You can also hear the freedom he has got from Rahman.įrom the same year, 'rooozhi koovum neram' from 'Maharasan', music by RajaĪgain, observe the tone. In this too you can hear SPB's tone in tune with how he sang for Rahman.
SPB featured in Rahman's second movie, 'Gentleman', in 'en veetu thotathil' song It is not something to do with recording quality but the way SPB sings is different for both these music directors. In Raja's song the tone is quite different from the Rahman song.
The earlier 'kadhal rojave' and this song were probably recorded within a year of each other but observe the difference in the tone of SPB in both these songs. 'nilave mugam kaatu' by SPB and Janaki is an instant classic. Music was by Illayaraja and the songs were big hits. SPB dominated this album along with Janaki. I think that may be because of his own contribution to the song as Rahman was known to give more freedom to singers. His tone for Rahman's song was slightly different. SPB brought in the required sense of loss to the song and it is still so popular that you hear it sung in many reality shows. 'kadhal rojave' was the song.īased on Kapi ragam, this is perfectly in SPB's zone. Rahman made SPB sing in his debut film and that song is still famous. Let us how SPB sang in these changed circumstances. Other music directors like Deva used SPB but they too sought out the more current singers. In Rahman's case he did call upon SPB to sing in many of the movies but SPB would not dominate an album. Illayaraja's dominance of Tamil film music continued till 1995 and SPB was still his preferred singer. It didn't happen all of a sudden, the transition slow but steady. SPB's career was definitely hurt by this change and he was not singing as many songs as he was singing earlier. None of the singers who came after Rahman's entry have turned into legends or had a career as long as the earlier but then the changed reality was to get a few hits and then become an in-demand stage singer or a reality show judge. SPB's voice though, retained its tone except when in the upper reaches, where I felt he was a bit more louder than what he used to be earlier. Yesudas was still good but he was definitely past the peak.
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So new voice were experiment with in every movie and this trend caught up with other music directors of the day.Īt the same time, the old guard was slowly losing its voice. In Rahman's case, there was no hurry since he was taking up only selected projects. In Illayaraja's case, the need was to deliver songs quickly to the director/producer and hence there was great need for singers like SPB, Yesudas, Janaki and Chitra who could record the song quickly. The new recording techniques helped even not so great singers to get a chance in movie singing and their songs also became hits. The new voices and new sounds captured the imagination of the audience so much that even Illayaraja had to shift to Hariharan and Unnikrishnan from SPB and Yesudas. Rahman brought in new voices like Hariharan, from Hindi, Unnikrishnan, Unni Menon, Udit Narayan, Shakul Hameed, Sadhana Sargam and many more. The dominant voices till then were SPB, Janaki, Chitra, Yesudas and Mano. Rahman's emergence also led to the emergence of a new breed of singers. The last aspect would have a major impact on the career of great singers including SPB. Each track could be recorded separately and the singers need not sing the whole song in one shot. Technology enable functions like auto tuning, which meant that a less than perfect pitch could be corrected.
Loops and samples could be bought and integrated into music. Synthesizers were used heavily and the dependence of real instruments started decreasing. Not just the recording but other facets of music making changed as well. People were stunned by the new crystal clear sound they heard. The way the songs were recorded changed as did the quality of the recording. Rahman's emergence changed the way things were done in the music field. In 1992, A R Rahman made a sensational debut with the movie, 'Roja'. ( You can read the earlier parts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 & Part 16)
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