IR News and Other Titbits Ver.2009

[raja_fan]

Youtube launches its symphony orchestra.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus...0903031541.htm

Can some one pull IR in to it ?

[directhit]

raagas,

similarly writing off Raaja as a 'Elitist' or only a 'Serious Music' maker is also fat fetched I believe. Both Raaja and Rahman are doing 'pop' music as wel serious music. none hesitated from asking Raaja to compose for a Disco, folk or dappankuthu no. similarly none hesitated from asking Rahman to compose a 'Narumugaiye', 'nila kaigirathu' and many more other classical based nos.

But It has been repeatedly said in many places that 'Raaja's songs are serious music and Rahmans songs are pop music only because the content and the way they treat their music are like that. Raaja treats a pop song seriously and Rahman treats a classical song lightly hence this analogy by many listeners.

One more analogy which is running amuck in blog space and people's dialogue is 'Raaja's music is like lullaby and makes you sleep and Rahman's music is peppy and makes you dance'

You are right.both are doing both.

And you just wrote it "it has been repeatedly SAID" . I dont know why people say that way.like the song you have suggested "Narumugaye" - i think ARR didnt treat it lightly, but was infact 'serious music' (atleast i felt so). A friend of mine once pointed out a ARR song "Saanwariya" from film 'Swades' and he showed me some of the ideas used in that song by singing the swaras (he knew classical music and he was referring to a particular tune in either hari khamboji or Hanumathodi, i cant exactly recall) and how he changes the pattern. i was really surprised and wondered -does ARR also think so much? Trust me, the ideas, as narrated by my friend, made me feel if ARR too was thinking like IR? That was just one instance.

[raagas]

directhit,

i dont know what you meant. But i can now see that i didnt articulate it well. I didnt mean that i was expecting ARR not to think at all.

My thoughts at that time, Please read it as:

"Does ARR think so much in this dimension too (i vaguely remember that the idea there was something like shruthi bhedham or graha bhedham), which rarely composers think.". The raagam associated was probably a Hanumathodi or Harikambhoji, which again are not easy raagams, atleast not that we canb discern clearly for that song in question.

[Plum]

"'Raaja's music is like lullaby and makes you sleep and Rahman's music is peppy and makes you dance'
"
Arghh! Enna oru deconstruction - room pottu ysippangalo?

[irir123]

http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Ilaiyaraaja.htm

[steveaustin]

இளையராஜா இல்லாமல் சினிமா இல்லை - குல்சார்

[Sanjeevi]

Guys

Dont miss SUN TV at 11.30 am on Sunday (Mar 8).

Recorded video telecast of

Felicitation for AR Rahman by Tamil Film Music Fraternity

Dont miss it

[raja_fan]

Can any one please record this programme ? Just in case power-cut plays spoilsport on Sunday !

[Vysar]

There are some mis quotes here and there but at least it has some coverage about IR, MSV, and other MD appreciation of the real Maestro ARR

http://www.dinamalar.com/piraithalka...81&dt=03-09-09

[MrJudge]

There are some mis quotes here and there but at least it has some coverage about IR, MSV, and other MD appreciation of the real Maestro ARR

http://www.dinamalar.com/piraithalka...81&dt=03-09-09