Sunday, March 29, 2009

MASALA MIX Quiz : 004

Listen to the audio clip below .
Which Song / Movie is this ?
Mix_459.mp3



VICKY , SHANKAR & ARAVIND are the WINNERS !


Contest closed . For answers , read ' comments '.


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Friday, March 27, 2009

Tamil Song Quiz : TASQ - 021

Listen to the audio clip below .
There are two Interludes from two tamil movies combined together.
Which Song / Movie is it ?
MQ_Folk.mp3



VICKY is the WINNER !


Contest closed . For answers , read ' comments '.



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Thursday, March 26, 2009

MASALA MIX Quiz : 003

Listen to the audio clip below .
This Phrase is an extract of Two Songs mixed together from two Tamil movies of the 80's .
Which Song / Movie is this ?
Bang it.mp3


VICKY , SIVA PS , RAMESH & SHANKAR are the WINNERS !


Contest closed . For answers , read ' comments '.


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Monday, March 23, 2009

MASALA MIX Quiz : 002

Listen to the audio clip below .
This Phrase has an Interlude & a Prelude of two songs from two different Tamil movies blended together.
Which Song / Movie is it ?

MQ_355.mp3

MAKASU , VICKY & SOWMYA are the WINNERS !


Contest closed . For answers , read 'comments'.


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Saturday, March 21, 2009

MASALA MIX Quiz : 001

Listen to the audio clip below .
This Phrase has an Interlude & Prelude of two songs mixed together from two different Tamil movies .
Which Song / Movie is it ?

MQ_325.mp3


VICKY is the WINNER !


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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Tamil Song Quiz : Rhythm Grooves

Listen to the audio clip below .
There are three Folk Rhythm Grooves from tamil movies combined together.
Which Song / Movie is it ?
Grooves_MQ_03.mp3



VICKY & JANAKI are the WINNERS !

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Tamil Song Quiz : TASQ - 020

Listen to the audio clip below .
There are two musical phrases from two tamil movies combined together.
Which Song / Movie is it ?
Find out what is common among these songs ?
The answer may be of musical , technical , lyrical or any other factor.


IR Bit_021.mp3


JANAKI , SIVA.PS & MAKASU are the WINNERS !


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Friday, March 13, 2009

Bassline Quiz : BQ-002

Listen to the audio clip below .
This Bassline is from the Pallavi of a Tamil Song .
I have also added the Chords as a hint to the question.
Which Song / Movie is this ?

Bass_002.mp3


Janaki & Ramesh are the WINNERS !

Contest closed . For answers , read ' comments '

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Andhi Mazhai : 2nd Interlude

Listen to the audio clip below .
The second part of this interlude is the answer to the Background Music Quiz : BGM-004
I have re-created this interlude using Cubase SX-4 with Hypersonic 2 , HyperCanvas & Orchestral VSTi plugins.
Listen & share your views .

InterAns_003.mp3



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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Edhedho Ennam : 2nd Interlude

Listen to the audio clip below . This is the answer to the Bassline Quiz : BQ-001 .
I have re-created this interlude using Cubase SX-4 , FM-8 , Hypersonic 2 &
Orchestral VSTi plugins.
Listen & share your views .

BassAns_001.mp3


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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Background Music Quiz : BGM - 004

Listen to the audio clip below .
This Piano arpeggio accompanied by Bass & Legato Strings is (only the backing part) from the interlude of a Tamil Song .
Which Song / Movie is this ?

InterQues_003.mp3


Ramesh , Janaki & Shankar are the WINNERS !

Contest closed . For answers , read ' comments '

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Bassline Quiz : BQ-001

Listen to the audio clip below .
This Bassline is from the interlude of a Tamil Song .
I have also added the Acoustic Guitars and Vibraphone as a hint to the question.
Which Song / Movie is this ?


Bass_001.mp3


Saro , Shankar & Ramesh are the WINNERS!

Contest closed . For answers , read 'comments'.


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Monday, March 9, 2009

Paadavaa Un Paadalai- 2nd Interlude

Listen to the audio clip below . This is the answer to the Rhythm Quiz-001 .
I have re-created this interlude using Cubase SX-4 , Hypersonic 2 & Edirol Orchestral VSTi plugins.
Listen & share your views .

Interlude_002.mp3

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Rhythm Quiz : RQ - 001

Listen to the audio clip below .
These Rhythm patterns are from the interlude of a Tamil Song .
Which Song / Movie is this ?


Interhythm_001.mp3


Ramesh & Shankar are the WINNERS !

Contest closed . For answers , read 'comments'.

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Friday, March 6, 2009

Background Music Quiz : BGM - 003

This Background Score is an extract from a Kannada movie PALLAVI ANU PALLAVI .
Starring : Lakshmi , Anil Kapoor(Debut),Directed by Manirathnam(Debut),Cinematography by Balu Mahendra & Music by Ilaiyaraaja. Listen & share your views.

IR_PAP Theme.mp3


And now back to the Quiz . The above melody starts with a Solo Violin followed by Flute ,Piano & Plucked strings , Strings ensemble and so on....
The Flute melody from this score was later adapted as a song in a Tamil movie.
Which Movie/Song is it ?

Saro , Janaki , Ramesh & Shankar are the WINNERS!

Contest closed . For answers , read ' comments '.

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Nostalgia : 001

Sangathil Paadaadha Kavidhai......
One of the best tunes of Ilaiyaraaja . This song has been haunting me for the past 26 years and still continuing....


Click on the link for a detailed review of this song by Jai.
http://rjayanthan.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/the-versions-of-kapi/


Sangathil Paadaadha

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Tamil Song Quiz : MASQ - 020

Listen to the audio clip below .This interlude composed by Ilaiyaraaja is an extract from a Tamil movie .Identify the Song , Movie & Actor .

Interlude_001.mp3


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