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recording techniques

Topic started by music (@ 219.65.112.43) on Sun Apr 4 04:43:30 EDT 2004.
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can anyone throw light on how the music director goes about recording a song.the process involved etc.it will help many upcoming musicians.

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• From: C~P (@ 61.1.201.18) on: Sun Apr 4 05:49:39 EDT 2004
  
  I don't know about the others, but I can share with you what I know about a few MDs...
  
  1) Deva
  He has two assistants - Sabesh and Murali who identify the chartbusters after enquiring about the sales at MusicWorld, Spencer Plaza. New Tamil film, Old Tamil Film, English Album, Hindi Album, Britney Spears, Shania Twain, Michael Jackson. Artiste no bar! Emmadhamum sammadhamnu dhesiya ottrumayaikaaga poraadaraanga. Actually, they take it to international level. Yeah, after this is done, they buy this CD. Then they play it in Winamp and get some Voice Removal Software and intergrate it with Winamp. (Wow, what a technology!) They then choose a proper singer, play them another cassette that has the "finalised tune". And then they finally mix it and record it. This, they call fusion.
  
  2) S.A.Rajkumar
  Deva does a lot of hardowrk. SAR doesn't need to, that's the difference. He doesn't enquire about the cassette sales or anything as he doesn't have any assistants. Cho Chad! So he actually plays his own cassette. Any of his previous films actually, it's all the same. So he has the tune and the music. What else is needed? Kai-la mic onnu koduththu pakkathula nadakkara Kalyaana Ooravalathula record pannuvaaru.
  
  3) Harris Jeyaraj
  He is narrowed down version of Deva. He doesn't give a damn to national integrity and stuff. Takes the help of his "fellow" citizsens alone. I even heard he's gonna shave of his head, so that would give you some idea as to who inspires him. The beats are usually inspired from his "inspiration". Nothing wrong actually, only if you get inspired, the other person is an inspiration!! But then he adds his own stamp to the music. How? He usually asks people to get into a deep well and sing, so that it sounds ghostly. Makes sure people concentrate on this part to find out what they are singing so that the focus is taken of the beats. Chinna vayasilirundhae ippadi thaan, romba brilliant ivaru. Adhaan, as usual ellarayum kaththa vittu, side-la appadiye low volume-la ARR cassette poattu, digitally remaste pannuvaaru songs-a.
  
  P.S. : NOM and Sorry for the disgression!! :-)
  
  
  
• From: Maverick (@ 192.128.133.68) on: Mon Apr 5 01:33:03 EDT 2004
  
  Aaha Oho. yepapdi C~P ippdi yelaam mudiyuthu unaala mattum ? by birth-e ippdiyaa or ippa thaan recent aa yethaavathu aachaa ? yenna gnanam intha vayasul, thella thelivaana karuthukkal, aazhntha porul..arputham arputham.
  
  
• From: Maverick (@ 192.128.167.68) on: Mon Apr 5 01:38:25 EDT 2004
  
  continues where C~P left off...
  
  4) Sirpi -
  His funda is keeping all things simple. romba complicate pannikka maataaru. mandaya pottu udachikka maataaru.
  a) He doesn't go too far in geography. He sticks only to those Arabic hits, Middle eastern songs that includes Khaleed, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and hit qawwali here and there.
  b) All he does is pick 'em up, polish it off
  c) find a Tamil singer (Mano...more often) to sing it
  d) asks the lyricist to write the song exactly to the same original tune and records it.
  e)Repeat steps a-d for other songs in the film.
  
  Result: Musical blockbuster
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Apr 5 03:45:13 EDT 2004
  
  Maverick,
  Chinna vayasilrundhae romba brilliant naan. Moolai multifold-a valandhukittae irukku. Romba headweight aagi poachu pa :-(
  
  continued...
  5) ManiSharma
  Unique technique. Enndhaan adikkardhu copy-a irundhaalum, adhilum ivar thozhil dharmam paarpaaru. He first dresses himself properly - Pink shirt, green pant, yellow shoes, red hat and a blue cooling glass. After this he dances to his tunes and sees if it is satisfactory. Manasukku thripthi-a irundha dhaan proceed pannuvaaru. Idhunaaldhaan Telugu directors ellam ivara padathukku book panraangannu pona varusham Ananda Vikatan-la padichaen.
  Innoru advantage ennana, nam naattu kalaacharathai valrpaaru ivaru. Para molam vechu dandanakka adikkala-na paattu reject panniduvaaru. Sudarthu Micheal Jackson tune-a irundhaalum accompany panna para molam dhaan. Pushpavan Kuppusaamy pondravargal idhai romba varavaetraanga.
  He has a mobile recording studio - PonamThaan Inn. Songs ellam "oorvaluthulaye" record panniduvaaraam. Adhunaaldhaan ivaru songs-il Roja Poo vaasanaiyum, Tappas saththamum unara mudiyum-nu sollikkaraanga.
  
  
• From: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (@ 219.65.112.250) on: Mon Apr 5 13:32:04 EDT 2004
  
  what about shankar ganesh?adityan?bharadwaj?srikanth deva?
  
  
• From: Surya (@ 204.60.84.2) on: Mon Apr 5 14:54:07 EDT 2004
  
  Indha topic-a aarambicha music thalayila adichukittu irukka pOraar! :)
  
  
• From: kumar (@ 157.95.211.50) on: Mon Apr 5 16:02:47 EDT 2004
  
  Good one guys :-)
  
  But reading long sentences in Tenglish requires much effort.
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.14) on: Tue Apr 6 00:55:10 EDT 2004
  
  e^x,
  Porumai! :-)
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Thu Apr 8 11:56:27 EDT 2004
  
  lol! C~P!!! ur too much!! hahaha!!!
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Thu Apr 8 12:27:23 EDT 2004
  
  Hey shyam!!
  
  What are you doing all of a sudden at newtfmpage??! Surprise!! Do you remember our chat on YM? Shyam, the sloppy wicket keeper!! :-)
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Thu Apr 8 12:28:48 EDT 2004
  
  Adadey. En IP marupadiyum match aaguthae. KMR online-eh?! :-D
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sun Apr 11 09:20:41 EDT 2004
  
  CP u also use KMR??? hahahah
  cool!
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sun Apr 11 09:21:44 EDT 2004
  
  CP do i know u from before??? wut chat on YM r u talking abt? i cant recollect
  email me!
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sun Apr 11 13:03:35 EDT 2004
  
  Wait, I'll try telling you indirectly first! :-)
  
  I've chat with you ONCE on YM. You were in your school cricket team. A sloppy wicket keeper! The team was captained by a gut called Ashok.
  
  You do some musical thingy - tabla perhaps? And you are part of a Yahoo Group where they post songs that were composed by a grp of friends or watv!
  
  Ur school...where you live...what you do etc etc, I will tell you in my next reply...if you still don't find out that is! :-)
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sun Apr 11 18:12:56 EDT 2004
  
  ohh praveen!!! ur praveen from dhwanii rite??
  and i was not sloppy :p
  and i dont play tabla...i play violin n do some programming on the keys...
  and ur askhoks cousin!!!
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Mon Apr 12 00:52:21 EDT 2004
  
  :-)
  Yup, that is me!
  
  But I haven't found out yet if you and me were talking about the same Ashok! :-)
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Mon Apr 12 02:10:17 EDT 2004
  
  haha if u were talking abt the cricket captain ashok then it must be the same one :)
  
  
• From: Maverick (@ 192.128.166.68) on: Mon Apr 12 04:31:08 EDT 2004
  
  aaha !!! oru IP address thannudane pesi kondirukkirathu !!!
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Mon Apr 12 05:26:50 EDT 2004
  
  maverick we use the same pc ...avan post panna udaneiye na post pannuven ;)
  
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Mon Apr 12 06:23:58 EDT 2004
  
  Shyam,
  Don't talk to that guy like that man. Already en IP-oda oru ponnu post pannichu. Adhu naandhaannu inni muttum sollikittu irukkanga. Vaendaam, risku!
  
  

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