Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

[raj_musing]

For me a music composer is somebody who can make people look at your music,irrespective of language or nativity. You need to satisfy all strata of people alike(be it an elite class,middle class ,the poor or a street beggar; A layman or an expert!)

In other words you need not be a technical analyst to enjoy good music. Technical review of music is different and “Acceptance” is entirely a different aspect. Somebody who don’t have “any knowledge in music” also should be able to hum that song infinitely and say “wonderful” and that is where you succeed as a composer.

In the best phase of Raja’s career this was one of his strengths. I could see even street beggars singing some of his songs. To site an example:-“Thooliyile adavantha”
For me that “mass appeal” is something that should come naturally without any promotions and I find that missing in some of his recent compositions(especially in Tamil) and hence his “so called hits “ are mostly confined to forums like TFMPage or some other threads.

This is strictly my opinion and I do not wish to annoy or agitate anyone in this forum.

I can only wish that ASK or PS becomes accepted by the public. Let’s wait and watch.