Post Lata Mangeshkar (or any other singer's) songs in ur own voice - Page 25

Originally posted by: tournesol

That's an interesting data, Birdie 👏 Thanks for sharing. Couldn't feel more proud for Kishore da.

BTW Filmfare awards are given to honour artistic and technical excellence, not mass appeal. They are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. But let's not go into the details of the awards 😆 I am not looking for a debate nor wanting to compare one legend with another legend. All of the singers you mentioned are legends in their own right.

My curiosity was more about why you thought (my interpretation of your previous post, forgive me if I interpreted wrong) variations are more important for female singers than male singers for mass appeal? If I consider the number of filmare awards (using the same yardstick as you), then in the millennial generation both Shreya Ghoshal and Arijit Singh have got 6 of them (highest among the millennial singers) and both exhibit interesting variations in their singing. Probably the musical taste of the current demography is leaning more and more towards variations. For a singer of any gender.

Anyways, let's stop spamming the thread with our discussion and return to the topic of the thread. Or the TM will kick us out for spoiling the thread 🤣

Can't wait to hear more of Lataji's songs from everyone

filmfare awards cant be too divorced from popular appeal- the committee that votes along with the public would lose all credibility with the audience if that were the case for too long. That said, I am also reading that the awards have lost their cachet in recent times, given that there are so many other organizations handing out awards. That was not the case back then... Anyway, let's see how many of Arijit's songs are remembered 20 years from now. People can literally remember 100s of Kishore Da's songs for example!

my second point was that variations don't seem to have mattered much when it came to the success of the male playback singers. That was certainly true back then. And even now, for someone like Arijit, while he has variations, I dont think that has been key to his success. It's more his ability to go very high... which seems to be the key requirement for most hindi songs these days. Males singing higher, females singing lower than their counterparts of the earlier gen.

i wouldn't worry about spamming. That's normal in most threads. 😆 Anyway, I am done with this. Beyond this, will just be rehashing the same stuff.

Originally posted by: BirdieNumNum

filmfare awards cant be too divorced from popular appeal- the committee that votes along with the public would lose all credibility with the audience if that were the case for too long. That said, I am also reading that the awards have lost their cachet in recent times, given that there are so many other organizations handing out awards. That was not the case back then... Anyway, let's see how many of Arijit's songs are remembered 20 years from now. People can literally remember 100s of Kishore Da's songs for example!

my second point was that variations don't seem to have mattered much when it came to the success of the male playback singers. That was certainly true back then. And even now, for someone like Arijit, while he has variations, I dont think that has been key to his success. It's more his ability to go very high... which seems to be the key requirement for most hindi songs these days. Males singing higher, females singing lower than their counterparts of the earlier gen.

i wouldn't worry about spamming. That's normal in most threads. 😆 Anyway, I am done with this. Beyond this, will just be rehashing the same stuff.

@second para: Interesting observation, makes for a good data analysis question 👍 And yes, it will be interesting to see how many of the contemporary songs are remembered 20 years from now. Not only for Arijit, but in general as well.

It was a nice discussion :) Let's return to the singing now 😆

Originally posted by: SmittenKitt3n

That's interesting and I agree. KK's voice is on another level when I listen to his songs, and they hit differently even though he (allegedly) might not have been as technically on point as others from his time.

Yes, I agree that KK's voice is on another level.

Originally posted by: SmittenKitt3n

Quoting you here cuz I'm about to upload two of my favorite songs by LM, and you said you're looking forward to my uploads, so you betttaaa love it. 😼

kidding. :) I don't think they turned out as good as I wanted em to, cuz I really struggle with high notes, which is pretty obvious in the first one. but I am too wiped to try them again. Here they go, and here's hoping people like it, or at the least very least like the fact that I attempted them. 😆

I recorded both on Smule, just so you know.

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: (if you get to the end, ignore me clearing my throat 🙈)

https://voca.ro/16QTmAfp2TRw

Pardesiya:

https://voca.ro/18gio6b9xaMJ

I enjoyed listening both of the songs, Smitten. Pardesiya is a beautiful song. I like it very much! I sang this song during round 4 of Voice of India Forums.

@smitten - that was a pretty good attempt i would say. Keep it up 👍🏼

Surprisingly i did this in my 1st attempt itself and i think it came out pretty okay... So didn't try again.

@Charu - my 1st assignment is completed 😎

https://voca.ro/1hL7rRLKbANA