Thank you very much Raman Vinayagam.... That was a great music treat. For the benefit of non Tamil members , here is the write up.
Episode NO. 62 Thottal Poo Malarum song composed by Vishwanathan Ramamoorthy is based on Raag Shuddha Dhanyasi. The underlying base is Carnatic based, but the song has been converted into a light music. The same music was transformed in recent times with the usage of modern instruments, and using technology. Its he same lyrics, and the voices are in sync with Pop and Reggae based. The song gives a feeling, as if one is floating in air in dreams. It has been done with the advancement of science and with the assistance of computer. The song from " New " appears to be in one Swaram, and appears to be in Indolam Raag. The Influence of science can be seen in this new song. The composition appears as, if the same voice comes and hits from different directions. The beats are high and effective. The traditional instruments are not used. The usage of computer, keyboard is very much visible. This new trend has been got by A.R. Rahman. Its a technolgy age, and he has effected the usage of new techniques for creating a new revolution. A.R. Rahman had Music History with him. His grandfather was Rajagopala Bhagavadhar who did the narration of spiritual stories in stages. Father , Shekhar ( Full name : Kulashekhar) has been working with many Music Directors, as an arranger, and arrangement of Music Instruments. He has worked with a Music Director by name V. Kumar. He has composed for Malayalam Films. He passed away at his young age. His family was fighting against want of money, and because of which Dileep had to join as a keyboard player in the troupe of big Music Directors. He had worked with M.S. Viswanthan, Illayaraja. At that time, many Directors were having some difference of opinion with Illayaraja. So, famous Directors like Balachander, Maniratnam, Bharathiraaja were forced to seek new Music Director for their films. An outcome of that, was the introduction of A.R. Rahman in the film ' Roja". The very first song that he composed for the film became a phenomenal hit. The song had very small bits of stanzas, and it depicts the happiness of a girl, expressing her joy and excitement. It was picturised very superbly. In between, was the voice of the boatman, a shrinking Sithar sound. In 1976, a song " Machanai Paartheengal " created waves, and this song surpassed that name in 90s. This song has so much of inner layers, but when heard, would appear very simple and very melodious. A.R. Rahman, lives in a age of the television. He had composed music for the TV commercials, and advertisments. Its not easy to compose for Advertisements. People's attention has to be drawn within a time period of 30 to 60 seconds. and the music has to be of highly scientific one. When Rahman entered the film Industry, that was the time, when cable TV, Satellite Channels started entering India. So, Music which would cater to the fast growing pace of the world was needed. Music which would make youngsters dance ..The beats and the rhythm patterns must be fast enough to suit the times. He introduced a lot of variations in the beats and rhythms. A.R. Rahman understand the techniques behind scientific systems in music. Episode No. 63 AVM Saravanan Speaks on ARR :- Rahman composes at an International Level. Thats why everyone addresses him as Isai Puyal . His influence is present in almost all Music Directors nowadays. Previously, Raja Sir or Vishwanathan Sir used to sit together and compose the music totally. But it was Rahman who started this new technique of taking the instruments seperately. Major credit of using all the modertn techniques will go to Rahman. and all Music Directors have been following the trend and the style of Rahman. He is a very hard working person, but we would never know, as to what song he is working for, and which film he is working for. People who are seated outside his studio will be thinking something else, while inside his studio, he would be working on something else. No one can know, when his mood will come, and when he will do the recording. Invariably, he would be working in the nights, and he would be taking rest during the days. He is truly a Different type of a Music Director. There has been a common feeling and accusation that Rahman takes a lot of time for composing music for films. But the standard of music that he gives is an immediate victory. He uses all sorts of technology, and uses the computer for getting different sounds of different instruments, because of which a lot many Instrumentalists have gone without jobs. The time taken for composing is quite short. at times, there are some instruments, which make us get mesmerised. He has done a lot of value addition to even Folk Music. Bharthairaaja 's Kizhakku cheemayile, Karuthamma has good touches of Folk music. Even Folk Village type of music is presented superbly. His music is like giving tetrapacks for Coconet Water and Butter Milk. The packaging is so nicely done. He has used newer techniques for a classical song in Sangamam. A.R. Rahman has bid a goodbye to older instruments like Mrudangam and Tabla. Even if he uses them, he does it with the aid of computer by giving a new sound to them. He uses drums, double base ( which are used in the Western World) But that doesnt mean, that there is no melody in his songs. Some of his songs appear as if they resemble a older tune. some tunes, resemble the ones, to the tunes, composed by him already ( this is the accusation ) . He doesnt reject this accusation. during Rahman's time, it was the words and their uterings that came to limelight. He himself sang vande Mataram at a very high pitch. A.R. Rahman had high interest towards Sufi Music. So, it cannot be negated, that there was some influence of Sufi style in his music. In the song, " Kannalane " from Bombay, there is a resemblance to the Kerala Style of Marriage sort of music. Ottagatha Kattiko - This song is full of pranks. The udnerlying raaga of the song is " Daramapathi". The basic raag is a classical one, but the instruments and the style is western It attracts the youngsters very much. That is the secret behind Rahman's works. On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:15 PM, srajendran srajendran < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am very much thanks to MR.RAMAN VINAYAGAM for this music treat. > Thank you once again sir. > > --- On *Thu, 24/7/08, Raman Vinayagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Raman Vinayagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [arr] Listen to BBC tamil Music analyze ARR > To: "fans arr Mozart" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Thursday, 24 July, 2008, 3:21 PM > > hey listen this my dears > > > ------------------------------ > Bring your gang together. Do your thing. 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