some more from another fan:
>
> * The sound and volume - For an event like this, people come expecting to
> HEAR the sound and enjoy - everyone cant be near the stage to see but sure
> everyone can HEAR THE SOUND clearly?
> After the show started I was simply hoping anyone of the organisers would
> come and stand amidst the crowd and get to know how low the volume was.
> Midway through the show the volume improved but the system was nothing to
> boast of.
>
> * ARR thanked the musicians at the end of the show..nice..Wouldnt it be be
> good to see the musicians who play the songs onstage? Atleast on video
> screen? It was always the dancers and singers on stage.
> Agree this is a more general one applicable to many of the televised
> music programmes -
> For the DD 50 years Delhi show, Stephen was introduced as the keyboardist
> but after that there was no sight of him. Not even once. Playing keyboards
> is not some easy thing.
>
> Though there were shortcomings I ENJOYED THE SHOW TO THE HILT! IT WAS MY
> FIRST ARR CONCERT! :)
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> "iucaa_hari"  wrote:
> >
> > I paid 2000 Rs of my hard earned money to watch this show. I am huge AR
> Rahman fan and have seen two more of his live shows.
> > I am used to the substandard level of service that is offered in India.
> Any kind of service. We don't have proper facilities anywhere in this
> country to hold an event together for any number more than twenty thousand
> people. For example Internation Cricket matches played in India. Have you
> been to any? No stadium in India can boast of a descent parking facility for
> ten thousand cars(now if you have a stadium for 50K people you would need it
> right?). TO be able to park conviniently and to take it of and leave easily
> itself is not possible. Let alone expect reserved seating, hygienic and
> versatile top of the line snacks and toilet facilities. All this for the
> richest cricketing body in the world.
> >
> > Now coming back to the AR Rahman show, the organisers are purely cashing
> in on AR Rahman's market to make money. Rapport Global thinks that if the
> Stage and the SOund is good(sound has always had a problem, since the my
> first show in 2004) then they are world class. Its just a plug-in-plug-out
> stage and organiser needs to understand that stage alone does not determine
> if the show is "world class".
> >
> > I have a few questions proping up in my mind.
> > (1) For a Brand like Rahman why do you need to coloborate with MARG to
> donate funds for AR Rahman foundation and Sakhti Foundation.
> > Even if Rahman had done the show directly for Shakthi, the money would
> have come. Was collaborating with MARG so essential, taking 50K odd people
> for a 12 hour pacakage(total time to travel to-and-fro).
> >
> > (2) People pay money for the event that is promised. Not to see MARG
> advertising it self to 50K tired people(remember we are told no water
> bottles allowed but later everybody seemed to have one and people like me
> who adhere to ruled were idiots). When the program was promised to start at
> 6:30 PM why dint they start atleast after the MARG PR excercise. From 7:00
> to 7:25 people were sitting like idiots. Tired and Hungry.
> >
> > (3) Extremely unproffessional not to have a Anchor for a show of this
> magnitude. Imagine 50 K people waiting and there is no show anchor, no
> introduction to songs, singers. Shocking.
> > Most of the Junta dint know that AR was singing Fiqrana or what. Please
> organise more professionally. Introduce singers and Pieces. Treat the
> audience with respect.
> >
> > (4) The way back was another chaos with buses waiting in queque to leave
> the areana. The wait was for more than an hour. People sitting on the floor
> of the bus and what not. I reached home at 3 AM. Can't See a good reason why
> only MARG could do this.
> >
> > (5) The barricades dont work!!! I paid for my ticket but I sat or rather
> stood with people who dont seem to have paid or many of the people with 300
> hundred rupee tickets landed in this part of the arena. The screens were not
> clear at all.
> >
> > That for the arrangments, to the music part. This sequence of songs has
> already been heard t the Times of India launch in Chennai Last year. The
> "Jaage hain" start and move to Khal Bali. Unless you have a fresher approach
> what was the need to do the same thing again. If Rahman wants to mix songs
> and does not want the language to be barrier that is great. ALthough many
> complained about Telugu(was it a dress rehearsal for the Hyd show?) and
> Hindi songs being played to a largely tamil audience, am ok as long as they
> ta