[arr] Re: I miss those life-changing lyrics!â
Thanks for the outstanding interview !!! Really enjoyed a honest and interesting interaction !!! Waiting to hear the magic in Raavan, Robot and in Sultaan. Regards, Jay --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra wrote: > A lot of new composers have come in of late. Have any of them impressed you? > I like their spirit and also their desire to experiment. At the same time, > however, I miss excellent melodies and life-changing lyrics in todayâs > music and I am looking forward to hearing some of those. Lyrics, for example, > should be much more than about Soniye and Maahiya! The new music directors > must also realise that it is a team that consolidates your work - you need a > director who understands you. Ismail Darbar got one in Sanjay Leela Bhansali > and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy in Farhan Akhtar. A composer cannot be like an island. > The director has a huge hand in decisions about both creativity and also > dignity - dignity about what you should and should not do, about a mission > for reviving something good and other firm convictions. >
[arr] How A.R.Rahman opened the door to western classical music...
Hi friends, I got interested in western classical music thanks to the influence of A.R.Rahman's composition with Vanessa Mae in Raga's dance. Hope you guys all have listened to this wonderful piece. A superb blend of western violin, carnatic style of violin with some vocal mix of konnakol... Now I am listening to similar compositions from other players like Bond quartet, Ed Alleyne-Johnson, Shri L.Subramaniam and many other excellent composers from last.fm. Thanks A.R.R sir for opening the doors to other world music... Regards, Jay
[arr] Re: 10 Questions for A.R. Rahman - Time
Wonderful mix of questions and superb answers !!! Rahman has his way of giving the best answers..No doubt about that !! For example his answers on the remix of Jai Ho.. and also on his oscar achievement. God bless and hoping to hear more from him. Regards, Jay --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Prakash Balaramkrishna wrote: > > http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1887759,00.html > > How do you think your career will change now that you've won two very > well-deserved Oscars? Rue Roy, LONDON > More Related > * A.R. Rahman, the Slumdog Millionaire Maestro > * Girl Talk > * Thatâs What I Call Funny > I have been getting a lot of offers from Hollywood. A lot of my aspirations > â" like I wanted to work with an orchestra â" are possible now. > Collaborations are possible with pop artists and icons and all that stuff. > Do you plan to go West and work outside Bollywood? Jay Bee, TORONTO > I think I partly want to do that, but I don't want to just desert this place > and go. It won't be fair on my musicality. I will probably balance out both. > What was the difference between making the music for Slumdog Millionaire and > the music for Indian films? Divyam Gupta, LIMA > Each director [has] their own kind of rapport with other artists. When I work > with Mani Ratnam, there's one kind of rapport. When I work with Ashutosh > Gowariker, it's different. So with [Slumdog Millionaire director] Danny > Boyle, automatically a different sense came in. He had his own taste of music > and I was very interested in knowing what he liked about my music. > Do you believe in a universal music? Kimberly Choi, SEATTLE > I do, because all of us are, in a way, getting multicultural in our ears. All > of us are listening to different kinds of music and the bottom line is most > of us love melodies, most of us love grooves. So there is a kind of > universality, and when you focus on it you can find it. > As a convert to Islam, do you view your career in a spiritual light?Zainab > Sheikh, NEW YORK CITY > I believe that when good vibes come from people, like prayers and love, it > changes your destiny and that's what I always felt about my life. [I've had] > a lot of goodwill from family and Sufi peers. Getting those two Oscars â" I > definitely feel that I have to thank all those people. > Some Islamic fundamentalists forbid music. What's your view? Syed Qadeer, > LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILL. > I have personally discovered that love and music cleanse your mind and heal > you and these are my explanations and reasons to follow music. I can't answer > the question of whether it's right or wrong, but I know that whatever I am > doing is being loved by people and I do get my prayers answered. > I recently heard the remix of "Jai Ho" featuring the Pussycat Dolls and was > surprised that you consented to have that done to such a beautiful song. What > motivated it? Mayank Keshaviah, LOS ANGELES > I didn't want [the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack] to die as a film > soundtrack. I wanted to extend it to a younger audience, too. We made sure > that we told [the Pussycat Dolls] that this was a song about destiny, about > love and all that stuff. [It's] about victory, so don't make it obscene. Make > it lovable. And I think they did a very good job ... It took almost eight > different tries to get it right. > Where do you see yourself fitting into the modern scheme of music?Grant > Wilder, HOUSTON > I love to embrace new technology and new ideas. But I think melody plays a > very important role in my sensibility in music. Melody and harmony â" that > never changes. All the classics are always classics. > What do you listen to on your MP3 player? Katie Hires, BETHEL, CONN. > What I listened to yesterday were the ghazal [a Sufi song form] of Mehdi > Hassan and then I listened to Tchaikovsky, and then I listened to an Irish > artist â" I don't know who it was. So it's like three weird things. I was > traveling from Bangalore to Chennai. > Is there any way you could beat your Oscar success? Hannah Pederson, PORT > ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA > Some people have been nominated 38 times and not won. Some composers 10 > times, 11 times. I have been really lucky to have been nominated [in three > categories] in the same year and then got two of those. It's really amazing. > To beat this record musically? I would love to but [it's more important] to > get the spirit back in writing music. >
[arr] A.R.Rahman talks about upcoming Kozhikode Show...
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/009200903281651.htm
[arr] Re: Guitar Prasanna's workshop at ARR's KM Conservatory
All the best Balaji and students of KM Conservatory... Hope you guys rocks as big as Rahman Sir and achieve more things in life through music and melody !! It was indeed so nice to read about your experience with Sri Prasanna. Good luck, Jay --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, !--Sri Balaji--! wrote: > > Hi Guys, > Yesterday is the unforgettable evening for every student @ KM Conservatory. > 'Guitar' Prasanna the man (debuted to play master pieces in "July Madham > Vandal" for Rahman) being so modest and ace musician in exploring stuff > exactly same as what Rahman does, could be even more different. > He gave brief introduction about himself. He said two mantras for the music > students. > + You should think out of the genre (means that you shouldn't bound yourself > to a particular set of genres), music is beyond everything. A genre is just a > vocabulary, you should know how to use it for the maximum benefit. Thats it. > + Always we should interpret a music which we play/sing. You should take the > essence of a particular piece of music and reproduce it as yours, give > different colors in your style. > He explained musical stuff extraordinarly. He went to core physics to explain > what music is all about. KM students stunned @ Guitar prasanna's depth of > knowledge, exploring attitude, personality and performance he gave yesterday. > He played a piece which contains more than 10 genres I guess (might be lot > more, I know very few). The way he fused, and made the people to realize what > is the mistake that they are doing. Very very healthy discussions went on in > the session. > The session is certainly made a great impact on everyone's personality and > career. > I am proud to be a student of KM Music Conservatory founded by A.R.Rahman. > Thank god, I born in the age of ARR's dynasty. Attached a snap with Guitar > Prasanna. > luving you all,sribalaji > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to > http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ >
[arr] Re: ::: Munbe Vaa instrumental ::: - by Aakash Shah
Dear Aakash, Lovely composition Beautifully played by you. Hats off for the effort and Thanks a lot !!! Regards, Jay --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Aakash" wrote: > > Hello friends, > > I have made an instrumental version for the song - Munbe Vaa from the movie > Jillendru Oru Kadhal (please correct me for the spelling as i don't know > Tamil). > > This is one of my favorite song from the ARR's Tamil vertical. Well this is > the first time I have done a instrumental of a tamil song. I have just added > a intro part and have done little tweaking towards the ending part. The > original song is so melodious and that is the reason i have not experimented > much in this instrumental. I hope u all like it. Do send me your comments. > Thanks. > > Please download it from any of the below link: > > 4shared Link: > http://www.4shared.com/dir/7667141/fdda5ac/sharing.html > > There is some error coming on Mediafire while uploading. So as soon as it > gets rectified, I'll upload it on Mediafire on post the link soon. > > Regards, > Aakash Shah >
Re: [arr] Ilayaraja hails Rahman as phenomenal
There is nothing wrong in saying that every Tamilian is proud for ARR winning an OSCAR. As a Tamilian I am proud of my language and proud of ARR for contributing so much for Tamil music and world music. As an Indian I am proud of my country for accepting all languages and all culture and all religion. These are not contradictory. Every one should be proud of his achievement. Jai Ho, Jay --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat wrote: > > On 3/3/2009 8:56 PM India Time, _Vithur_ wrote: > > > He added that Rahman has made every Tamilian proud by winning two Oscars > > in one year. > > Just "Tamilians"? > > Then, why the heck non-Tamil me have been feeling proud on ARR's Oscars? > > Why is IR so Tamil-centric? > > Hasn't he learned his lesson even now at this senior age that it was > this Tamil-centric thinggy that didn't allow his great creativity to > reach rest of the World. If he had gone beyond Tamil, I think IR would > have got an Oscar much before ARR. > > -- > Rawat >
[arr] Re: ARR Desihits interview
Hi, Thanks for the link. Really enjoyed the interview from A.R.Rahman Sir. Regards, Jay --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "thiraj" wrote: > > A Great interview with ARR by Ashanti Omkar > Enjoy > > http://www.desihits.com/radio/show/southside-show-63-exclusive-ar- > rahman-interview >
[arr] ARR talks to USA CBS News !!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/18/entertainment/oscars09/main4 809796.shtml Enjoyed the comments from film composer Hans Zimmer about ARR Sir... "Like any good artist, A.R. is not a traditionalist, he's a revolutionary. He uses all the revolutionary things that come from all over the world in his stuff ... hip-hop beats, electronics .. and there's an incredible inquisitiveness and playfulness in his music," said the Oscar-winning, German-born film composer Hans Zimmer. "Plus he writes a bloody good tune ,,, and at the end of the day it comes down to can the guy write a tune or not and obviously he can." "
Re: [arr] tonight show - live
Outstanding piece Really enjoyed it very much Thanks !!! A.R.R and his trope rocked the show with a stunning performance. Jai Ho --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Loganandh N wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53JPt6wwB4 > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Thulasi Ram wrote: > > > super cool... v can expect something like this in Oscars... > > > > 2009/2/19 Karthik. Venkataraman > > > >> http://www.justin.tv/trash_your_tv > >> > >> > > > > >
Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel (Re: [arr] 'Slumdog' vs. 'Wall-E' for best song)
Hey, Does'nt the song Jai Ho slightly resemble the song by A.R.R in Tamil "Ellaappugazhum.." http://www.hummaa.com/search/search.php? tp=song&lg=14&vl=Ellaappugazhum I liked the songs for his message, beats and amazing lyrics. Regards, Jay --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat wrote: > > I heard Wall-E's Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel. I think that is the > song nominated for Oscar in the category of SDM songs. > > The song seems good, but English music has had enumerable equally good > or even better songs compared to that, whereas our man's SDM songs have > a novelty value as international level music from India. > > And something in this song reminds me of some of Bryan Adams' songs and > even his voice, not able to pinpoint which one. Anyone. > > -- > Rawat > > On 2/10/2009 10:02 AM India Time, _Gopal Srinivasan_ wrote: > > > 'Slumdog' vs. 'Wall-E' for best song > > No clear frontrunner among Oscar nominees > > By JON BURLINGAME > > > > For the third time in the past 20 years, music-branch voters chose only three tunes as best > > song nominees. Two are from the same movie, and two of the singers are world-class world-music > > recording artists. > > > > There is no clear-cut favorite this year, unlike, say, eight years ago when Bob Dylan's win for > > "Things Have Changed" was a foregone conclusion, or the year of "Titanic" and its ubiquitous > > Celine Dion song. What happens Feb. 22 depends several factors. > > > > First, the "Slumdog" phenomenon: Both of the key songs in "Slumdog Millionaire" are nominated, > > both co-written by leading Indian composer A.R. Rahman (who is also nominated for his original > > score). The soundtrack album is rising fast on the charts, so a "Slumdog" win would not > > surprise. > > > > But which song? Will voters remember that it was "Jai Ho" that was performed as an elaborately > > choreographed, Bollywood-style dance number in the Mumbai train station at the end of the > > movie? > > > > "Jai Ho," with Indian lyrics by poet Gulzar, may be the most talked-about musical moment from > > year-end films. And Oscar voters, excited about the prospect of seeing the number re-created on > > the telecast, may be thinking about that when filling out their ballots. If it wins, it will be > > only the second foreign-language song to do so (after 2004's "Al otro lado del rio" from "The > > Motorcycle Diaries"). > > > > But Rahman's collaboration with London-born, Sri Lankan-raised Maya Arulpragasam -- better > > known to the pop world as M.I.A. -- on "O... Saya" may resonate with younger voters for its > > pounding rhythms, electronica sound and rap-style vocals. That song's used earlier in the film, > > as police chase poor youngsters from an airport tarmac through the streets. > > > > "Slumdog's" competition is the song from the end of the Disney- Pixar movie "Wall-E," co-written > > by Thomas Newman (also nominated for his score) and Peter Gabriel. The nom is Gabriel's first > > despite having composed scores for such films as "The Last Temptation of Christ" and > > "Rabbit-Proof Fence." > > > > Eight of the past 20 song statuettes have gone to tunes from animated movies (all Disney pics > > but one). And nine of the past 20 have gone to popular artists (including Gabriel's ex-Genesis > > bandmate Phil Collins, for "Tarzan," another Disney toon). Also, Gabriel's human-rights and > > environmental activism would seem to coincide with the politics of many Acad voters. > > > > And, in recent years, voters have spread the Oscar wealth among multiple pics. A "Slumdog" > > score win could translate into a "Wall-E" song win. > > > > http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999867.html? categoryId=3275&cs=1 >
[arr] ARR Interview with TIME Magazine....
Hats to A.R.R for getting the BAFTA awards. We are all genuinely pleased with the awards and touched by the recognition. I happen to see another interview given by ARR to TIME magazine. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1876545,00.html Enjoy !!! P.S: I did not like the video in which Kamal hassan appreciates A.R.R. Kamal is also incredibly talented but he needs to learn how to genuinely collaborate with others and work in unison to achieve great things...Most of him movies he is the only person putting all efforts...
[arr] A.R.Rahman interview with L.A.Radio on Slumdog
Our Boss speaks about his experience on Bombay, Slumdog, theme behind each of his music, his vision on the music school etc at Morning Becomes Eclectic interview in L.A. An wonderful interview for A.R.R's fans. http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb081212ar_rahman Jai Ho, Jayram
