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Please listen and tell me. Of late I am losing confidence in myself about judging good from bad music.

Originally posted by: raghav64

Please listen and tell me. Of late I am losing confidence in myself about judging good from bad music.

Just downloaded from cooltoad ... here's my evaluation of it. Raghav, I'd love to hear your comments on it. MrspetLover, it would be wonderful to hear what you think too.

I don't think he went out of sur in this song. He, however, mispronounced "jeet" as "jitt", forgot lyrics in the stanza, and his voice was strained when he sang "toot gayi jo" piece. I think 9 was ok though. I personally don't think of bad pronounciation and missed lyrics as a major mistake, as compared to going offkey. However, I do still feel that his song was too "soft".

I felt the same when he sang "koi kahe" from Dil Chahta hai. No mistakes in singing (it was anyways pre-recorded both times), but his voice lacked the "break loose" feeling that Shankar had brought in the song.

Originally posted by: MrspetloverUS

Ofcourse we have struck a friendly note 😊. I was just being funny. I myself is married to musician. I only have a good ear for great music. Most of the time I can trust my ear. Usually I watch the show first, record it on DVR and watch the show again with my husband so I can discuss whatever I find off sur or great stuff. I get his constructive opinion on things. just thought I explain my side. But I did not find Hema going off sur in "Sun Mitwa".

Wow.. it is wonderful to know that you too are closely associated to music. Honestly, after learning that, I don't have any comments on the "tananana" piece, except that I still it imperfect. But as they say, music is all about how it appears to the listener, just the way beauty to the beholder. So I guess, we can keep our differences on that.

Just curious - what do you think about Saathiya song that Hema had sung. He got plenty of accolades for that song and 10 on 10 from all mentors. With my (limited) knowledge, I think there were mistakes in that song too, but he deserved the accolades vecause he attempted a very very difficult song, and carried it off nicely for most part.

I dont think I am qualified to comment.
Thanks for the feedback.

I am not qualified either, but I will comment on that song because it is my favorite (the Tamil version).

Other than the one part, where his voice cracked, I thought he sang it really well. I liked the special touches he put in the song too.

I disagree with umm. IOn tananana t is a female voice in the actual song and he sang it with the same pitch Alka used in the movie. Listen to the original and you will know what I am talking about.
Hema chandra is a trained vocalist and will not take chance making a silly mistake like that, especially that tanana tanana part is relatively easy. My opinion

Also curious UMMM are you or your husband trained in hindustani or carnatic. That might tell something about your view also.

Saathiya is a difficult song and the pitch variation is unbelievable. To sing that live on stage and especially if you are comparing it to oriiginal is impossible. Just as the rangeela song Nihira sang. ARR tends to overlap the song with different recordings. It is extremely difficult

I am also surprised that you thought Vinit did good on Chale Chalo. In the high notes he was going flat and shrill voice. I personally thought that ID was not happy that Debojit was given 7 by AS and was getting back at him by giving 8 to Hemu. It definitely deserved 9

I think ID was in general a fair judge, but unable to put up with the other mentors' antics he had to give in to cheap gimmicks like these.

Vinit has a good voice, but his control is bad. But that can come with lots of practice. He has a hard time ending his notes smoothly especially if it is high pitch, alaap or harkatein(gamakas)

Hi Umm..

Was 8 for Vande Mataram justified.Also could u justify ID giving 8 for Hemu in Saathiya song(Interestingly HR had given 10).I feel HR was really better in giving these mentometer marks than ID.I just want to Impart Ur music knowledge so that I can change my fanship from BEsura Hemu to sureela Rajeev, Qazi or someone else

Originally posted by: ummm

I don't think he went out of sur in this song. He, however, mispronounced "jeet" as "jitt", forgot lyrics in the stanza, and his voice was strained when he sang "toot gayi jo" piece. I think 9 was ok though. I personally don't think of bad pronounciation and missed lyrics as a major mistake, as compared to going offkey. However, I do still feel that his song was too "soft".

you and me might not think so but ID (when it comes to chandu) sure must be perceiving "missed lyrics" as a sin else he wouldn't give hema the marks he did for forgeting the lyrics. i have absolutely no problem with vinit being given a 9. but i do think if ID gave vinit a 9 then he should've given chandu a 10 ........ and some ppl proclaim to b fair😆 learn to live up to ur rep ID😛

Hemu sang it well at the same time he has added his own touch to every song he sings.

raghav64, Don't worry, Nothing wrong with your judging skills. Its the "heart over mind issue" for some people out here..

Originally posted by: raghav64

Please listen and tell me. Of late I am losing confidence in myself about judging good from bad music.