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ARR's Bass Guitar

Topic started by Prasanna (@ 61.247.241.101) on Mon Apr 12 03:06:27 EDT 2004.
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Many ARR songs have amazing bass guitar work. Please discuss them here.

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• From: Prasanna (@ 61.247.241.101) on: Mon Apr 12 03:08:04 EDT 2004
  
  I remember the song 'Snegithane' from Alaipayuthey. Throughout the song, the bass guitar is simply brilliant. But esp. in the 2nd interlude, when Shrinivas sings, " koondal nezhivil........charivu"...notice the bass movement. Its UNBELIEVEBLE!
  
  
• From: Maverick (@ 192.128.134.68) on: Mon Apr 12 04:46:59 EDT 2004
  
  thats simple. casio keyboard la diff sounds irukku. athula sound # 63 is bass guitar. atha pottu vittu keyboard vassichaa pothum. ARR's bass guitar unmaayave unbelievable thaan.
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Mon Apr 12 05:25:48 EDT 2004
  
  kadhal sadu gudu from AP had cool bass...keith peters pottu poondhu velayadirupaaru
  songs like putham pudhu boomi vendum had gr8 bass lines...especially charanam...someone told me all that was programmed!!
  
  
• From: Prasanna (@ 61.247.241.101) on: Mon Apr 12 15:00:48 EDT 2004
  
  even the song july matham vanthaal had some amazing bass lines.
  
  
• From: Guitar_lover (@ 61.11.80.211) on: Tue Apr 13 04:59:30 EDT 2004
  
  ARR and the bass guitar .... hmmmmm.. Is this a 'rival thread' to the IR and the bass guitar thread??? Whatever it may be, IR is the lord of bass. Rahman is just learning .. guys, without being biased please do visit the IR and the bass guitar thread also.
  
  
• From: Prasanna (@ 61.247.240.209) on: Tue Apr 13 07:01:23 EDT 2004
  
  i completely agree that IR's usage of bass guitar is mind-boggling. We are discussing ARR's bass guitar here..without any reference/comparison to IR's work.
  
  
  
• From: dubya (@ 203.101.54.234) on: Tue Apr 13 10:52:16 EDT 2004
  
  recently, i liked the bass in jana gana mana of AE. Hats off ARR (this is coming from a HCIRFan)
  
  
• From: Kaalam ;--) (@ 4.158.114.221) on: Tue Apr 13 11:16:14 EDT 2004
  
  Are you referring to ARR' Guitar in his Bassment?
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.36.50) on: Tue Apr 13 12:41:04 EDT 2004
  
  was that supposed to be a joke?
  munaadiye soleedunga, sirikarathukku vasadhiya irukkum. :)
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.2.225.49) on: Tue Apr 13 12:45:11 EDT 2004
  
  Avaru paavam serious spelling theriyaama post pannikrukkar. Nee ennadana ippadi kaettutiye :-(
  
  
• From: prasanna (@ 61.247.240.209) on: Tue Apr 13 13:04:52 EDT 2004
  
  hi guyz...juz curious...is dere any song, where the bass lines are carnatic in nature and still goes on well with the lead instrument/voice....??
  
  
• From: MADDY (@ 203.94.233.126) on: Tue Apr 13 13:55:40 EDT 2004
  
  god save all these IR-fans....they can't digest pro-ARR threads.....look how many have mushroomed to spoil the thread.....
  the bass-guitar used in chaiyya chaiyya interlude is also too good.....
  
  
• From: gg (@ 219.65.134.200) on: Tue Apr 13 14:44:19 EDT 2004
  
  sa re ga me from boys what an example...
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Tue Apr 13 23:47:28 EDT 2004
  
  prasanna
  if ur talking abt "gamakkam" on bass, then the most recent ARR song that comes to mind is the dating song from boys...keith peters is god! chk the line "i dont want to love"
  
  
• From: Prasanna (@ 61.247.241.119) on: Wed Apr 14 00:30:36 EDT 2004
  
  ok..thankyou:)
  
  but guyz..plz listen to that snegithane bit i referred to....i cant believe how he came up with that...its juz mind-boggling!
  
  
  
• From: karthik_pf@yahoo.com (@ 61.17.73.2) on: Wed Apr 14 17:46:30 EDT 2004
  
  Kaadhal Sadugudu, Snegidhane, The The Thithikkum (Thiruda Thiruda), Dating, Jana Gana Mana (check out the bass towards the end of the song) - awesome bass!
  
  BTW, all you IR and ARR fans, let's learn to live with two gods :)
  
  
• From: karthik_pf (@ 61.17.73.2) on: Wed Apr 14 18:24:19 EDT 2004
  
  Just out of curiosity and strictly NOM to North Indians, are there any songs in Hindi (apart from those composed by IR, ARR, Shankar Mahadevan or HJ) having some decent bass guitar work? Did they give importance to bass at all? My take is that we have to go back to RD Burman's time to find some good bass work in Hindi film music!
  God save bollywood if MDs like ARR were to leave it!
  
  
• From: Venki (@ 165.21.154.14) on: Sun Apr 18 22:41:01 EDT 2004
  
  For ARR Keith Peters who was the bassist for Usha Utup plays the bass. Keith himself a versatile player....ARR lets him do in his own style.
  
  For IR, Sasi Plays the bass from IR's Day one in Film...IR always give notes for Bass playing and never expects the artists to play their own riffs...even for percussion..
  
  Notable bass riffs have been composed by IR...eg: Kodiyile, Vaan meethile, Ilamanathu..a lot to name..
  
  
• From: music-man (@ 61.1.201.160) on: Tue Apr 20 00:39:25 EDT 2004
  
  I don’t think ARR uses keyboard bass for his songs. Even if so he would have done it for only a few songs.
  He uses Keith Peters,Christy often and also had used Guy Pratt on a few compositions. After IR ,Rahman is the only one to have used the bass guitar more efficiently.
  Some of his best bass guitar compositions are;
  1)Chinna Chinna aasai-ROJA
  2)July Madham-PUTHIYA MUGAM
  3)How can you guys miss the songs from UYIRE.All the songs have excellent bass-Nenjinilae,Sandhosha Kannere,Ennuyire.
  4)Kannalane-BOMBAY.
  5)Mustafa Mustafa-KADHAL DESAM
  6)Eh mituwa-LAGAAN
  and many more.........
  
  
• From: Vj (@ 203.196.170.104) on: Tue Apr 20 12:02:32 EDT 2004
  
  Digression:
  the one that comes in "Ennai konjam maatri" (Kaakha kaakha- MD:HJ) song opening immediately after the initial chorus (after "alli alli pogudhey" and the next "boom" kinda sound)... is that acoustic guitar or bass guitar?
  
  
• From: music-man (@ 61.1.202.58) on: Tue Apr 20 23:55:51 EDT 2004
  
  Some of the other ARR songs that had a very good bass guitar work are:
  1)Oorvasi-KADHALAN(good work in spite of being programmed).
  2)Kadhal-same movie(watch out for the excellent slap bass)
  3)Tauba Tauba-Vande Mataram-very good bass work
  4)Thee thithikum-THIRUDA^2
  5)Jannal Kaatraaki Vaa-THENALI
  6)Sonnalum Ketpahillai-KADHAL VIRUS
  
  
• From: music-man (@ 61.1.201.122) on: Tue Apr 20 23:58:01 EDT 2004
  
  Some of the other ARR songs that had a very good bass guitar work are:
  1)Oorvasi-KADHALAN(good work in spite of being programmed).
  2)Kadhal-same movie(watch out for the excellent slap bass)
  3)Tauba Tauba-Vande Mataram-very good bass work
  4)Thee thithikum-THIRUDA^2
  5)Jannal Kaatraaki Vaa-THENALI
  6)Sonnalum Ketpahillai-KADHAL VIRUS
  
  
• From: Venki (@ 165.21.154.10) on: Mon Apr 26 02:28:29 EDT 2004
  
  NO BODY WRITES NOTATION FOR BASS EXCEPT IR IN INDIAN FILM MUSIC....THAT'S WHY IR'S BASS STANDS GREAT...ARR, VIDYA SAGAR, BHARAT WAJ ALL LEAVE THE WORK TO THEIR ARRANGERS AND BASSISTS...I DO APPRECIATE THAT..BUT STILL IR'S WORKS ON BASS ARE THE BEST..
  
  
• From: Srivatsan (@ 136.182.2.222) on: Mon Apr 26 23:48:42 EDT 2004
  
  Vj: That instrumental piece in Kaaka Kaaka song 'Ennai Knojam Maatri' is played with an electric guitar, and there is bass accompanying it. But it is also possible to play it on the acoustic guitar. Ive seen and heard one of my friends playing it on his Givson G150.
  
  
• From: Vj (@ 216.148.62.214) on: Tue Apr 27 16:04:44 EDT 2004
  
  :-) @ Srivatsan.
  
  

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