Anand Prabhu had suggested that I use cooledit Pro for recording songs. Just thought I would try his suggestion. This song is from the movie kokkarakko originally sung by SPB. If I can get 10% of his varied expressions, I will consider the effort decent. Towards the end of the song, I have unknowingly accelerated a little bit. Well, amateur..
Geetham Sangeetham - A cover version from 2005 by murali-venkatraman
Superb rendition Murali. :-) Yes, Cool Edit Pro is a good tool for recording songs. Haven't heard the song before, but your version is really superb.
ReplyDeletethanks Jo. PLease listen to the original from one of the sites like raaga/MIO etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments and suggestions on my blog. Appreciate it. Will try and concentrate more..and try singing after i have listened to the original versions of these songs. I sang them just like that without rehearsing and i guess it shows everyplace !
ReplyDeleteMy age old mic needs a replacement lol.
Would you believe I can't really play the guitar I just mimic the notes i have in my memory and I got no clue about chord changes when and where duh duh...Thanks for leading me into Dhool.com I have bookmarked the pages. I am seriously considering takin up guitar lessons, admist my hectic schedule.
TC
Excellent rendition of this gr8 song. You are gifted Period !!
ReplyDeleteI purchased some P.Susheela CDs for my mom day before and the pictures of you singing with P.S came to my mind.
You have a very bright future ahead of you. GOD BLESS :)
bluebyrd:
ReplyDeleteJo and I were discussing what makes the professional singers..professional. In case of SPB, I have hardly seen any portion of any song of his rendered without dedication. Every note of every song, be it old or new, is given complete attention and crafted.
This is exactly what we amateurs need to imbibe, in my humble opinion. Concentrate on every note, every nuance that the song has to offer and try to reproduce exactly. Such copying actually improves listening and rendering ability.
But this brings the good old question : "So do we have to be copy cats ?"
The answer is yes and no. We need to be copy cats to develop an ability to reproduce the exact lines the composers may make us sing. Copying tendency improves concentration. It reinforces the ability to catch minutest of the microtones. But, you may go ahead and improvise the song as you please, the only condition being you should be able to sing exactly if asked for. Such a flexibility will make you enjoy your songs a lot. My friend Sriram Laxman says, the great SPB himself knew every song from Kannada, telugu and hindi (rafi) before he ventured into film industry. He could sing exactly as it was when asked for. He later crafted a style of his own and prevailed.
That was a very valuable information Murali. You should put this comment as a separate post for the other people.
ReplyDeleteLovely song again. havent heard it before though. :)
ReplyDeleteLet me pick a few tips :P here n there amidst this lovely discussion u guys are putting up. :D
(jo.. i know i know.. grrrrrrr)
@Nyneishia -- :-)
ReplyDeleteMurali,
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.!
Absolutely perfect ( IN tamil - pisire illai.!! romba pramadham).
Used to be one of my favorites during school days !! Between the last time I listened to you sing and now..there are tons of differences in your voice and the recording sounds a lot better.!
Your thoughts about SPB/ mimicing etc. are correct.
I went to 2 SPB concerts last year here. Telugu first and tamil the next day. His singing style, devotion and expressions were absolutely fascinating to me.!
I couldn't control my emotions when he sang - Vedham aNuvilum oru Naadham song from SALANGAI OLI. Absolutely stunning.! I am glad I was born in his era.. Glad to have heard IR's compositions at his peak.!!
Now, even glad to be amidst such wonderful singers and composers like you.!!
Where is that new Keyboard of yours?? Thought you'd use it in your songs.!!
@ N_V
ReplyDeleteRendu SPB concerts aa :(( :((
Now i should go grrrrrrrrr....
Well well.. i hope i will soon get to hear him in person. Wow.. I dont know what i will feel or do.
So far, I have had the oppurtunity to attend Hariharan's performance. Lot of ghazals and some movie songs. And some carnatic concerts. Look fwd to more.
Thanks murali :)
ReplyDeleteMurali.... Wonderful rendering .... and very useful tips for amateurs... thanks a lot.. Your are very expressive while singing.. :) thats really good...
ReplyDeleteKeep coming...
Beautiful Murali!
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful!
hey your voice is good. Am getting more impressed with every new song I hear...
ReplyDeletetry some of the challenging ones of SPB : "thanga thaamarai magaley" was one of the song where it is tough to identify his voice in first stanza and is considered a challenge by lot of singers..
tata
sukku
Narayanan:
ReplyDeleteSPB in a good mood on stage is unbeatable. I rmeember ssing a Rahman's concert where Rahman had chosen 4 singers - SPB, Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy and sujatha. It was impromptu improvisation by Rahman on Piano with all these singers.
SPB started with "anjali anjali" and went beautfilyy over the humming (originally done by chitra) and passed his mic to Hari. Hari did a decent job - of dheemi dheemi.
Next came Kavitha - sahikkalai. KaatrE en vaasal vandhaay - she struggled and had no idea about shruthi. Sujatha did a beautiful job too.
Off all these 4, SPB level engEyO irundhadhu. Pure gift from God.
Anand:
Earlier I did not use to concnetrating much on the expression. These days I concentrate a lot though achieve only miniscular :)
vinesh:
You are an IR fan. You must be loving SPB in this song's original. Man - he is fluidy. inga oru charaNam paadaradhukkuLLayE moochchu vaangudhu.
sukhanya:
thangath thaamarai magaLE is something only SPB can do. I am not very good at changing the texture of voice and singing. That is why I choose the soft numbers of SPB. SPB maadhiri "namma ooru singaari" ellaam ennaala paada mudiyum nu thONalai. My good friend rajaG (kansas raja) is very good at such numbers.
grammo - It must be Earlier I did not use to concentrate
ReplyDeleteThis song rendition was very nice. You defnitely have a great voice, good range, very versatile and good control no doubt.. But in certain songs you have some obvious differences from the original track - like 'nilavu nee..' in vedham nee(pallavi), 'kAlidAsan..,' in neela vAna Odayil(charanam), a few to mention.. Wondering if you listen to these back and try fixing it later or may be 'coz you probably registered it differently in your mind it appears right to you.
ReplyDeleteAnon:
ReplyDeleteVery good obsvn. I usually take the 'essence' of the song and sing it. Sometimes my evil inner-self adds or subtracts something from the original. It happens unconsciously. IF I make a consciou effort, I may probably be reproduce the original exactly - as a replica. But to me, somehow such rigorous replication does not provide me with much fun.
Its really a nice soothing song and voice. Keep it up.
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