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Rise of a Legend
Digital Music Trend



A R Rahman’s compositions are noted for integrating Indian music with electronic music. He is one among the composer’s who Introduced the digital trend to music and succeeded. He is the one who introduced the power of technology in music to the Indian cinema. He is a night rider why because his works are done during late nights and that all will last till morning. Earlier the composers used to compose music with live orchestration and singing. This had got many limitations and the singers struggled a lot while composing. But, Rahman introduced computer to program music, which makes the procedure much easier. Many singers said about his composition that the final product that is released will excite and surprise them after Rahman’s magic in it. Like the versatility of his music he is passionate to learn new instruments and new development in it. He
chooses that digital trend in choosing
his instruments too. A R Rahman
once said in an interview that he had
felt jealous about many artist like Mandolin
Srinivas playing the instrument and he
can’t play that on his keyboard and then
comes an instrument continuum
fingerboard which helped him to play
those.
There are many criticisms faced by him
regarding this that his music doesn’t respect the singers in a sense that he these programming composition misusing the talent of the singer. But the singers who had worked with him has a contradictory opinion on this that he is the one who respects each and every artists in composing songs than any other.
With each project, he brings something different
and unique and just when we think his best
days are behind him, he takes us by surprise.
He is still eager in learning more and more in
the great sea called music that is why his music
is having that freshness and life and is
taking places.
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