Urdu and Jazz
Another example to show how Urdu is alive today.
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He comes across as an amiable person who likes to take life easy. Hariharan, who triggered a craze of fusion music with Colonial Cousins, constantly likes to experiment with his music.
“A singer needn’t conform to one genre. But the compositions should have soul. Ghazals are middle-of-the-road music; I tune ghazals only after I’ve got the words right. Words are very important, as is literature,” says the singer who was in town for the Vaangmayee festival organised by Raja Radha Reddy.
Hariharan feels the quantum of good songs has shrunk in the last few years. What, according to him, is a good song? “A classical song may not necessarily be a good one. A song that appeals to your soul and is musically interesting is good. It should convey a certain message or emotion. It could be a fast song
The quantum of good songs has shrunk in the last few years, says Hariharan
but that musicality has to be there. Those kind of interesting melodies and music are rarer to come by. The creativity is getting throttled somewhere,”says this graduate in Science and Law.
While his musical career gives him no reason to complain, Hariharan is all set to come out with two new experimental projects. “I’m working on For You From Me, an album based on jazz music and Urdu. The other project called Lahore Ke Rang Hari Ke Sang, has been recorded in the Pakistani city itself and has a lot of stuff based on the writings of Bulle Shah,” he says.
When he talks of creativity and emotions, we get to see a different side of Hariharan. He dreams of acting and that too in a negative role. “I’d like to play a role that is quite different from the real me and shocks me when I see myself on screen,” says this fan of Al Pacino, Julia Roberts and Rani Mukherjee.
Well acting should come naturally to the singer with a striking resemblance to Kamal Hassan. “Once Govinda had come for my show and he said that here were two reasons for him being here: The first, he said was that I sing very well. Also, I resemble Kamal Hassan a lot,” he recalls with a laugh.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1044469,0047.htm
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Talking music with Hariharan
Malvika Nanda
October 6
Malvika Nanda
October 6
He comes across as an amiable person who likes to take life easy. Hariharan, who triggered a craze of fusion music with Colonial Cousins, constantly likes to experiment with his music.
“A singer needn’t conform to one genre. But the compositions should have soul. Ghazals are middle-of-the-road music; I tune ghazals only after I’ve got the words right. Words are very important, as is literature,” says the singer who was in town for the Vaangmayee festival organised by Raja Radha Reddy.
Hariharan feels the quantum of good songs has shrunk in the last few years. What, according to him, is a good song? “A classical song may not necessarily be a good one. A song that appeals to your soul and is musically interesting is good. It should convey a certain message or emotion. It could be a fast song
The quantum of good songs has shrunk in the last few years, says Hariharan
but that musicality has to be there. Those kind of interesting melodies and music are rarer to come by. The creativity is getting throttled somewhere,”says this graduate in Science and Law.
While his musical career gives him no reason to complain, Hariharan is all set to come out with two new experimental projects. “I’m working on For You From Me, an album based on jazz music and Urdu. The other project called Lahore Ke Rang Hari Ke Sang, has been recorded in the Pakistani city itself and has a lot of stuff based on the writings of Bulle Shah,” he says.
When he talks of creativity and emotions, we get to see a different side of Hariharan. He dreams of acting and that too in a negative role. “I’d like to play a role that is quite different from the real me and shocks me when I see myself on screen,” says this fan of Al Pacino, Julia Roberts and Rani Mukherjee.
Well acting should come naturally to the singer with a striking resemblance to Kamal Hassan. “Once Govinda had come for my show and he said that here were two reasons for him being here: The first, he said was that I sing very well. Also, I resemble Kamal Hassan a lot,” he recalls with a laugh.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1044469,0047.htm
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