IlayaRaja's New Albums 2013-15 - Mahendran film/Thaarai thappattai/Mythri

[Bala (Karthik)]

Reg the guitaring in this song, are they two separate guitars playing, as in, a rhythm and a bass? To me it sounded like one acoustic guitar playing both the rhythm riffs and rounding them off with the bass notes (the bend notes). There's quite surely no electric bass guitar sound in the song from what I can hear. Whaddya guys think?

I think the bass is pizzicato from a double bass

[Bala (Karthik)]

And the bass lines sound more like blues than jazz style 'walking' bass

[kiru]

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Mayilu beats Dhoni...

I think so too.. but Dhoni tunes seem to be built with longer phrases.. orchestration seems to be standard/classic IR.

[Plum]

Bala, Ippollaam all and sundry beat dhoni so not surprising mayilu did, too

[Sureshs65]

Bala,

As I had said in my writeup of 'vaangum panathukkum', the bass is definitely blues. Wonderfully done by Raja. Having a blues base and a typical film song!! The drumming though is more in the jazz style.

[teja]

Dhoni Telugu version

http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu...p?mid=A0002863

[RR]

Strange choice of singers for the important song of the album. But SPB song sounds even better in telugu. Actually, superb!

[Gregorysab]

and the singer who song vilayaatta in telugu doesnt get the warmth of Hariharan

[sureshmehcnit]

"Ilaiyaraaja and the Synth Myth" - some thoughts that I have been munching on for a week...

http://www.backgroundscore.com/2012/...ynth-myth.html

[venkkiram]

"Ilaiyaraaja and the Synth Myth" - some thoughts that I have been munching on for a week...

http://www.backgroundscore.com/2012/...ynth-myth.html

Very nice article Suresh!

P.S: And, why does the very sound of Dhoni songs irritates my roommate though he could repeatedly listen to Aravaan songs, is something I am yet to understand.

Sad but reveals the current generation trend clearly!