Karoke
If you are a regular reader of my other blog, you should know the reason for my absence in the blogosphere for a longtime. Anyway, here I am back to post something, just to announce that I am fine and back. This music will sound like a karoke of a song but the problem is that the actual song was never made. I was trying for past 6 months to compose this song, but I couldn’t get even an acceptable tune. The problem is initially when I got my first tune (very bad), I did the entire orchestration for the song. And now it is very difficult for me to compose a listenable new tune for the song which would exactly fit in this orchestration. But, I have composed a new tune for the song which requires a whole new kind of orchestration and arrangements and hopefully I will start working on it soon. So, for now get ready for a different and a could-be-boring(piece is of 5 minutes length) experience.
Gianysh Toolsee said,
June 12, 2007 at 11:55 am
The main tune could have been longer or additional notes could have been added to extend the thrilling mood. The music reaches its high too early and there is nothing new or innovative after that. I would also suggest to play more with the tempo and add sudden twists to avoid it sounding repetitive. Unlike the previous composition, the orchestration could have been better. Keep up the good work.
ursmusically said,
June 12, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Giansh – I could understand your confusion. This is not an instrumental piece like my previous works. There is actually a full length vocal melody that should be layered upon this base work. It is just a supporting orchestration for a full length song (with prelude-pallavi-interlude-charanam1-interlude-charanam2-pallavi again format) and that is why you felt the orchestration repetitive and boring after a point. But I can imagine how difficult it is for the listeners to understand the song structure from just its base orchestration. Anyway thanks for putting up your comments here. Will try to improve.
Vinayak said,
June 12, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Hi Suresh!!
Good to know you have recovered. Always wanted to call you since I saw that post on your blog, but somehow the timings never worked out … neways really glad that you are back to normal …
And for the music … I have stopped judging music these days by listening to it once … I played this again and again, and I tried to guess the ‘mood’ of the song for which you composed this. But, it was beyond my grasp … also felt it had a same feel to the background score you did for marudhanayagam. Not sure if I liked it, probably, as you say, I would have understood the music more as a song rather than just the karoke.
Keep going strong …
Smiles,
Vinayak
P.s: Joined office? Shall call you sometime …
ursmusically said,
June 13, 2007 at 2:51 am
Vinayak – Nice to hear from you. Ofcourse it is very difficult to judge this music without its lead melody. Anyway instead of just posting that I am normal and back, I included this music. Nothing else. Yes, i have joined the office and a lot has happened after that… Will send you a separate mail.
Smile
Sureshkumar
harish said,
June 16, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Glad that you are back.
This a sort of score, in my opinion, that would be perfect background score for an intense, intriguing, leading-to-climax scene of a movie. Great going.
KK said,
June 16, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Good attempt. Hope you are recovering well. Be very careful on the road. Ok, now my honest opinions about the music, ’cause I know U like that kind of opinion.
Overall, I liked the “structure” or the core “idea” of using a pattern and then overlaying other stuff. Be very careful when you mix difft sounds. I am referring to harmony. You can make any tune you want, but when you overlay other instruments, it has to gel with the others. You can do it in two ways: 1. Using the same note 2. Using a “complimentary” note. In other words, let’s say you use the first note of a chord on a cello…while overlaying a flute, you could use any of the other notes of a “matching” chord. So it sort of gets harmonized. One big challenge in your piece is to harmonize the sounds. Even if you are talking about a karaoke. As soon as harmony is disturbed, the music gets a bit uneasy, and thats the reason why a previous commentor felt that it seems like a mystery/dark music. A music director named “Johnson” (who composed for the original Kireedom) used this lack of harmony and shruthi while scoring for the movie manichithrathaazhu, the original of Chandramukhi, specifically to denote the weirdness of the character. Normally, you have to make sure its harmonized. Try different tones and see which ones go together…hear to the sounds again and again and see whether it sounds right. In short, the whole thing should “gel” together, even if you are using different melodies and sounds and instryuments