Monday, January 18, 2010

As the dark night unfolds...

The movie "Amar Prem" is literally a treasure-house of some of the gems amongst Hindi film songs. My favourite song from this film is "Rainaa Beeti Jaye", for the sheer melody in its musical notes. There is quite some confusion about the raga on which this song is based. Most of the literature points that it is based on Raga Gurjari Todi while some other sources opine that it is a composition of Todi, with a tint of Lalit in between. I prefer not to get involved in the argument, but to enjoy the song itself! The "Grand Piano" sound on the Yamaha E-403 adds a subtle mood of loneliness to this song...

5 comments:

Milind said...

couldnt listen..maybe server was down..anyway nice choice of song!

Shantanu Prabhudesai said...

hey Milind, there was some issue with the server i guess, i uploaded the song again and it seems to work now. by the way, i went through your blog, nice and practical articles... :-)

Milind said...

ok, now i listened to it...very very nice..

all those effects give an impression that not one but many artists are playing separate instruments !

mine is plain simple blog.. hoping to add some melody to it sometime :-)

and will add you to my blogroll :-)

Shreya Okhde said...

wow! Sounds lovely..

One of my favourites too :) Thank you so much

Karthik said...

Again, excellent work with chords man !! And you've also played it very well ! Ironically, my only complaint here is the piano . I found it bit metallic in tone. Maybe an octave lower, or a softer piano might've sounded even nicer in my opinion ! But in terms of production, and overall recording, it is fabulous !