fEel the music...

hE once said: "I would dedicate my success to A R Rahman. He has inspired me to go against the rules.."
The man, who is talked of, above (and is going to be talked of, for the rest of this post), is nobody else but this year's National Award winner for the best music- Mr. Amit Trivedi.


The man, as they say, is not classically trained. Would anyone, who has listened to Dhol Yaara Dhol (DevD), ever believe that? Well, there is a possibility that the answer is a yes, as the notes sung by the male singer, in the song, are not that very challenging to a trained man.
His songs have always had a feel that is not found in most of the other Bollywood songs (this statement is extremely carefully stated, as A R Rahman exists :D). His compositions, till now, have been proving that there is one very important thing in a song; and that is the atmosphere of the song. The Gujju composer, probably, treats himself as a listener first, and then a creator of music. He, as my idea is, imagines himself wearing the headphones in ultimate solitude, listening to the song, and checks whether the piece that he is 'making' is creating the required environment in the minds of his listeners.
His songs have always been full with vocal harmonies and other non-classical vocal sounds. Chakkar Ghumyo (Aamir) was one of his songs that drew me towards him. The song has a lot on musical part. It starts with a bass (and a slightly nasal as well) male voice singing 3 different notes. This is the place where most of the listeners would start developing the mood of the song. 
And it is highly worth considering if I don't mention this cute song here- Paayaliya (DevD). The song has a rich voice of Shilpa Rao's, which has its own instrumental effects in the product. It has four key chords entering the ears when you are (musically speaking) in a deadly need of those. This set continues for the whole song. The female chorus and the male one too, are worth mentioning. The beat pattern changing at times and a little techno pieces enhance the song's beauty. Pleasant vocal harmonies are also present at particular positions for the addition of 'sucrose' to the song. And last, but not (at all) the least- the basso sung 'By God' at places :)
So, what ultimately can be drawn, from this irregular series of instances, is that Amit Trivedi has a lot of stuff to his name, which can help him take the position of his Idol, in coming times. And the only reason, contributing to this, would be his equity with Rahman bhai in terms of atmosphere-creation and maintenance; not the technicalities.
In all, there is a message that this man's composition style has to convey, all the times- 
"Music has a feel. It has not to be supported by the classical theory (all the times) to bring that expression out. The sequence of notes and strikes matter; not their complexity!"

signing off
(listening to Mr. Trivedi)
Nishant Sharma