Global recognition for IR's music.......

[aruLaracan]

IRIR123,

Are you the 'Goa Madan'? Please send an PM if you are the one.

[eagle]

Superb!!! i am listening to the podcast while i typing this... great effort... amazing song selection....முடிஞ்சா அவருக்கு ஒரு ஹாலிவுட் பட வாய்ப்பு வாங்கி கொடுங்களேன்

[irir123]

Superb!!! i am listening to the podcast while i typing this... great effort... amazing song selection....முடிஞ்சா அவருக்கு ஒரு ஹாலிவுட் பட வாய்ப்பு வாங்கி கொடுங்களேன்

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh

it took this long for the Indian govt to give him a Padma award - how in the world do we even expect hollywood to even know abt him ??

small things such as this radioshow if done to perfection, are adequate enough - it took me an entire 2-3 months to organise this - and there are limitations

even if a few handful of people who have never heard of IR's music get to listen to it, and raise their eyebrows thats a good start

hollywood is a different beast - a fortress shielded by myriad agencies, groups, forums all of whom cater and nurture locally grown talent

to be honest, Hollywood does not need IR !

and IR does not need Hollywood either!

[raajarasigan]

Superb!!! i am listening to the podcast while i typing this... great effort... amazing song selection....முடிஞ்சா அவருக்கு ஒரு ஹாலிவுட் பட வாய்ப்பு வாங்கி கொடுங்களேன்

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh

it took this long for the Indian govt to give him a Padma award - how in the world do we even expect hollywood to even know abt him ??

small things such as this radioshow if done to perfection, are adequate enough - it took me an entire 2-3 months to organise this - and there are limitations

even if a few handful of people who have never heard of IR's music get to listen to it, and raise their eyebrows thats a good start

hollywood is a different beast - a fortress shielded by myriad agencies, groups, forums all of whom cater and nurture locally grown talent

to be honest, Hollywood does not need IR !

and IR does not need Hollywood either!

[Devaraagam]

to be honest, Hollywood does not need IR !

and IR does not need Hollywood either!

Its true. IR is beyond that and His thinking is totally different.

[irir123]

to be honest, Hollywood does not need IR !

and IR does not need Hollywood either!

Its true. IR is beyond that and His thinking is totally different.

this is not abt whether IR is better or beyond what Hollywood needs - it is more of a practical issue - there are dozens of upcoming very talented composers like Alexandre Desplat, Sharon Farber, Michael Giacchino, etc

this is besides the regulars from John Williams, Horner, through Sylvestri, James Newton Howards, Howard Shore, Elfman etc

and hence there is no dearth of composers in Hollywood, that they have to seek someone from distant India!

thats what I meant

if you ask me, I would say, we dont have original talented composers actually doing music the way it should be done - in India! barring IR, and a few others, we might end up actually hiring someone from outside, at this rate of borrowing samples/loops!

[njv]

if you ask me, I would say, we dont have original talented composers actually doing music the way it should be done - in India! barring IR, and a few others, we might end up actually hiring someone from outside, at this rate of borrowing samples/loops!

Irir, my opinion on this, what you said is true in all fields among indians. The education system doesnt develop creativity and our belief system forces us not to. You are told to study, you are told to get 100%, you are told to write IIT-JEE, you are told to find a job, you are told to go to US or other country, you are told to get GC. Please read "you are told to" as your parents told you or peer pressure forces you".

In India, the focus is survival, so create lot of pressure to people and we forget about creativity.

[app_engine]

In India, the focus is survival, so create lot of pressure to people and we forget about creativity.

அப்படீன்னா பாரதியார், இளையராசா எல்லாம் எப்படி உண்டானாங்க?

நீங்கள் சொல்லும் கருத்து மத்திய வர்க்கக்குடும்பங்களைப்பொறுத்த மட்டில் பெரும்பான்மையாக சரியென்றாலும், இந்தியாவில் அவர்கள் மட்டுமே இல்லை

[irir123]

In India, the focus is survival, so create lot of pressure to people and we forget about creativity.

அப்படீன்னா பாரதியார், இளையராசா எல்லாம் எப்படி உண்டானாங்க?

நீங்கள் சொல்லும் கருத்து மத்திய வர்க்கக்குடும்பங்களைப்பொறுத்த மட்டில் பெரும்பான்மையாக சரியென்றாலும், இந்தியாவில் அவர்கள் மட்டுமே இல்லை

though we are digressing quite a bit, let me add one last point:

our middle-class values simply suck bigtime - they are centred around survival, marriage and children and nothing beyond these - add to these, a dumba*s bureaucracy and ritualistic belief systems (blaming the horoscope of someone who is diagnosed of cancer, for example) - and worst of all, we are the most class-ridden society in the world

[ajithfederer]

irir and njv, well said.