Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[KV]

It likely that this feller isn't musically trained, but look at how his rendition transcends from the normal to a different emotional stratosphere altogether!
The impact of this album is perhaps something that words can't do justice to. Raasappu

[Plum]

This clever manipulation dhaavENAngaRadhu? Nobody is defending the whistling or disorderly behaviour in IR concert. Carnatic conceet-ai ideal manidhargalaai sithtarippadhu muttalthanamnu dhaane sonnen? Adhai apdiye ulta panni naan ennamo whistle pannavalukku vakkalathu vaangina maadhiriye effect koduththu straw man create panna vendiyadhu .
And no, leaving the hall for bhajji when performers are busting their guts isn't any less criticism worthy. Besides, it is not as if carnatic crowd doesn't make unwanted noises(as I said "indha neckalce engadi vaanguna"). Read my lips - crowd misbehaviour is not a class thing. We indians are not respectful of anything. Carbatc, light or hindustani. Class conscious comments=sugaasini. Thasaall.

[baroque]

ok, plum, I got it.


naan poyi raja pattu kekkaporen...

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

[baroque]

Sakala

what a precious video!

GVM, Great job!

fascinating

Raja is talking about my perennial favorite female solos!

Mai Ri Main Kase Kahoon .....Lataji works for her Guru Madan Mohan.
Poignant situation created by the director for composer Madan Mohan! DASTAK
Paalirukkum pazhamirukkum......Sushi - MSV-TKR! PAAVA MANNIPPU!

Oru poongavanam......Janu....Raja's piano- violin delight, sensuous composition!


I enjoy all those compositions Raja is mentioning leisurely tonight!

HURRAY TO INDIAN FILM MUSIC COMPOSERS!

[KV]

sakala... kOdana kOdi nandrigal!

wow O wow! that was amazing! See, now this is what I've been saying about making the man comfortable and then allowing him to speak about music... it was just flowing there, so naturally! (yeah, the episode might've been rehearsed, but the flow was really nice).

There are nice little gems in that 5 songs session, which by the way, was a novel idea by GVM - to make Raaja do an unplugged version of his songs! Gvm, you're a man of taste!
Oru poongavanam - the way he explains his 'approach' to the composition, this is the sort of stuff that I'm dying to listen to. He first talks about how he had 'deliberated' on doing something different for a routine 'heroine in a swimming pool' situation song. Then he speaks about how he had a 'specific' ragam 'at that moment' which he wanted to utilize, but was scared if it would be too 'classical' or 'heavy', as a result of which he 'shapes' his tune showing only the 'traces' of the scale he intended to use. The way he plays the ragam, highlights certain phrases and maps that to the lines in the tune... goosebumps! Idhu dhaan. idhEdhaan saar. Gimme more of this please!

Then the one about how he sees a certain set of notes as the 'take off point' for a set of songs, and how each composer has progressed differently from there. Lovely!
Salil Choudary's Mai to kab sE khadi is paar, Madan Mohan 'mahi rE mai kaise kahoon' and finally 'nammaalu' MSV's 'paalu irukkum pazham irukkum'.
Simple perspective to look at it, but very interesting!

GVM
Raaja

(And @myself, for missing out on the chance of experiencing this live.. )

[V_S]

Mikka nandri sakala. ada ada ada ada ada adadaa! The best part is he does not even think to showcase songs from other composers and yet how brilliantly he arrives at the similarity/variation in different tunes and between the composers. Great to see he chose one of my most favorite Madan ji's Mai re main kase kahoon and relating to paalirukkum pazhamirukkum is really a goosebump stuff! PEsunga pEsikittE irunga, kEttukittE irukkurOm. Kaadhil thEn vandhu paayuthu. Thanks GVM a lot.

[K]

http://isaignanibakthan.blogspot.in/...blog-post.html

[rajaramsgi]

http://isaignanibakthan.blogspot.in/...blog-post.html

Thank you SKV and K. I don't have any words after listening to SKV's audio link and reading through the above link. My respects for NEPV songs and GVM increased several folds now.


தோன்றின் புகழோடு தோன்றுக...- ராஜா சார் புகழோடு பிறக்கவில்லை. புகழ் அவரை தேடி வருவதற்கு தன் தகுதியை வளர்த்துகொண்டவர்.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

envazhi.com shares an exlusive news, never heard this!

http://www.envazhi.com/ilayaraaja-special/

விரைவில் தொடங்கும் ஒரு படத்துக்காக ஒரு பாடலுக்கு மட்டும் நடித்துக் கொடுக்க ஒப்புக் கொண்டுள்ளார் இசைஞானி. இந்தப் பாடல் முழுக்க முழுக்க லண்டனில் படமாக்கப்படவுள்ளது. இயக்கப் போகிறவர் செல்வா.
இந்தப் பாடலுக்கு சம்பளமாக ராஜா எந்தத் தொகையையும் நிர்ணயிக்கவில்லை. ஆனால் இயக்குநரும் தயாரிப்பாளரும் கணிசமாக ஒரு தொகையைத் தர முன்வந்துள்ளனர்!


இளையராஜாவின் கனடா இசை நிகழ்ச்சி பற்றி இன்னொரு செய்தி…
வெளிநாட்டில் இந்திய இசையமைப்பாளர் ஒருவர் இத்தனை பிரமாண்டமாக நிகழ்ச்சி செய்வது இதுவே முதல் முறை. பங்கேற்கும் கலைஞர்கள், ஏற்பாடுகள் என அனைத்துமே இதுவரை எந்த இசையமைப்பாளருக்கும் செய்யப்படாத அளவு பிரமாண்டம்!
இந்த நிகழ்ச்சியில் கிடைக்கும் தொகையில் ஒரு பகுதியை ஈழத் தமிழர் மறுவாழ்வுக்காகத் தர இசைஞானி விரும்புகிறாராம்.

And there is this unseen pic!