Finally returning to my blog...

Returning to my blog pager after a very long time... it has two objectives to express. One I was mesmerized by the grandeur of A. R. Rahman's concert in Chennai. Two his new motion picture album " Kadal" yet another winner the Maniratnam & ARR duo combo. Seldom one would have seen such a frenzy in this Southern capital of Tamily Nadu - Chennai. An audience who not only went crazy but stood the test of even rain god to watch their favorite Mozart of Madras performing live. Little did people know of this maestro when he began his journey with the trend setter " ROja" again a Maniratnam & ARR duo combo. The freshness which he brought to the audience to a nation which was routinely getting no fresh ideas, ARRs entry was a welcome change with a bang. Even today he is learning and re learning himself without boundary. Kadal is one good enough proof. Amazingly rendered by all young voices, Rahman choose to experiment once again. I will not get into much details of which song is better and which one is superb which I am sure every one who listens to it will realize on their own. I was remembering the day I picked up the audio cassette of Roja in Chennai, how mesmerized I was. I had a Sony Walkman and now I have a iPod Classic 160. I still carry my music as I travel and move and cant stop from listening to Kadal again and again. In the past two decades or so the young population of India had doubled. An estimate says by 2020 the below 25 year population in India will 51% of the total population of India. And the demands of this generation is different. A global audience who not only lives in an era of information explosion but who also learns to deal with it on daily basis. Both a common man and a learned man together are learning a process of evolution which are so different from what it was some two decades ago. Why a Musician should be different. For those who frown let me assure you there will never be another R. D. Burman or there can never be another Ilayaraja. A. R. Rahman is a living legend who will stand the tests of time against all odds for the simple reason he has never stopped learning in his life and even today in the concert he played a new electronic instrument which had the our traditional instruments as a bank. He was so humble that he even went to the extent of making an appeal to the audience to forgive him if there are any mistake since he was learning the instrument and not fully conversant with it. This is the Oscar pride of India. He still talks like a kid on an exploratory trip. He does not talk in circles which will make most of us wonder what does he mean or what he doesn't mean. No nonsense and non complicated communication and to the point. He lets his music talk. The Chennai concert was almost ruined by the rain gods. Even the rain god decided to let her favorite child play the music and in the end the maestro acknowledged the prayers of the audience and allowed an eruption of smiles on all those faces. A true inspiration to watch performing live. Great gong ARR. Keep it up. The millions who loved your music when you started have only quadrupled now and some of us fading in the back ground with age. Your music makes us feel different. Current. Connected. Thanks a ton.