First things first. I KNOW that there is not an ARR fan in this world who does not have this song in their top 10. So do not come out to kill me if you think I have destroyed the song. This is actually in my top 3 so look at this effort from a fan's point of view ;)
OK, an amazing movie with a great all round album by A.R.R. Somehow this song has stuck among others because of the ease with which A.R.R sings in this song. Almost anybody can sing this song and feel like as if they are a great singer (me included :P) which I think is one of the best assets of 'Vellai Pookal'. So here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjMs_imWkFM
Now what I had been pondering over the last month (on and off of course) was 'How can I work with this song that I love so much but still not end up destroying it?' I did not want to just increase the tempo of the song and then may be do some techno dish-chikku-dish-chikku stuff. I wanted to maintain the essence and the feel of the song. I decided not to mess with the song as usual which will help me keep the essence of the song. And then I started experimenting with simple beats. Not overarching complex tones in the last two attempts of mine. Just simple tap along beats but not as simple as a metronome. Here it is:
Even in this simple song, there are so many different sections. See if you can identify them.
Intro (0:00 to 2:02), Solo 1 (2:03 to 2:18), Middle 1(2:19 to 2:50), Middle 2 (2:51 to 3:22), Solo 2 (3:23 to 3:38), Middle 3 (3:39 to 4:09) and Outro (4:10 to end)
In my experiment I stuck to the following beat pattern:
Intro, Solo 1, Middle 2, Outro == > Beat 1
Middle 1, Middle 3 ==> Beat 2
Solo 2 ==> Beat 3
I think what I REALLY experimented with was extending the Intro to Solo 1 with Beat 1 and then quickly changing to Middle 1 with Beat 2. Added a tiny bit of progressiveness to the song (no? :P). Otherwise the beat and tempo changes are quite obvious to any listener.
But, What.A.Song.
OK, an amazing movie with a great all round album by A.R.R. Somehow this song has stuck among others because of the ease with which A.R.R sings in this song. Almost anybody can sing this song and feel like as if they are a great singer (me included :P) which I think is one of the best assets of 'Vellai Pookal'. So here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjMs_imWkFM
Now what I had been pondering over the last month (on and off of course) was 'How can I work with this song that I love so much but still not end up destroying it?' I did not want to just increase the tempo of the song and then may be do some techno dish-chikku-dish-chikku stuff. I wanted to maintain the essence and the feel of the song. I decided not to mess with the song as usual which will help me keep the essence of the song. And then I started experimenting with simple beats. Not overarching complex tones in the last two attempts of mine. Just simple tap along beats but not as simple as a metronome. Here it is:
Even in this simple song, there are so many different sections. See if you can identify them.
Intro (0:00 to 2:02), Solo 1 (2:03 to 2:18), Middle 1(2:19 to 2:50), Middle 2 (2:51 to 3:22), Solo 2 (3:23 to 3:38), Middle 3 (3:39 to 4:09) and Outro (4:10 to end)
In my experiment I stuck to the following beat pattern:
Intro, Solo 1, Middle 2, Outro == > Beat 1
Middle 1, Middle 3 ==> Beat 2
Solo 2 ==> Beat 3
I think what I REALLY experimented with was extending the Intro to Solo 1 with Beat 1 and then quickly changing to Middle 1 with Beat 2. Added a tiny bit of progressiveness to the song (no? :P). Otherwise the beat and tempo changes are quite obvious to any listener.
But, What.A.Song.
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