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imo Nandhalala melodies are better.
but just look at the music quality in Delhi-6! The levels of the instruments and vocals are perfect in Delhi-6, enhancing the listening pleasure. It is just not perfect in NL. The bass levels are too low in "veesi", the percussion levels are too low in "Vaandu koottame"... its sad that such a great work may not appear as great because of poor sound engineering.
OK, just read his review on Nandalala. While i agree with a few points of his, i have big problems in general with his reviews of late (to the point of reminding myself not to take them seriously any more). Well, i always have the option of NOT reading them. He just writes his opinion. Naamalum namma opinion-a idam porul eval seval paathu ezhudhalaam, yaaru thaduthaanga? . :)
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Kai Veesu, Onnukkonnu and Mella Oorndhu are very much likeable :musicsmile: Kai Veesu is the pick of the album for me!
Keyboard/Piano sounds in recent Raaja albums have tended to sound rather 'flat'. I'm talking only about the sound. Contrast this with Mumbai Xpress!
exactly! A grand sound doesn't simply mean 200 violins or "rakkamma". A grand sound means acoustic sounding music that doesn't sound like a MIDI file.Quote:
Originally Posted by crajkumar_be
Listen to "kandu kandu" from "Innathe chintha vishyam" (released 2008) - nothing "grand" - but the sounds are so much more pleasing than the ones used in NL. It also has some electronic sounds, but better chosen ones. Imagine NL melodies with that kind of sound.
btw, 'kai veesi' has shades of 'pachai niramey'(alaipaayudhey) or am i getting confused ?
I understand what rprasad is saying. There is a subtle difference between an opinion and a review. Most of the people now see karthik's site more as a review site and not a blog site. And the hype does influence people, as rprasad says.
rprasad: What Sanjeevi says is the best. We can only :) when someone calls a lovely melody like Chirugaali as 'kiddish'. When I read his comment and then heard the Chirugaali song I thought the word 'kiddish' was more apt for his musical taste :) The Dilli 6 review proves it.
S.Suresh
Yes, his recording has been the culprit for many of his albums going to the dust bin of the public without any notice. I think he should fire his sound engineers immediately or send them to get trained with latest technologies. How come pithAmagan and now NK were better recorded? pithAmagan, the album was mixed by Yuvan's people and NK was done by Raja's crew but still sounds better than NL. It is also possible that the songs may sound very good in his studio with the high-end speakers he has got. But does he ever try to see how the same songs sound in a walkman/small stereo systems? I seriously doubt it. I also think that he is in a comfort zone surrounded by a bunch of jalra people who don't even point out these things. It's frustrating to see an album like NL fails at this front and plays the spoil sport.
Thats the point i have been telling all this while. He does not care to see that his cds are available in the market and then he gives a statement in the website to us that we should not support piracy..EKSI..Quote:
Originally Posted by ananth222
I guess there is no one who has the guts to go up and tell him "Sir, We know u r a musical genius but....".. And yes...regarding the producers and directors should have really felt bad that he does not come to music release functions..the reasons he has been giving that his ego would be boosted etc etc wah re wah.. :D
yea, its true that they shower praises on him and IR doesn't like that... but really... its time everyone (including IR) showed some maturity. Incidentally, I was just listening to the song "raasa maharaasa" from "Maharaasan", towards the end the song goes "vilambaram venam'nu vaippaar ivar thalli... kozhi pudichanthundu, kaaka pudichathillai..." dunno if its hinted at IR. its time he learned to silently ignore the sycophants and show his own dignified presence to the public.Quote:
Originally Posted by kameshratnam
btw, "kei veesi" sounds more like the top gun movie theme to me.
yeah,Quote:
Originally Posted by irir123
remember ilangkaaththu veesudhey.... Pithamagan...
not exactly but close.. may be having some karaharapriya notes. Vinatha.
MrJudge, pardon the ignorance of a laywoman in acoustics like me, but can you tell me how the songs of late 70's like "sigappu rojakkaL" , "mudhal iravu" etc sound so good even today that we hardly notice any sound aspects for those songs?