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Wonderful concert...Truly professional sum-up of the concert Lakki It was so nice talking to the team... Let us soon meet up, as few of us are in Abu dhabi... BR//Ganesh (050-6422679) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Lakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (sorry long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) > > > Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. > Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and > a half hours of sheer bliss! > > > > *Fans* > > A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; > Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in > touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. > (Sanjay would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was > wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets > try and keep the spirit alive.. > > > > *Concert* > > The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that > would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The > absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any > gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was > going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very > essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the > musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He > highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in > Dubaiand that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like > him. He > thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said > mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years the grin on his > face showed that he anticipated the "no, we want sooner, we want more" > shouts.. > > > > The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a > bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late > (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, > everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also > printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was > useful.. > > > > Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences > that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First > is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved almost to the > point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of > sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's > now. Truly amazing! > > Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya > Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), > he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those > songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were > some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the > solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song still trying to figure out if > I liked the idea or not! > > > > *Songs* > > Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik > and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan > and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful > renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's > singing was the surprise package of them all excellent vocals and > unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the > 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the "humma" part. Soo not him > but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! > > > > Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: > > 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR > > 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR > > 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam > > 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam > > 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer > > > > 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) > > > > 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal > > 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali > > 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR > > 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR > > 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR > > 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra > > 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR > > 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed > Ali > > 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree > > 09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam, > ARR > > 09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam, > > > > 10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o- oh-
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Hey Lakki..great description of the concert..especially the timing of the songs!!...nice to meet up with the fellow group members and as we spoke about it, we should try and organise some sort of a get together...ARR Rocks!! Ryaaz --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sreejith Ullattil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey > > Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud just write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time... > > About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i shd upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never delete any, even if its blurry) > > Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am seeing the concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in my room in the same order... > > An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those i met yesterday... > > Cheers > Skreech / Sreejith > > Lakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (sorry long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) > > > Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! > > Fans > A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. > > Concert > The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the "no, we want sooner, we want more" shouts.. > > The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. > > Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! > Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! > > Songs > Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the "humma" part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! > > Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: > 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR > 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR > 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam > 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam > 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer > > 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) > > 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Kart
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Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once again Rahman dazzles in a big way. Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was. The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless nights. And was I blown away or what. Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones, because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a Rahman concert for the first time. And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004 concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always special! First of all, things I loved about the show: The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was specatcular. Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was moved, shaken and stirred :-) I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance. Things that disappointed me: Even if it was for a few mins, I would have loved the aucostic renditions that Rahman did in the 98 concert. The one where he had four singers around doing only the soulful melody numbers of his while Rahman have a go on his piano. Everyone remembers that one and a definitely a feature I would have loved to see him return to. That is the one where he could throw in a lot of the songs that gets lost in the glitz and blaze. (No, not a reference to the singer but just to all the fast numbers). A concert without Mustafa Mustafa ...oh no... I was also hoping Naresh to croon Anbe Va. The problem again is the desire to please the Hindi crowd. Because there was a lot of Guru and Jodhaa Akbar. Even if that was the case, i wish SWADES (Yuhi chala, Yeh jo desh), SAATHIYA (o hum dum is a sure fire) or even good ol RANGEELA made it to the final cut. The Mangal Pandey number could have been avoided because it just looked like a last minute attempt, with the notes going all haywire. I mean, I was hoping that they would have tweaked a lot for the Dubai one, but I guess they were just going ahead with the regular song line up from the recent concerts like Delhi. Still at the end of the day it was a wonderful concert. Cannot deny it its rightful place in the event calender. Anyways, for the second time in running, my attempts at meeting the great talent backstage failed. Again this time all I could see was him being guided right into his car. Both the time i was at touching distance...(hmm, one day...one day for sure) Ok now to open up the pandora's boxhow many of the songs were lip syncs and how many weren'tany guesses?
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I am not sure about this time around, but inside sources of the last concert in Dubai at 2004 did confirm that Rahman had lip synced most of the songs back then. A fact that did cause a friction between the event promoters and Rahman back then. I got a similar feeling this time too with several of Rahman numbers. They were too pitch perfect to the original. regards --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Sunil VG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Reproducing an ARR song live in its original form is almost impossible. Some > basic rhythms, patterns, voices, instruments etc. have to use its original > tracks. However, this does not take away even a bit of the efforts the > musicians and singers put in on stage. You can clearly see all the > improvisations they do during the show. > > As for Sivamani's solo performance, here's how it works: once he plays a > groove live, an on-board sound module lets him record and loop it on the fly > (the same was used for modulating his vocals). This enables him to move on > to other sections of his massive gear. It works just like setting up a > rhythm track adding kicks, high hats, snare, etc one by one. As for playing > the water bottle, trust me that was very much live, just like other parts of > the show! A possible explanation of minor syn issues could be your distance > from the speakers. > > My two cents... > > Regards, > Sunil > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Mr Kumaraswamy R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Friends, > > Me too a first timer for ARR concert. It was a wonderful experience. > > I was in the gallery too and was on the foot for Boys, Sivaji & Humma Humma > > numbers.Also Chitra singing Kannalaney & Jiyajale was so sweet. > > > > > > For sure there were Lip sync issues. I had doubts for couple of > > songs > > But then came Chaiya Chaiya.. number... I'm sorry to say.. There was no > > sync at all ...!! 100% sure about it. > > Also, when Sivamani was making music on the Spoons. When he was trying > > to change to other instrument... I could clearly see the sound doesn't match > > with his actions. Same during the Water bottle act. > > Both the above wouldnt have been visible, If they haven't put up a huge > > LCD display ! It was showing close-up on Singers as well as Sivamani. > > > > > > Can someone clarify this? Why should they be playing a recorded song > > when all the capable ppl present on the stage? > > > > > > > > Cheers > > Kumar R > > > > - Original Message > > From: cooljox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:34:13 PM > > Subject: [arr] Re: Sharjah Concert in detail > > > > > > > > Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once > > again Rahman dazzles in a big way. > > > > Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that > > earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major > > concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was. > > > > The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when > > he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless > > nights. And was I blown away or what. > > > > Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision > > of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones, > > because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more > > exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a > > Rahman concert for the first time. > > > > And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004 > > concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always > > special! > > > > First of all, things I loved about the show: > > > > The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was > > specatcular. > > > > Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the > > evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special > > way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was > > moved, shaken and stirred :-) > > > > I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final > > moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS > > > > Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on > > the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance. > > > > Things that disappointed me: &g
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Great CONCERT !!! even people doesnt know how they passed three and half hours... really Only AR can make this happen. Have you guys noticed the ambience while he was singing the devotional khawaja Mere Khawaja. After the concert, I rushed into the VVIP parking area where I met AR Rahman travelling alone in a BMW and waved his hands to all the fans [includes me ]we started shouting "RAHMAN" and the security has got a hard job to clear the way for his car to get from there. This time Rahman got busy with his Blackberry Mobile. - Mehroof Mohamed - riyazeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Lakki..great description of the concert..especially the timing of the songs!!...nice to meet up with the fellow group members and as we spoke about it, we should try and organise some sort of a get together...ARR Rocks!! Ryaaz --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sreejith Ullattil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey > > Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud just write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time... > > About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i shd upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never delete any, even if its blurry) > > Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am seeing the concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in my room in the same order... > > An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those i met yesterday... > > Cheers > Skreech / Sreejith > > Lakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (sorry long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) > > > Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! > > Fans > A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. > > Concert > The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the "no, we want sooner, we want more" shouts.. > > The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. > > Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! > Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! > > Songs > Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making t
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Hi, Thank you very much for information.. actually that day me invited for an a party of our MD's son. he's my good friend also. thats y i unabled to persent to the show..i missed much. anyway thanks for your information. dont get mewrong. always am a good fan of ARR sir. cheers.. Thiya On 4/20/08, cooljox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once > again Rahman dazzles in a big way. > > Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that > earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major > concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was. > > The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when > he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless > nights. And was I blown away or what. > > Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision > of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones, > because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more > exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a > Rahman concert for the first time. > > And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004 > concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always > special! > > First of all, things I loved about the show: > > The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was > specatcular. > > Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the > evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special > way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was > moved, shaken and stirred :-) > > I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final > moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS > > Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on > the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance. > > Things that disappointed me: > Even if it was for a few mins, I would have loved the aucostic > renditions that Rahman did in the 98 concert. The one where he had > four singers around doing only the soulful melody numbers of his > while Rahman have a go on his piano. Everyone remembers that one and > a definitely a feature I would have loved to see him return to. That > is the one where he could throw in a lot of the songs that gets lost > in the glitz and blaze. (No, not a reference to the singer but just > to all the fast numbers). > > A concert without Mustafa Mustafa ...oh no... > > I was also hoping Naresh to croon Anbe Va. > > The problem again is the desire to please the Hindi crowd. Because > there was a lot of Guru and Jodhaa Akbar. Even if that was the case, > i wish SWADES (Yuhi chala, Yeh jo desh), SAATHIYA (o hum dum is a > sure fire) or even good ol RANGEELA made it to the final cut. The > Mangal Pandey number could have been avoided because it just looked > like a last minute attempt, with the notes going all haywire. > > I mean, I was hoping that they would have tweaked a lot for the > Dubai one, but I guess they were just going ahead with the regular > song line up from the recent concerts like Delhi. > > Still at the end of the day it was a wonderful concert. Cannot deny > it its rightful place in the event calender. > > Anyways, for the second time in running, my attempts at meeting the > great talent backstage failed. Again this time all I could see was > him being guided right into his car. Both the time i was at touching > distance...(hmm, one day...one day for sure) > > Ok now to open up the pandora's boxhow many of the songs were > lip syncs and how many weren'tany guesses? > > > -- Cheers, Thiya
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SIMPLY AN AWESOME SHOW GREAT!! THANKS RAHMANJI... THANKS A LOT..I STILL DON'T HAVE MY VOICE BACK TO NORMAL COZ WE WERE JUST SINGING WITH THEM ALL LOUDLY ESPECIALLY WITH RAHMAN SAAB. DANCING AND GOD I DON'T KNOW TO DESCRIBE THE MOMENTS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER FOR A LONG LONG TIME. On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Wonderful concert...Truly professional sum-up of the concert Lakki > It was so nice talking to the team... > > Let us soon meet up, as few of us are in Abu dhabi... > > BR//Ganesh (050-6422679) > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Lakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) > > > > > > Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go > wasted. > > Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. > Three and > > a half hours of sheer bliss! > > > > > > > > *Fans* > > > > A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; > Riyaz; > > Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was > also in > > touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later > Anand. > > (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number > earlier.) Was > > wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people > now; lets > > try and keep the spirit alive.. > > > > > > > > *Concert* > > > > The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work > that > > would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be > smooth. The > > absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was > hardly any > > gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as > everything was > > going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very > > essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to > introduce the > > musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He > > highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert > in > > Dubaiand that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like > > him. He > > thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said > > mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the > grin on his > > face showed that he anticipated the "no, we want sooner, we want > more" > > shouts.. > > > > > > > > The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they > seemed a > > bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one > hour late > > (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security > personnel, > > everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they > also > > printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc > which was > > useful.. > > > > > > > > Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other > differences > > that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai > concert. First > > is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved – almost > to the > > point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of > > sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach > where he's > > now. Truly amazing! > > > > Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like > Chaiyya > > Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press > conference), > > he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For > those > > songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so > were > > some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence > regarding the > > solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to > figure out if > > I liked the idea or not! > > > > > > > > *Songs* > > > > Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. > Karthik > > and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. > Hariharan > > and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some > beautiful > > renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our > man's > > singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and > > unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further > after the > > 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the "humma" part. Soo > not him > > but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! > > > > > > > > Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: > > > > 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR > > > > 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR > > > > 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana > Sargam > > > > 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam > > > > 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer > > > > > > > > 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) > > > > > > > > 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal > > > > 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali > > > > 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA
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hi guys, the concert was superb, but the sound arrangements in some of the songs were nt up to the mark. Ther wre no single seat left empty in gallery.. fully packed concert.. i wish if rahman sang musthafa musthafa and mukkala muqabla.. cooljox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once again Rahman dazzles in a big way. Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was. The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless nights. And was I blown away or what. Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones, because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a Rahman concert for the first time. And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004 concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always special! First of all, things I loved about the show: The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was specatcular. Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was moved, shaken and stirred :-) I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance. Things that disappointed me: Even if it was for a few mins, I would have loved the aucostic renditions that Rahman did in the 98 concert. The one where he had four singers around doing only the soulful melody numbers of his while Rahman have a go on his piano. Everyone remembers that one and a definitely a feature I would have loved to see him return to. That is the one where he could throw in a lot of the songs that gets lost in the glitz and blaze. (No, not a reference to the singer but just to all the fast numbers). A concert without Mustafa Mustafa ...oh no... I was also hoping Naresh to croon Anbe Va. The problem again is the desire to please the Hindi crowd. Because there was a lot of Guru and Jodhaa Akbar. Even if that was the case, i wish SWADES (Yuhi chala, Yeh jo desh), SAATHIYA (o hum dum is a sure fire) or even good ol RANGEELA made it to the final cut. The Mangal Pandey number could have been avoided because it just looked like a last minute attempt, with the notes going all haywire. I mean, I was hoping that they would have tweaked a lot for the Dubai one, but I guess they were just going ahead with the regular song line up from the recent concerts like Delhi. Still at the end of the day it was a wonderful concert. Cannot deny it its rightful place in the event calender. Anyways, for the second time in running, my attempts at meeting the great talent backstage failed. Again this time all I could see was him being guided right into his car. Both the time i was at touching distance...(hmm, one day...one day for sure) Ok now to open up the pandora's boxhow many of the songs were lip syncs and how many weren'tany guesses? - Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Click here.
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Friends, Me too a first timer for ARR concert. It was a wonderful experience. I was in the gallery too and was on the foot for Boys, Sivaji & Humma Humma numbers. Also Chitra singing Kannalaney & Jiyajale was so sweet. For sure there were Lip sync issues. I had doubts for couple of songs But then came Chaiya Chaiya.. number... I'm sorry to say.. There was no sync at all ...!! 100% sure about it. Also, when Sivamani was making music on the Spoons. When he was trying to change to other instrument... I could clearly see the sound doesn't match with his actions. Same during the Water bottle act. Both the above wouldnt have been visible, If they haven't put up a huge LCD display ! It was showing close-up on Singers as well as Sivamani. Can someone clarify this? Why should they be playing a recorded song when all the capable ppl present on the stage? Cheers Kumar R - Original Message From: cooljox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:34:13 PM Subject: [arr] Re: Sharjah Concert in detail Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once again Rahman dazzles in a big way. Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was. The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless nights. And was I blown away or what. Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones, because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a Rahman concert for the first time. And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004 concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always special! First of all, things I loved about the show: The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was specatcular. Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was moved, shaken and stirred :-) I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance. Things that disappointed me: Even if it was for a few mins, I would have loved the aucostic renditions that Rahman did in the 98 concert. The one where he had four singers around doing only the soulful melody numbers of his while Rahman have a go on his piano. Everyone remembers that one and a definitely a feature I would have loved to see him return to. That is the one where he could throw in a lot of the songs that gets lost in the glitz and blaze. (No, not a reference to the singer but just to all the fast numbers). A concert without Mustafa Mustafa ...oh no... I was also hoping Naresh to croon Anbe Va. The problem again is the desire to please the Hindi crowd. Because there was a lot of Guru and Jodhaa Akbar. Even if that was the case, i wish SWADES (Yuhi chala, Yeh jo desh), SAATHIYA (o hum dum is a sure fire) or even good ol RANGEELA made it to the final cut. The Mangal Pandey number could have been avoided because it just looked like a last minute attempt, with the notes going all haywire. I mean, I was hoping that they would have tweaked a lot for the Dubai one, but I guess they were just going ahead with the regular song line up from the recent concerts like Delhi. Still at the end of the day it was a wonderful concert. Cannot deny it its rightful place in the event calender. Anyways, for the second time in running, my attempts at meeting the great talent backstage failed. Again this time all I could see was him being guided right into his car. Both the time i was at touching distance...( hmm, one day...one day for sure) Ok now to open up the pandora's boxhow many of the songs were lip syncs and how many weren'tany guesses? Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
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Reproducing an ARR song live in its original form is almost impossible. Some basic rhythms, patterns, voices, instruments etc. have to use its original tracks. However, this does not take away even a bit of the efforts the musicians and singers put in on stage. You can clearly see all the improvisations they do during the show. As for Sivamani's solo performance, here's how it works: once he plays a groove live, an on-board sound module lets him record and loop it on the fly (the same was used for modulating his vocals). This enables him to move on to other sections of his massive gear. It works just like setting up a rhythm track adding kicks, high hats, snare, etc one by one. As for playing the water bottle, trust me that was very much live, just like other parts of the show! A possible explanation of minor syn issues could be your distance from the speakers. My two cents... Regards, Sunil On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Mr Kumaraswamy R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Friends, > Me too a first timer for ARR concert. It was a wonderful experience. > I was in the gallery too and was on the foot for Boys, Sivaji & Humma Humma > numbers.Also Chitra singing Kannalaney & Jiyajale was so sweet. > > > For sure there were Lip sync issues. I had doubts for couple of > songs > But then came Chaiya Chaiya.. number... I'm sorry to say.. There was no > sync at all ...!! 100% sure about it. > Also, when Sivamani was making music on the Spoons. When he was trying > to change to other instrument... I could clearly see the sound doesn't match > with his actions. Same during the Water bottle act. > Both the above wouldnt have been visible, If they haven't put up a huge > LCD display ! It was showing close-up on Singers as well as Sivamani. > > > Can someone clarify this? Why should they be playing a recorded song > when all the capable ppl present on the stage? > > > > Cheers > Kumar R > > - Original Message > From: cooljox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:34:13 PM > Subject: [arr] Re: Sharjah Concert in detail > > > > Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once > again Rahman dazzles in a big way. > > Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that > earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major > concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was. > > The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when > he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless > nights. And was I blown away or what. > > Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision > of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones, > because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more > exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a > Rahman concert for the first time. > > And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004 > concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always > special! > > First of all, things I loved about the show: > > The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was > specatcular. > > Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the > evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special > way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was > moved, shaken and stirred :-) > > I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final > moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS > > Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on > the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance. > > Things that disappointed me: > Even if it was for a few mins, I would have loved the aucostic > renditions that Rahman did in the 98 concert. The one where he had > four singers around doing only the soulful melody numbers of his > while Rahman have a go on his piano. Everyone remembers that one and > a definitely a feature I would have loved to see him return to. That > is the one where he could throw in a lot of the songs that gets lost > in the glitz and blaze. (No, not a reference to the singer but just > to all the fast numbers). > > A concert without Mustafa Mustafa ...oh no... > > I was also hoping Naresh to croon Anbe Va. > > The problem again is the desire to please the Hindi crowd. Because > there was a lot of Guru and Jodhaa Akbar. Even if that was the case, > i wish SWADES (Yuhi chala, Yeh jo desh), SAATHIYA (o hum dum is a > sure fire) or even good ol RANGEELA made it to the final cut. The > Mangal Pandey number could have bee
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Hi Guysa week after the concert and i could find time only now to upload all the pics i have...it was on facebook all this time, but needed to find another site to upload quality pics... Please check out the site http://community.webshots.com/user/sullattil and let me know if its not working fine for the public... Best regards Sreejith/Skreech Sunil VG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Reproducing an ARR song live in its original form is almost impossible. Some basic rhythms, patterns, voices, instruments etc. have to use its original tracks. However, this does not take away even a bit of the efforts the musicians and singers put in on stage. You can clearly see all the improvisations they do during the show. As for Sivamani's solo performance, here's how it works: once he plays a groove live, an on-board sound module lets him record and loop it on the fly (the same was used for modulating his vocals). This enables him to move on to other sections of his massive gear. It works just like setting up a rhythm track adding kicks, high hats, snare, etc one by one. As for playing the water bottle, trust me that was very much live, just like other parts of the show! A possible explanation of minor syn issues could be your distance from the speakers. My two cents... Regards, Sunil On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Mr Kumaraswamy R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Friends, Me too a first timer for ARR concert. It was a wonderful experience. I was in the gallery too and was on the foot for Boys, Sivaji & Humma Humma numbers.Also Chitra singing Kannalaney & Jiyajale was so sweet. For sure there were Lip sync issues. I had doubts for couple of songs But then came Chaiya Chaiya.. number... I'm sorry to say.. There was no sync at all ...!! 100% sure about it. Also, when Sivamani was making music on the Spoons. When he was trying to change to other instrument... I could clearly see the sound doesn't match with his actions. Same during the Water bottle act. Both the above wouldnt have been visible, If they haven't put up a huge LCD display ! It was showing close-up on Singers as well as Sivamani. Can someone clarify this? Why should they be playing a recorded song when all the capable ppl present on the stage? Cheers Kumar R - Original Message From: cooljox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:34:13 PM Subject: [arr] Re: Sharjah Concert in detail Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once again Rahman dazzles in a big way. Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was. The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless nights. And was I blown away or what. Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones, because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a Rahman concert for the first time. And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004 concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always special! First of all, things I loved about the show: The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was specatcular. Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was moved, shaken and stirred :-) I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance. Things that disappointed me: Even if it was for a few mins, I would have loved the aucostic renditions that Rahman did in the 98 concert. The one where he had four singers around doing only the soulful melody numbers of his while Rahman have a go on his piano. Everyone remembers that one and a definitely a feature I would have loved to see him return to. That is the one where he could throw in a lot of the songs that gets lost in the glitz and blaze. (No, not a reference to the singer but just to all the fast numbers). A concert without Mustafa Mustafa ...oh no... I was also hoping Naresh to croon Anbe Va. The problem again is the desire to please the Hindi crowd. Because there was a lot of Guru and Jodhaa Akbar. Even if that was the case, i wish SWADES (Yuhi chala, Yeh jo des
