Thursday, November 11, 2004

Way to Go Boys!

The Indian music scene has great future thanks to the likes of Sandeep Chowta, Shankar Ehsaan Loy and of course A.R. Rahman. These guys have understood sound engineering earlier and better than most trying to compose music these days. Rahman brought effective sound engineering to India. His score for Roja was ten years ahead of contemporary music when it arrived. He is still going strong. His composing methodology itself renders to advances in sound engineering keeping melody intact. He has attained international acclaim recently and that will only push him to test his own limitations. Shankar Ehsaan Loy form a formidable team too. Coming from totally disparate musical backgrounds they gel together well. Melody has been their forte along with a great sound. They have many more musical years ahead of them. Sandeep Chowta is to music what Ram Gopal Varma is to direction. Experimenter. His 'Mitti' transcended all musical genres and brought a new twist to sound. He as the other two (four) understands sound engineering better than most others. He is foraying into international alliances with jazz musicians to bring out his new album. He has built a brand new studio and that augurs well for the forthcoming years of Indian music. These musicians are letting the world feel the Indian presence. They are giving music connoisseurs food for their ears. Way to go boys!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey! We both worship Rahman. Did you read that interview of his, in which he claimed that after Roja, (and uptill Lagaan), he gave no good music? The standards of a master! And yea I love Sandeep Chowta and S-E-L too. Contemporary Hindi music would be too repetitive (and sissy) without them.
- Diamonds
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Anonymous said...

Your other two blogs don't allow anonymous comments. That makes it somewhat difficult for non-blogger users. :) But your interest in such varied stuff amazes me!! You know, people generally consider a love for Bollywood very frivolous... You know, saying you love/enjoy Bollywood movies is suppsed to be 'LS' or un-cool. Its nice to meet someone who loves Bollywood and is proud to say so (unless you are a film journo, are you?).
-Diamonds.