Please go through the following link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UZhioKe8vg
What you have just watched is hearty, isn't it?
Now see this, www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0-v9CjJFgg
Touched?
This is a magical visual where we can witness the blend of many aspects. Padmabhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan who is the senior most among the crew has become willing to work with these young musicians that too on an all new experimentation. It's rare to find such a non egoistic attitude in senior artists who have already proved to be maestros in their particular genre. The reason why I tell this is that the composition is totally a merge/blend of three different genres. Total pure hindustani singing by Ustad and his family consisting of 3 generations, total Carnatic style of playing by Prasanna Ramaswamy on guitar and orchestration being pure western.
'Kalyani, Yaman and the Lydian mode dissolved together!', this is what we can say about this magical piece of music. 'Kalyani' being the Carnatic name of the raga, 'Yaman' being its Hindustani counterpart and the western equivalent scale being 'Lydian mode'/'Mode V'. This composition has proved it is possible to put the whole world's music in a single pool of notes.
The video you have watched later above has shown the par of excellence those artists overcame linguistic barriers. Ustad expressed everything in Hindi, AR in English, both of them uncomfortable in the opposite ones language. But when the music took off, everything went well in the same beautiful language, Music.
The vision of a music director attains fullfillment when all components(instruments) of the piece of music being controlled by himself at his own wish. I think the teaser video conveys the same. AR himself looks after each and every instruments, even the Kajoon.
The most important speciality of the song is the bandwidth of age of the singers. Ustad's family's 3 generation are singing here. Ustad himself, his sons and his grandson. It's told in the teaser AR got blown away when he heard this kid singing. All of Ustad's sons' voices sound similar to themselves and to Ustad's own voice as well. When all those voices coincide, its just one voice which is a bank of different frequencies; Ustad's bass, sons' upper as well as lower mids and that kid's highs. Complete music from a family which is heavenly. Ustadji, you are respected not only being a maestro in singing but to make up your coming generations in the same way also. Your highness!
Prasanna Ramaswamy's implementation of the playing style of Veena on a western instrument guitar is the thing which makes him outstanding as an artist. He plays Kalyani so good on guitar which boost up Yaman sung by the vocalists, hence proving Carnatic and Hindustani ragas not similar, but the same. :)
Orchestrating in a fair way for a Carnatic-Hindustani joint is commonly thought to be involving Indian instruments obviously. Here comes the innovative and extra ordinary thinking of the legend AR. He has so beautifully incorporated western orchestration with Piano, some accoustic Rhythm Guitars, Kajoon, Shakers and lot more. And AR's natural and 'from heart' piano keys made the augmented chords sound so soothing.
The thought which comes into a true listener's mind when the song goes on is, 'Oh God please don't let this song come to an end'.
Its not a wonder the song gets played in listeners audio player back to back, provided the audien be a good music lover.
I have missed a lot more to mention about AR's glory in this write up but as I am fallen in a special mind set now, I can't write more. I can't resist myself to start listening to this song in a loop and dissolve in it.
Lot more talent we do need to understand your talent AR, you are the Avatar born to the earth.
Worship you. Anything for you!
Gopikrishnan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UZhioKe8vg
What you have just watched is hearty, isn't it?
Now see this, www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0-v9CjJFgg
Touched?
This is a magical visual where we can witness the blend of many aspects. Padmabhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan who is the senior most among the crew has become willing to work with these young musicians that too on an all new experimentation. It's rare to find such a non egoistic attitude in senior artists who have already proved to be maestros in their particular genre. The reason why I tell this is that the composition is totally a merge/blend of three different genres. Total pure hindustani singing by Ustad and his family consisting of 3 generations, total Carnatic style of playing by Prasanna Ramaswamy on guitar and orchestration being pure western.
'Kalyani, Yaman and the Lydian mode dissolved together!', this is what we can say about this magical piece of music. 'Kalyani' being the Carnatic name of the raga, 'Yaman' being its Hindustani counterpart and the western equivalent scale being 'Lydian mode'/'Mode V'. This composition has proved it is possible to put the whole world's music in a single pool of notes.
The video you have watched later above has shown the par of excellence those artists overcame linguistic barriers. Ustad expressed everything in Hindi, AR in English, both of them uncomfortable in the opposite ones language. But when the music took off, everything went well in the same beautiful language, Music.
The vision of a music director attains fullfillment when all components(instruments) of the piece of music being controlled by himself at his own wish. I think the teaser video conveys the same. AR himself looks after each and every instruments, even the Kajoon.
The most important speciality of the song is the bandwidth of age of the singers. Ustad's family's 3 generation are singing here. Ustad himself, his sons and his grandson. It's told in the teaser AR got blown away when he heard this kid singing. All of Ustad's sons' voices sound similar to themselves and to Ustad's own voice as well. When all those voices coincide, its just one voice which is a bank of different frequencies; Ustad's bass, sons' upper as well as lower mids and that kid's highs. Complete music from a family which is heavenly. Ustadji, you are respected not only being a maestro in singing but to make up your coming generations in the same way also. Your highness!
Prasanna Ramaswamy's implementation of the playing style of Veena on a western instrument guitar is the thing which makes him outstanding as an artist. He plays Kalyani so good on guitar which boost up Yaman sung by the vocalists, hence proving Carnatic and Hindustani ragas not similar, but the same. :)
Orchestrating in a fair way for a Carnatic-Hindustani joint is commonly thought to be involving Indian instruments obviously. Here comes the innovative and extra ordinary thinking of the legend AR. He has so beautifully incorporated western orchestration with Piano, some accoustic Rhythm Guitars, Kajoon, Shakers and lot more. And AR's natural and 'from heart' piano keys made the augmented chords sound so soothing.
The thought which comes into a true listener's mind when the song goes on is, 'Oh God please don't let this song come to an end'.
Its not a wonder the song gets played in listeners audio player back to back, provided the audien be a good music lover.
I have missed a lot more to mention about AR's glory in this write up but as I am fallen in a special mind set now, I can't write more. I can't resist myself to start listening to this song in a loop and dissolve in it.
Lot more talent we do need to understand your talent AR, you are the Avatar born to the earth.
Worship you. Anything for you!
Gopikrishnan
