Final Solutions
Ahhhh finally we got some project to work on ;). Things kept coming in whenever we started working on a song. Finally someone pushed us really hard into doing some music. Many thanks to Praveen Vaidy, who based out of Boise,Idaho and into stage play direction and acting. He is part of a theatre group "East Indian Follies" directing and producing plays for the past few years . Final Solutions is the title of their most recent stage play and we were given a chance to do theme music for certain scenes/acts. Glad that Praveen Vaidy pulled us into this project. Had some fun time traveling and spending time in Boise, ID.Final Solutions is a play written by the famous Indian playwright, Mahesh Dattani, (Dance like a man, Morning Raaga). It was performed by East Indian Follies in Sep 2008 in Boise over the course of three weeks. Final Solutions and Mahesh Dattani attempt to set a platform to explore answers.
About the play -
The playwright suggests that religious fervor emanates from perceptions of being wronged and degrades to actions of doing wrong. Assigning blame only transitions to adopting blame. The fingers and their directions change, but they are always pointed. We thought the entire concept ...more
We did four main themes for this play. The religious themes presented here by no means express our opinions/views about any of the religion(S), and we kindly request our listeners to view these religious themes just from creative angles .
Another note - we sold our first official audio CD. The producers made audio CD's of the sound track after the first show, and honestly, we were flattered by the response to the music and by the fact that people were willing to pay money to buy our tracks! So a big thank you to everyone out there who bought the Final Solutions CD :)
We would also like to thank the entire East Indian Follies team, an amazingly talented and supremely dedicated bunch of professionals! We had so much fun working with you folks during the time we conceived the music for the play, sitting through the long rehearsals, and greatly appreciate all the inputs and encouragement! We definitely look forward to working with you in the future,
And, we fell in love with Boise!!!!
Hindu Mob Theme :
This is the first piece that we started working on. Its the theme for the hindu mob. Will be played whenever the hindu mob comes on stage wearing the hindu mask..
Vocals : Shyam
Muslim Mob Theme :
Vocals: Shyam . Chorus : Praveen Vaidy , Praveen, Prasan.
Sad Theme
Vocals: Sindhuja Bhakthavasalam, Deepti Navartana.
Thanks Sindhuja and Deepti for your help. We wanted to add couple of more vocals too. But due to time constraints we weren't able to get help from others.
Poojari's Death:
Credits :
Guitar and Djembe : Praveen Vaidy
Tabla and Bhol : Durga Panda
Solo Violin : Shyam
Flute : Praveen
Music: Shyam, Prasan & Praveen
Idea's conceived by TSJ Studio and Praveen Vaidy
Recorded and mixed at TSJ Studio, Chennai & USA
Labels: Deepti, Durga Panda, East Indian Follies, Final Solutions, Flute, Mahesh Dattani, Prasan, Praveen, Praveen Vaidy, Shyam, Sindhuja, Tabla, TSJ, Violin
posted by TSJ STUDIO @ 9:11 AM
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12 Comments:
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Wonderfully done guys. Hopefully this will be the begining of new and great things musically for you guys.
Best Wishes
Ganesh
This is great news guys! I couldn't listen to the tracks yet, will do so soon. I hope this is just the beginning of the greater things to come. :-) Wish you all the best.
Hey guys : good to see u back. I shall write the review on individual parts as and when I hear them.
Hindu mob theme - At one point I got reminded of
"taapa shantihi
Oshadaya shantihi
brahma shantihi"
Remember this ? Title music of the T.V serial Chanakaya which cam ein early 90s. But that was just a fleeting and unintended reminder. Other portions of hindu mob music is typically your style. But I did feel a bit empty in some places.
Finally got to hear all of it.
Frankly I did not find a great deal of difference in conception between Hindu and Muslim theme except for the words. Both sound close to vedic chants.
The Sad theme is the best I liked. The pianization of revathi is a nice thought and woudl probably be apt with visuals.
Congrats on cutting the CD. you guys are a talented bunch.
Hey Ganesh, Thanks for your comments and for your wishes :)
@Jo , Had problems listening to the tracks? Let us know if the site has any issues, will try to rectify it.
Hi Murali, Thanks for listening to all our tracks and for your comments.
Kinda vaguely remember the chanakya title. Hopefully the tune doesn't sound similar to our theme. :)
Regarding both hindu and muslim theme sounding similar....thanks for pointing it out :) it was done little intentionally...
We thought having similar elements in both the themes will help the audience remember our tunes. Also towards the end of the play , both the hindu theme and muslim theme will be played together. Thats another main reason why we had some similar elements coming in both the themes , as it will be easier to merge them and wouldn't sound too odd.
But hopefully we brought in some different feel to different themes. If they are kinda delivering the same feel , then thats something that we need to work on.
Thanks
TSJ
Hey guys. Your work sounds interesting. As for the clips in the post, I liked the sad theme the best. How come I haven't seen the play anywhere around here? Are they planning to stage it in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore or somewhere?
Btw, do check out my blog. Can't boast of great production value, but I do post random songs off and on.
Good luck!
I disagree with Murali. There is a difference between the Hindu and Muslim mob themes. While the Hindu theme sounds like it, the Muslim theme is a little different, because it's fusion with words, and not stereotypical of Islamic music.
I'm surprised by Shyam's maturity as a singer! Great vocals Shyam. You've come very far from the earlier ones. I can see so much more confidence in your voice now.
As always, keep up the good work guys.
BTW, the Sad piece was the best of the lot, you trio.
Very well composed and great vocals by Sindhuja Bhakthavasalam and Deepti Navartana. Kudos ladies.
You guys are really good. The mixing and mastering of the songs are impeccable.But, all ur songs have almost always have the same tempo and the arrangment is soothing and full of keys.
For me, u are sufferring from what i call a Keyboard syndrome, meaning working too much from ur M3's or whatever ur using.i never saw a real edgy beat, or any variation in arrangements.You're supposedly fast song also drags, just by adding "hits synths" doesn't make it fast.
When u got a real chance to show off with this stage play, u fell flat with the same old tempo, bells and whistles from the keyboard and soft soothing vocals.The thing is any of ur themes isn't generating any emotions, this is because they are not representing what they are supposed to represent.
You guys are really good but it helps to get a GUT CHECK once in a while, rethink everything from the ground up as to what different can you do.Good Luck.
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Hi, Guys what is happening. you have been silent for more than a year now. No fresh updates. Keep up the work. waiting for some fresh music from u guys.
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