I have been off the blogging scene for the past few weeks for various personal reasons but this was one opportunity that I would not have missed for anything in this world – a chance to listen and interact with one of my musical idols, A. R. Rahman. Thanks to SAJA, I had a chance not only to listen to him talk, but to actually ask him questions and then participate in a discussion later.

After mulling over different things in my head, I asked him about his experimenting with different genres in his compositions, particularly in reference to Gangsta Blues [ITunes], from the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack and the reggaton influence in one of my recent favorites, the Taxi Taxi number from Sakkarakatti. I also used the occasion for a shout out to his catchy collaboration with Apache Indian for the Lovebirds soundtrack from 1996.

The verdict on my contribution has overwhelmingly been that I sounded EXCITED. Yes, I was excited and if I had been speaking to him in person, I’d have been even more excited and tongue tied. So, there!

You can listen to the webcast (I come and ask my question at about 50:00 into the discussion) by clicking on the embedded player below, or go to the SAJA page on Blogtalkradio (link).

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