Neethane En Ponvasantham | Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

[Vinodkumar]

The drumming in the album is really of top class..I hada longstanding varutham on IR music...he missed out Sivamani from his troop due to various reasons. there was no one to fill that gap...who can forget "vaanam keezhe" or "aattam ingae" or "pesa koodaathu" etc.,. This album has satisfied me by having a good drummer with a good quality instrument.
but i have a few questions...


1. In Saindhu I feel the hi-hats could have been used in a open mode always. Actually it is opened from the beginning till the end of 1st interlude.....after that inside the 1st charanam and after that it is used in a closed manner..."
2.. tom tom is used at many places... But i dont hear rim click...

1. In Saindhu Saindhu.. the high-hats are used in closed mode.. the sound after the strike is more subdued versus the open mode where in the sound strike is resonated for couple of milli seconds and then it is closed as he keeps striking it in certain intervals.
2. Regarding the "Rim Click", its the tapping sound that you hear right after the initial rendition of "Saindhu Saindhu" is that when he strikes the stick on the rim of the snare drum or it could be mini version of a drum which produces the "tak... tak" sound.. Any drummers out there?

The more impressed instrument for me is the Acoustic drums and Guitar.. The Drums dominate the whole album followed by Guitar (Acoustics/Electric). You can see the brass/Flute/Oboe dominating every now and then.. This is a musical treat for all of us..