That I know! But the only doubt i have is - is he trying to get the best of raaja or is he trying to get what sells the most today?
That I know! But the only doubt i have is - is he trying to get the best of raaja or is he trying to get what sells the most today?
cool makkalae... in very few days things would get sweeter..
Well, I am ok with either this or that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aakarsh
Ithai vida periya comedy, SwaamigaL himself is allowing to happen. Aug20 Concert/Conclave, 10K ticket edukkuravangalukku Genius oda foto & opportunity to have lunch with him :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
Waitese Sakala, nobody knows what it is. But I for one would not pay to go see him *talk* of all the things he could do :-) :-)
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Originally Posted by sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar
SKV !! there are concerts/events where such things do happen in the west - Sarah Chang once performed here and they had a 'wine and cheese' reception for choice members of the audience on first-come-first-serve basis - I ignored the wine and gobbled up some cheese (since i had skipped lunch that day, using my lunch time to make 2 CDs with IR's strings based scores and also a short writeup on his music) and 'rubbed' shoulders with Chang (she was quite down-to-earth, for someone of her status/calibre) and silently slipped the IR 'package' into her hands before she even knew what happened! she was mildly surprised, blushed and thanked me and i go 'my pleasure Ms.Chang! listen to the music and maybe sometime in the future, we would get to listen to you perform with the maestro onstage or in a CD'
but IR doing this is kinda funny! avaru studio poi paatthu pesara neraya perukku photo chance laam kudukkararu - his biggest difference as compared most other celebrities is his accessibility to ppl who are seriously interested in meeting him! adhaan idhellaam konjam odd aa theriyudhu!
but anyway, event management team, appdeenu yedho professional rangela maarittirukku! which IMO is a good sign!
While on one hand this might seem like 'eranooru rooba kudutha aapill juice; naanooru rooba kuduththa aattukaal soupu', I think we need to change our POV, try and ignore the seemingly corny parts and lap up the opportunity of getting to watch a genius mind speak about his music. Whether it's going to be executed well or not is secondary; just the idea itself is worth a shot. Thumbikkai dhaan vaazhkkai.
IRIR: "(since i had skipped lunch that day, using my lunch time to make 2 CDs with IR's strings based scores and also a short writeup on his music) and 'rubbed' shoulders with Chang (she was quite down-to-earth, for someone of her status/calibre) and silently slipped the IR 'package' into her hands before she even knew what happened! she was mildly surprised, blushed and thanked me and i go 'my pleasure Ms.Chang! listen to the music and maybe sometime in the future, we would get to listen to you perform with the maestro onstage or in a CD'"
adra sakka :clap:
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Originally Posted by San_K
IRIR - oru chance vudaRadhillai...Miss kedaichA Shoulder Rub paNNa...oops...I mean maestro pugazh aprappa. andha dhigil muruganum irukKAnE PRO-nu...
Plum - i think if am not careful with the language i use, someone might put me as an entry in the 'kisu kisu' thread !
on a lighter note - beyond/besides Chang (in that public well-lit hall, shoulder mattum thaanunga rub panna mudiyum-)), namakku oru galaxy of friends, particularly girl/lady friends irukkaanga !
aanaa, avanga ellaam total confees when it comes to my passion for meesic, esp IR's music!
an interesting titbit - in january, 2010 - i had given a talk at a conference in an island off texas coast - one of our collaborators who has been travelling to india a few times recently, was chatting with me one evening - casual relaxing evening in the lounge / bar, with 20 other delegates - when he mentioned to me abt indian music! all my senses went on high alert - he kept on talking abt Ravi Shankar and so on! i patiently silently let him speak - and once he was done took him to the piano (one of those big/grand pianos) in that hall - around that time i had learnt to play the 'punnagai mannan' theme (minus the duet part - PM theme needs two ppl to perform properly - i knew to play the main theme thats all) and played it out to him (after some fumbling initially) - and i told him once done "thats from india's most creative composer - Ilaiyaraaja" - he was intrigued and by the time he left the conference 2 days later, he had the HTNI (my last personal copy!)CD with him!
i forgot abt it in a few days - but after a month's time, he emailed me thanking me for the CD and gave a few lines of review!
the gentleman is a senior faculty/professor at the univ of washington, a key man in policy-making for NASA, and a connoisseur of the arts!
way back in 2003, another colleague of mine had invited a few of us over to his place to introduce to his family - key west, florida - penthouse apartment on the top-most floor (25th floor) - dad is a retd ENT specialist and a connoisseur of western classical music! after almost 2 hrs of chatting, listening to baroque (mostly vivaldi) music, he asked me abt indian music - i resisted the temptation to talk abt IR - and gave them an intro to what little i knew abt traditional indian music how it has evolved etc etc and then came to film music, carefully demarcating trashy bollywood music (that most americans are familiar with) and genuine artsy filmy music - waited for things to soak in - allowing them all to indulge in another round of wine/cognac/bourbon (i stuck to a redbull to keep my energy level going since i was abt to speak abt IR) - and then after that buildup, spoke abt the uniqueness of IR !
I had them ! under a spell ! then played out 'mozart, i love you' - the 75 year old ENT father loved it - immensely!
I do what I can! after all I grew up with this man's music!