Round 1: Richa Sharma - Page 3

Originally posted by: Cutiepie Rani

Woah guys. lol.
My two cents: The level of difficulty in this song was high, but NOT very super high. On an average the level of difficulty on a scale of 1-10 it would be an 8. Thanks! So you agree with my difficulty rating, too! But the way Richa ji carried out the song with such high difficulty is why I gave her a higher rating. Despite the fact that not all parts of hers were as strong as they could have been, she really gave it her best and brought a feel to the song. Obviously ever singer can use improvements. I would have given her an 8 but considering that the song was a difficult one and for the most she did justice to it, I gave a 9.

Xobile, the song you posted def has a higher level of difficulty. But come on we can't compare any singer to Lata ji or Asha ji and the way they carry out their songs. I believe in comparing, that's why when you first judged this competition, ssk said that he always thought 'xobile was the strictest marker'.They are legends of the music industry and have had tremendous training. I'm not saying the other singers haven't but still.Songs with a higher level of difficulty are those that make you stretch your voice out or those that are purely classical. I really think that this song for Richa ji is a difficult one. But they way she carried it off with flow was great work. I actually think she matched up with Sukhwinder Ji's standard. But of course you or no one else has to agree with me. Thanks for respecting my opinion!

I think this song (although quite off topic) has an equal amount of high difficulty especially the classical segments in it.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF1nuFG5GEI[/YOUTUBE]

The last time we did this competition, I gave this song a 10/10! 😃

Originally posted by: xobile

^^ Well yes, we should never compare to say 'Lata is better than Asha' or stuff like that, because they are both legends.

But of course as a judge I need a grading scale and I've always said that my grading scale for the female playback singers goes all the way to ten, but the ten has to be of the calibre of Lataji's songs in Lekin, or Ashaji's songs in Umrao Jaan. This helps me be more objective when I'm weighing up performances.

Yup, the sargam taans that Shreya did in that song were very well rendered. That was part of the reason why I gave her 10/10!

Originally posted by: xobile

^^ Hehe yup I agree, comparisons are hard to make. One person may value romantic songs, whereas another may be most touched by sufi songs. So the first guy will like romantic 'specialists' like Alkaji or Uditji and the second guy will like sufi 'specialists'...

We are nobody to judge these great people. But I have realised that by evaluating their performances in this game, we can gain a lot of knowledge (of singing) and pleasure (from listening to the songs carefully)!

And thanks for sharing your favourites with us! My favourites keep changing. But in Bollywood, I think Latadi and Rafi saab were perfection - these two always hold the top spot in my favourites list.