[arr] Rahman's interview on apple.com

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Gets technical about the sound engineering/software he uses

http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/action/arrahman/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss

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Re: [arr] M.I.A.: Danny Boyle had a meeting with A.R. Rahman, who suggested to D

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Check put her myspace page:  http://www.myspace.com/mia


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy™  wrote:
>
> ARR has has nothing to do with paper planes original nor the remix.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:25 PM, shahul hameed  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Yup.. Paper planes is by MIA..
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:53 AM, mohammed sajin  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Actually who composed the song 'paper plane'
> >> For a long time ive had this doubt.
> >> What is the actual contribution of MIA?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> >> *
> >> *
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>  --
> >> *From:* Vithur 
> >> *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:59:40 AM
> >> *Subject:* [arr] M.I.A.: Danny Boyle had a meeting with A.R. Rahman, who
> >> suggested to Danny he should use me
> >>
> >>  *NH: But then later, the same song is used in Slumdog Millionaire. How
> >> did that come about?*
> >> M.I.A.: Danny Boyle had a meeting with A.R. Rahman, who suggested to Danny
> >> he should use me. When Danny got back to England the next day, his daughter
> >> happened to be listening to my CD. So he emailed me to ask if I was
> >> interested and said, "This is so crazy...I've heard about you from two
> >> different people in the last 24 hours in two different countries." Then I
> >> was like, "That's weird—there's a film, *Pineapple Express*, that's out
> >> that's already tied to the track." But because they only used "Paper 
> >> Planes"
> >> for a trailer, Danny didn't mind. So I agreed to do it.
> >>
> >> *NH: Slumdog came out of nowhere as far as the mainstream was concerned.
> >> How did you feel about that kind of attention?*
> >> M.I.A.: Me personally, I don't like it. I don't like the publicity.
> >> There's nothing I can do with it, especially considering I said I was going
> >> to retire back in June.
> >> http://www.latimes. com/features/ la-mag-june07200 9-turnitup, 0,3719592.
> >> story?page= 
> >> 3
> >>
> >> --
> >> regards,
> >> Vithur
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >  
> >
>

[arr] Re: what else rahman fans listen?

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One thing Rahman's music did to me, was to turn me to Tamil music.
I love the way the language sounds even though i don't understand much of it, 
especially the song lyrics.

But I haven't been able to keep with the music. I think the last one I enjoyed 
was Vetriyadu vellayadu.
 
Can you guys recommend some awesome Tamil albums after '06 


Btw, check out Raising Sand. Its amazing. I think it won the Album of the year 
for '09. solid album. 

[arr] Wendy Parr - Dreams of Fire lyricist

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I found this on her myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wendyparr


Monday, October 27, 2008 

Spontaneous Recording with ARR  
Category: Music
Wed Oct 22, 2008 Slum Dog Surprise !

Well, I took a swim in the deep end today -- new & enjoyable waters with a 
familiar diving partner.

The eve started out well -- Kailash & I were hanging out in the studio & took a 
photo for the interview, I got the keys to my flat & then headed to the Blue 
Frog with a couple friends to hear a musician. I wasn't so hip on hearing the 
music, but to hang out with Monica & Randolf & "something" was compelling me to 
go out.

Well,,, the something was my "lucky" night, perfectly orchestrated by the 
universe. 
As we entered the club I saw Sammy, AR's driver who joyfully said hello to me & 
told me AR is here. So I inquired & was lead back to the recording studios 
where AR welcomed me with a happy & surprised hello. He introduced me to 
everyone in the room, including Amir Khan – an actor & director in Hindi cinema 
I admire – quality films. They're recording the songs for Amir's next film 
Gajini which comes out next month.

I hung out,, we had dinner & then about 2am AR put a new track up & started 
discussing the lyrics with me & Suzanne, the singer who had previously written 
some lyrics for the track. He sketches out the overall theme & style & hands me 
the pad & pen while he goes into studio B to record a singer on another track 
for the film. I wrote new lyrics, pages of couplets - AR chooses his favorites, 
I came up with a new chorus & by 530am we recorded the song to completion. 
That's how I like to do it! Suzanne sang it wonderfully – a touch of R&B & 
Indian inflections & pronunciation with nice harmonies ! What fun!

I genuinely enjoy working with AR – I love the immediacy of the process, he 
pushes me to be a better writer, we laugh, I grow, I'm challenged & it's 
satisfying.

Thank you Universe for the opportunities, thanks Wendy for taking the risks, 
stepping up to the cliff & leaping – glad the world provided me with the 
ability to fly or plung or whatever metaphor you choose – I like air, water, …. 
Just feels good to be doing it. I'm grateful & desire more! Bring it on!!

[arr] some satisfying wrting!

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A word should be said about the A.R. Rahman factor. Mani Ratnam may 
be the most accomplished commercial Indian director of his 
generation, but he pales in some ways against his favored musical 
director, who has become a much bigger name. Working sometimes with 
Ratnam and sometimes on his own, A.R. Rahman has completely 
transformed Indian popular music with a long string of distinctive 
pop hits, including "Chaiya Chaiya," "Taal," and "Rang De," to name 
just three. The sound of Rahman's songs from Dil Se… and Taal have 
been widely copied; the Rahman sound is quickly becoming the Indian 
industry standard. If nothing else, Rahman is to be appreciated for 
obliterating the annoying overuse of reverb effects in Hindi film-
song vocals (that piercing sound that destroys Lata Mangeshkar's 
voice in so many old Hindi songs), as well as modernizing 
orchestration -- dance beats and electric guitars instead of 
violins. While Rahman has put together a stunning list of pop hits 
in Hindi as well as Tamil, his musical signature has also helped to 
create a neo-classical movement that stresses traditional folk 
melodies and rhythms from different parts of India, which were 
absent throughout the golden years of Hindi film music. 

Rahman's music in Peck on the Cheek is always satisfying and 
frequently brilliant -- especially the use of Portuguese-inflected 
music that appropriately begins to surface once the family (parents 
and adopted child) enter Sri Lanka. The caucasian component of the 
mixed-audience at the Ritz East in Philadelphia gasped in surprise 
at the musical hybridity in the sequence where Amudha and her family 
make their way from Colombo to Jaffna by car. I was gasping, more 
quietly perhaps, to be seeing images of Jaffna at all in a 
mainstream (if Tamil) Indian film.


read the entire article at 
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