Guru Movie.....

Guru movie trailer...

Banyan Theme by ARR

A.R.Rahman's theme music for The Banyan, an institution for destitute and differently-abled women in Chennai.

ARR intro on super singer.....

Participants on Channel [V]'s talent show Super Singer are stunned to discover that their judge for the final rounds is none other than music genius A.R.Rahman

ARRahman Videos

The maestro at Toronto in an interview before the opening of the Lord Of The Rings

Some more photos.........

Beautiful Srilanka

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Munbe vaa en anbe vaa - Sillunu oru kaadhal

This is the greatest hit of 2006. I never came across these kind of melody in my lifetime. Musically, lyrically, Vocally everything was perfect. Another greatest work of ARR.

This song is like falling in love with someone who you really doesn't like. When you first hear this it's like some masala mix of music. But when you continue listening to it few times you'll really fall in love. I'll bet you.


Chord progression is simple one,
A#m, F#, G#, Fm

This is for the first verse. But the second verse changes a little bit. I'll post it in a while.

Long live ARR - The trendsetter

New York Nagaram - Chords

Music - ARR, Sung by the maestro himself.

This song takes you to a world in which you live alone, with no distubance of other human beings. Just listen to the music. You'll float like a kite in the sky. Only the genius can do these stuffs. A great song i ever heard.

The chord progression of this song is really simple.
Am, F, C, G
You can manage the whole song with these chords. Some chords change in the interlude. The guitar rhythm is a big plus for the song. Pattern is little bit difficult. It goes like this,

D - Downstroke
U - Upstroke

D D D DUD DD

But this is not the accurate one.

Try it out and let me know.

Long live ARR - The trendsetter

Remix Culture

A veteran reporter condems ARR for remixing an old song - Behindwoods

The reporter was Major Dasan. He condemned ARR for remixing the song Thottal Poo Malarum.

This is silly. Remixes are really important to introduce the old songs to the younger generation. Younger generation is not interested in old songs.

There are great old songs. But youngsters are not exposed to old songs. Because you can't search the old hits and the recording was poor in quality. So they don't take any interest in those songs. But remixes can introduce those songs to youngsters as well as it gives rebirth to that particular song. Even elderely people like remix.

Remix doesn't misses the actual essence of the song. The actual raaga or the lyrics are not altered. They mix the old stuffs with the new technology and latest styles. Because latest styles reach most parts of the world. So it gives a re-introduction to the song all over the world.

Many remix albums are done in tamil. But when it is used in the film it reaches many tamil people.

Here is a list of remixes,

Tottal poo malarum - New - ARR
Aasai nooru vitham - Kurumbu - Yuvan
Thiruttuppayale - Thiruttuppayale -
Nee muttham onru kodutthal - Pokkiri - Manisharma (The actual lyrics are changed but still has the flavour of old one)
Vasaantha mullai - Pokkiri - Manisharma

Keep on adding guys......

Ninaivugal – HillShake

It looks like a song created by HillShake labeled Ninaivugal. In fact this is what I want you to think. Yes it is. This song is created by me and two of my friends. We call HillShake our self. We couldn’t even imagine how this happened.

I created some music samples back in 2004 for King. We both dreamt of making songs. But we couldn’t do it as we thought. It took some time to come true. Later that year we found another person with the same hunger. That is Praveen. The trio aimed at many projects but nothing happened.

However in 2006 around June the hunger stroke more intensely, which lead us to pick a track from the older samples and complete a track. This great idea came from the brains of King, who is the writer and singer. So the trio gathered in my home and we started to mould our dream project. We completed writing the song and the music track. The only thing left is voice recording and mixing.

King found a studio in Colombo. Without any experience the trio went to the studio. We had no practice not even seen a studio before. This is a strange experience. New place, new people, we didn’t know who will be in the studio etc.

The studio is in the 4^th floor of a building in Kolpitiya. Climbed the stairs. Knocked a door. “Is this a studio”. “Yes of course. Can I help you?” We introduced ourselves and explained the purpose. “Sorry, this is a photo studio”, the girl answered. Next we climbed another floor. There we identified our studio. Went in. A man came from inside. I peeped through the door to see whether this is the right place. Of course it is.

We sat in the sitting room for about half an hour without knowing what is going to happen next. Only thing that came to our mind was finish the work before 4 and get the bus to home. In between it is blank.

They called us into the room. Familiar equipments such as keyboard, computer, mixer etc. A sound proof chamber in opposite side. We started building the tracks. The sound engineer was really helpful. It took about two hours to finish. The next work is to record our voices. King looked at me, I looked at Praveen, King looked at Praveen. Praveen understood what we are about to say. Went into the chamber. Started singing his part. First take, little bit shake in his voice. 2^nd quite okay. 3^rd one really good. 4^th perfect. Finalized. He sang like an experienced singer. Then King did his recording. And then me.

Then editing and mixing done by the sound engineer. We couldn’t believe that song was created by us. The studio owner himself a singer and performer, gave good acknowledgments.

The song was completed and as we thought we got the bus. We enjoyed that journey. We cannot forget that journey. That is our happiest journey we ever had together. With a successful song in hand, we’re anxious about the comments.

To be continued………..

Research on music...

A research has been conducted by the University of Yale regarding the connection between music and anesthetics that are used during surgery.

Three groups were identified. One group didn't hear any sounds. One group heard operooting room sounds and another group heard good music.

It was found that the group who are exposed to music needed only 30% less IV sedatives, that is anesthetic drug. This is, in medical point of view, due to increased flow of endorphins which reduces the pain.

Guru music review......

The latest album done ARR. A grand openning for year 2007. All songs are melodious and has the potential to become greatest hits.

Most admired song by me is baazi laga..........
it's great......
It has a touch of old hindi songs, I mean the instrumentation, scale, rhythm etc. It has the potential to top the charts. ARR is a genius in using the instruments in right place. The main highlight is the use of accordian(or harmonium, not sure). This song is a great one for ARR fans this year.

I heard that ay hairathe toping the charts. It is one of the greatest melody. Hariharan's vocals are used really well by the maestro. Only ARR finds the proper singers for the songs. This song suits Hariharan well. Just close your eyes and listen to this song, you'll surely float in hte air.

review to be continued...........

Trend in western music

These days the trend in western music is changing. It doesn't really mean western music. western music is a discipline. but i really mean the styles derived from western music. such as pop, rap, hip hop, rock, metal etc.

Early days pop music had it's own features as well as rock also had it's own features. And mainly the music is more complicated. that means the scale, prgression and rhythm are really complicated. another guitarist or pianinst find it difficult to find the chords. it's kind of a challenge between the composer and the listener.

but now the music is quite simple. an average pianinst or a guitarist can find the chords for the song. that is the music is not so complicated. they make it very simple. it is really nice to hear that music.

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This is my blogspot....
this is my first ever blog....

I'm a big fan of arrahman.

He's the man who rulez the indian music.

I wish him happy birthday. his birthday is on 6/1.