my unbiased opinion!!!please comment - Page 2

Originally posted by: fm_qazi

Actually I like Arijith from Fame Gurukul's Alap, rendition, diction and melody better than Hema. I am always against the comparision of contestant from one show with another but I am comparing it because both Arijith and Hema has lot of similarities.

Qazi, I agree 100 % with you. I seem to agree to your every post.

The best singers TV show generated this year are Arijit Singh and Nihira Joshi.

Hemachandra is next in line.

Originally posted by: autmother

HI,

I dont live in India and have started seeiing this program for last 2 months. I am totally unbiased,but with my musical training and being a singer this is my 2 cents worth of opinion.

My choices for the final 3

1. Hemachandra is the best vocalist, well trained, very disciplined, respectful, down to earth. There is no doubt that he will be very successful whether he wins or not. Bollywood has not been verykind to South INdian actors or singers. It is only after Rahman came that likes of Hariharan, Kavita krishnamurthy, shankar mahadevan even were noticed. That is always an issue with the North. So I think Hemachandra will have to work extra hard to prove himself. But in South he will be famous.

Hemachandra,if you are reading, get some Hindiand Urdu exact pronouciation classes to keep you ahead in the game and please please go approach ARR and he is known to discover and give chance to new talent.

2. Himani: excellent singer, with a kind on OOMPH in her voice. Will suit most songs except very high notes. She will do well But she needs to watch her arrogance, and needs to be more humble and considerate of others. I noticed that she is very excited when she wins or she is highest but makes faces when not and as a singer she needs to control her emotions since there will be cut throat competition in the real world.

3. Nihira. has a conventional bollywood singer voice, excellent voice and training and range. Needs a good mentor to work with Bollywood bigwigs and dirty politics and some confidence and OOMph to her voice. SHe feels similar to Shreya Goshal except Shreya has a little naughtiness in her voice which is sweet to hear,

Now coming to our existing finalists, the less I say about Debojit the better. He has a pleasant voice, but you can find voices like his everywhere. he has been playing the audience with melodrama about his life, how hard he worked and his wife crying for everything. it is annoying. But I bet he will not get many chances to sing after the contest. Mark my words. the same people who voted for emotional or regional feelings will refuse to buy his audio cassete. He is good for orchestras, weddings etc. He has no range at all in his singing.

Coming to Vinit, it is really unfortunate that a good talent like him is getting carried away and hyped by HImesh and the public. He needs lot more maturing before he can become a singer. Trust me, becoming a singer takes a lot more than good voice. He is the kind of kid who will get carried away with all the accolades and forget what his passion is.

I dont see a real passion in Vineet for singing. It is like he is putting up a show and trying to please people. For God sake, 17 year old talking about love and his stupid idiotic mentor encouraging that, instead of focusing on singing and his career. He does sing well, but definitely cannot hit high notes or sing melodiously. Again absolutely no originality in his voice. He is being hyped as the yourngest contestant and once that novelty wears off when he is 23 or 24 no one is going to care about him,

So this is my opinion. No offence to anyone and please comment intelligently not dirty or silly stuff.

Agreed to all your points👏👏👏.....I have the same feeling about all the singers you mentioned. I like Hem's songs very much. He can sing any type of songs. When you listen his songs, you can not identify which singer has sung that song. that much of originality in his voice..... And also I have the same feeling about debo....He has voriginal voice but any one can sing like him(no speciality in him) and also inconsistant....and about the vinit his voice is original, when we listen his songs we can easily identify which singer is sung that song.

Originally posted by: qwertyasdfgh

I am veri much in agreement with your posts except in some cases.. Here is my $0.02

Voice quality
Nihira
Hema
Himani
Vinit
Debo

Singing ability
Nihira
Himani
Hema
Vineet
Debo

Versatility
Nihira
Hema
Himani
Vineet
Debo

Genre base
Nihira - lata songs. thats more than enough...
Hema - S P balsubramaniam and shankar mahadevan, kumar shanu songs.
Himani - asha bhosale songs, dilraj kaur,
Vinit - mohammad rafi songs, sonu nigam songs,
Debo - kumar sanu, bhupen hazarika songs

Hemo has problems with his pronunciation so has debu..
So that leaves Nihira, himani and Vineet since hte first two are out.. that leaves vineet

I dont agree with your point about hem. His voice has so much originality that he can sing any type of songs sung by any singer.

Originally posted by: qwertyasdfgh

ComeOn123 maybe what u said about hema is true but i cant imagine him singing mukesh, mohammad rafi and manna dey songs.. his voice doesnt have that timbre...

I dont agree with you. I think he didnt sang songs of those singers you mentioned. If he sung songs of those singers then you will know....I think you may have listen the song Ramta jogi From Taal which is originally sung by Suckvinder. If u listen this song sung by hem, you might not have this openion.

Originally posted by: autmother

I think inspite of requesting we stillhave people like assamindia talking dirty things, If you dont have anything to say please dont talk.

Everyone who says Hemachandra is good is not neccesarily biased apparaoji.

I am not saying that Debojit is a abad singer, but there are many singers like him, there is nothing extraordinary that stands out, so for him to be in finals is not appropriate. REgarding his song rendition, it does not matter if he sings well in rehearsal, believe me you ,music directors dont have patience to keep helping the singers to get better especially he is not that young either.
REgarding his music abilities it appears that he has some training, but still cannot do the harkatein, alaaps and pitch changing etc etc as well. MAy be he can start training under a guru to better himself. He appears to be a sweet person, but that is different from being very talented.
Regarding Nihira undoubtedly she is a great singer, she already was when she started. I just hope she knows how to market herself and people do see and appreciate her talent, Indian public sure didnt and voted her out.

As regards to Vineet, he seems to have least training or passion. He cannot do any alaaps well, high notes sound shrill and like yelling, He also goes nasal sometimes with higher notes and his imitation of Rafi or Sonu Nigam is intolerable He cannot do any songs with classical blend, but ofcourse he will be good for B4umusic, which by the way is worse than American VH1 or MTV.
If I had to choose between Debojit and Vinit, it would be definitely Debojit since at least his songs are soothing.

To decide for yourself, dont decide watchingthe show, close your eyes and listen to some of these recorded shows and you will know who is good,because obviously you will be listening to them, not seeing them as much in real life.
Thats all I have to say.
Thanks

India is a big country having billion of people, there many singer like Hema too, there are many singer like Vinit too. But it is just matter of fate these 3 got SRGMP platform and all other are still struggling. So this comment as "There are many singers like Debo" is unwarranted and inappropriate.

Originally posted by: qwertyasdfgh

I am veri much in agreement with your posts except in some cases.. Here is my $0.02

Voice quality
Nihira
Hema
Himani
Vinit
Debo

Singing ability
Nihira
Himani
Hema
Vineet
Debo

Versatility
Nihira
Hema
Himani
Vineet
Debo

Genre base
Nihira - lata songs. thats more than enough...
Hema - S P balsubramaniam and shankar mahadevan, kumar shanu songs.
Himani - asha bhosale songs, dilraj kaur,
Vinit - mohammad rafi songs, sonu nigam songs,
Debo - kumar sanu, bhupen hazarika songs

Hemo has problems with his pronunciation so has debu..
So that leaves Nihira, himani and Vineet since hte first two are out.. that leaves vineet

hahahahhahaha....LOL

Originally posted by: ComeOn123

I dont agree with your point about hem. His voice has so much originality that he can sing any type of songs sung by any singer.

Her analysis was not based on singing or music otherwise should be using some technically correct music vocabulary. Her analysis was just a normal layman analysis.

Your comments on the "South" singers displayed your ignorance. First...Kavitha Krishnamurthy was raised in the North. Shankar and Hariharan are born and raised in Bombay. All three have made it own their own. Not because of ARR. All three do sing for southern films as well.
They are successful because of their riyaazi gala, God given talent and hard work. They may be of southern origin but are not "southern" singers. A southern singer is SPBalasubramanian....not Shankar Mahadevan. Gayatri Iyer, who is another upcoming singer (she sang in Salaam namaste) is another Mumbai based singer of southern origin...not a southern singer. You have to make this difference when you look at cosmopolitan cities and the diverse people living in it.
The comments that HR makes are unforgivable for that very reason. They are racist and short sighted.

Agreed Kumar Gaurav that Hariharan and Shankar have been raised in Mumbai and K krishnamoorthy has been bought up in North but these guys are not representative of entire south - i guess you are forgetting Yesudas, who is by far much superior thant these guys - do you hear him sing many hindi songs
What about Chitra - who u hear only in A R Rehman's songs - very sweet voice and has sung a lot of classical
Mahalaxmi Iyer - a very gr8 singer but where do you get to hear a lot. In fact even Kay Kay who for a long time was based in Kerala got his major break only after shifting to Mumbai. there's also M S Subalaxmi who is a great carnatic singer has won more awards than asha and lata has even sung south indian film songs but not much in hindi. I am not an authority over such things but was trying to sound a big logical. it was a personal opinion

though i am not an expert in music but i always feel that although hema is one of the best in saregama with perfect sur and everything his voice is not made for bollywood
hema is technically perfect but i dont find his voice bieng a conventionally bollywood one
i have downloaded many hemas songs and wit every song i have realised that his voice may be good for soothing slow songs but he lacks that punch in his voice which is very necessary considering the kind of hip hop songs made today
well its just my opinion
u can correct me on that
as far as debo is concerned i done support him but he has the most conventional bollywood voice
NIHIRA AND DEBO R MADE FOR BOLLYWOOD
but debo should concentrate on his sur as he slips off sur miserably
VINIT would have done wonders if he had some other mentor eg:ismail
this person has tremendous potential
he is not even classically trained yet i have very few times seen him go off sur
but if u go to see the lighter side vinit has sung the most no of film songs among the contestants
thus having hr as his mentor has proved good for him considering hr is currently on top!!