He is Stephen not michael.
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He is Stephen not michael.
In today's show, the contestants sang 3 of what i consider Rahman's VERY best - "Thendrale thendrale", "Oh Vennila" and "Kannalane"
Ravi was the better of the lot
And the piano work by Steve was great
srinivas sang beautifully.
Srinivas kandippa kaasu vaangittaple...
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ThenRalE was so good. I thought Santhosh's singing was a bit flat and the emoting part was not good. But I liked Ranjini's kaNNaaLanE. Unfortunately I could watch it only up to first charanam due to power cut :evil: Did any one else sing after Ranjini?
Anyway, naalu pErumE perusA kuRai solRa aLavukku pAdala - they were good.
Coming to Stephen Devasi - it was almost a one man show last night as he made the singing so good. I have not heard of Stephen Devasi before. When I was checking indya.com for the Monday night's update ( as I could not watch it) I came across some details about this guy and that mainly prompted me to watch the show last night.
EnnAmA vaasikkiRaar. Audience kai thattitE irunthaanga and I was watching the show all by myself but kept on clapping too. pullarikka vechuttAr . It was pure bliss watching him playing :notworthy:
And a what a tribute to the legend ARR :notworthy:
Every time Chinmayi took the mic to call upon a contestant - I was praying inside not to see Raagini on stage. RamyamAna oru soozhnilai kedukkapada koodaathunnu oru yEkkam.
I dont think I can watch the show tonight (again power cut) but I am eager to listen to Prasanna as he is the best in emoting and it is going to be a lovely experience watching Stephen-Prasanna duo. But Raagini thollaila irunthu thappuRathu - is equally great - so no worries.
I wish Prasanna picks kAdhalE en kaadhalE or at least Vijay attempts it.
Heard from my folks in SL that Rohith sang well the first day. Even in indya.com many have appreciated Rohith's singing. But he is picked for elimination. Romba naLaavE judges Rohit'a target paNNittu irukkaanga. To me he is better than Santhosh and Vijay. But antha niyAyam ellAm inga sellAthu. I can surely say that this time they would eliminate Rohith.
PS: It's simply annoying and irritating to watch Chinmayi's mimicry singing :x
And Srinivas's singing was lovely but Bala sonnathupOl kaasu vaangunathu nichayam :evil:
Some info that I gathered about Stephen Devassy ..
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Stephen lives, dreams and breathes music. Music is Stephen Devassy's love and profession. "I was never academically inclined. Since I was always into music, I thought, why not make a career of it," says this 24-year-old from Ottappalam, Palakkad who is gaining recognition in the music industry. He is now settled in Chennai. Stephen Devassy, whose passion is music, composes, sets tunes and arranges music. He scored the music for the 2004 Malayalam movie - `Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu,' starring Mohanlal.
Stephen Devassy who plays the piano has done eight grades in music from the Trinity College of Music, London and was the best scorer in Asia whose record is yet to be bettered. He started learning the piano at age 10 and entered the world of music, under the guidance of Leslie Peter who was his first guru. He learnt the organ and then was introduced to the piano by Fr. Thomas at Chetana Music Academy in Thrissur where he completed his Eighth Grade examination conducted by the Trinity College of Music, London. "Fr. Thomas was a real slave driver, he also taught me the perfection and discipline needed for a pianist," says Stephen.
His first chance to play for Hariharan on his tour of Europe was a big experience, says Stephen. "My mind opened up. I began seeing good musicians and it made me learn my western classical music better. It was a fusion of ghazals and Western music. I went as an accompanying artiste to play the keyboard. As it was concentrating mainly on ghazals, all the other artistes were from Mumbai. I was the only South Indian. I still join him on his tours," he says. " Explaining his work on the keyboard, he says it is primarily about arranging several types of music. "This enriches and fills up the space in a song." With some hard work and luck, he got a programming keyboard. "Going with Hariji to the U.S., Canada, Paris, Germany, Belgium, Rome, South Africa, Middle East was a great experience. I thought of some solo performances -- contemporary yet inspired by classics," says this shy youngster. In his teens, instead of hanging out at hot spots, Stephen was busy working with Colonial Cousins and then, with the musical wizard, A.R.Rahman. The rest, as they say, is history. "It's all thanks to my family who gives me full support," says the music prodigy.
"Fusion is the trend in music today. Bringing together the Western and the Eastern style of music. Merging them to contrive a new style in music. I play the Indian musical style which appears to be Western," remarks Devassy. Yanni, the Greek musician and Michael W. Smith inspire Stephen, who loves Mozart’s Symphony, in musical compositions.
He is one of the regular band members in a band called Rex Band, a Christian contemporary band singing gospel fusion and pretty soon, he says, " I got the opportunity to sing before Pope John Paul II. It was at an event bands from all over the world were present and we were the only one from India. It was a very thrilling experience." Stephen, who is the pianist of Rex Band, has orchestrated an instrumental version of the popular Rex Band melodies called ‘Different Vibes’.
In association with Kosmic Music, Stephen has also set to tune to a background of western music, Sanskrit slokas, mantras and verses from the Upanishads, called `Sacred Chants of Kosmic Music,' and albums of holy chants on Ganesha, Shiva and Vishnu.
He has also accompanied violin maestro L. Subramanian at the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival. "It was a fusion with the London Symphony Orchestra. I was given an opportunity to arrange three of the songs sung by Kavitha Krishnamoorthy for the concert for the London Symphony. It was a great exposure," he says.
Thanks Roshan, for the info :)
and what was striking about his performance yesterday was the extent to which he knew the notes for all the songs that were performed (was it one of the reasons for the songs selected?) and the way he imporvised in a couple of ludes leading up to the charanam