I loved working with AR.Rahman: Alphons Joseph Keerthi Mohan<http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/searchresult.aspx?AliasName=5SVT7cGQFP9ZhalXn6|Wyg==> First Published : 13 Jan 2010 01:03:00 AM IST Last Updated : 13 Jan 2010 01:01:32 PM IST
KOCHI: Maestros in the field of music have sung to his beats. He was even awarded the Film Critics Award in 2004. But when it came to working with the ‘Mozart of Madras’ A R Rahman music director Alphons Joseph was a bundle of nerves. “It is every musician’s dream to be part of a Rahman project. But I didn’t expect him to call me to sing a number for Gautham Menon’s ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’, which is Rahman’s first Indian project after winning the Oscars”, said an excited Alphons. Rahman had come for the music release of ‘Vellithira’, which was composed by Alphons. The fusion song in the movie caught Rahman’s attention and after nearly five years he remembered the singer whose voice was perfect for the project. “The song is completely different from anything that has been done. It is a fusion of folk and metal with a lot of Blue style backing. Moreover, it is a Malayalam song and has a lot of aggression,” Alphons said. He said that after hearing the song Shreya Ghoshal, who has rendered a song in the movie and has worked with Alphons in Big B, commented that this was the first time she was seeing an aggressive side of Alphons, who was known to be a simple and soft spoken person. Recollecting his experience working with Rahman Alphons said that contradictory to popular perception Rahman was an extrovert who loved to have fun. “He jokes around with everyone and makes them feel at home. This makes us comfortable while recording with a genius like Rahman,” said Alphons. The movie’s first audio preview was held at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts where the artists interacted with a lot of foreign musicians. Alphons said that even though they don’t understand the language many foreigners had tears in their eyes after listening to his song. “Our music has global reach and irrespective of language people are able to relate to it. Nowadays our ragas and scales are used in western music too,” said Alphons, who is now pursuing his MA in Music and hopes to do a research on vocal technique development. “Apart from his role as a judge in a popular singing reality show I am also a vocal trainer for the contestants. I sing both classical and western and hence I can demonstrate to the contestants how to modulate their voice accordingly,” he said. http://bit.ly/61uqdI -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
