Re: Awful music at concerts

Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 19:10:39 -0400
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"Acid" <email-address-deleted> wrote...
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> They don't have to be. I didn't mean this just regarding chords in
> particular - what I do mean is that since Indian film music is fundamentally
> based on western pop and classical music, it is fair to compare then in
> quality.
There is a major problem with your statement about IFM
based on W pop and WCM. Now, if you had said that the
*orchestration* used in IFM is based on..., I wouldn't
have bothered to dispute the statement. However, a vast
majority of IFM songs are much more than orchestration.
In fact, the main melody is the soul of a typical song.
And in most cases, the melody is firmly rooted in Indian
classical or folk music. Even when essentially western
concepts are used, the quintessence of the melody remains
very Indian.
If it was not obvious, that melody takes center stage in
these songs is also indicated by the mixing/recording
balance of a typical Hindi song - when a voice is present,
it dominates, instruments are highlighted mainly in the
interludes.
I do concede that of late, we have been hearing a change.
In many songs, the voice remains in the background, the
instruments do most of the singing. The numbers of these
songs are not enough to justify your claim. As an aside,
this demotion of the voice/melody could be one reason
why people who are used to the earlier rules react
negatively to, say, ARR.
C