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Trivandrum, September 24, 2009
An impressive line-up of celebrities from the music field – Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Usha Uthup, Anuradha Sriram- had ushered in each new level of Super Star-2. They had all been accorded a red carpet reception.
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Srinivas who belonged to that rare species of singer /composer, came across other birds of the same feather on the Super Star sets – Alphonse Joseph & M.Jayachandran and exchanged notes with them.
He recalled that it was Deepak Dev who had helped set the keyboard for his very first album; considered Jayachandran as a source of inspiration for all upcoming music directors, while Alphonse thought that the sensitivity & ‘feel’ in Sreenivas’ voice was second only to that of the great Hariharan.
The contestants listened in rapt attention to his experiences with the maestro, AR Rehman, for whom he seemed to have the highest appreciation & admiration.
He disclosed a fact not many outside the playback field knew- that while Rehman focused exclusively on composing a song, it was Sreeni who handled the nitty-gritty of ‘putting together’ the song : the training of the singers, the overseeing of orchestra rehearsals etc.
The chemical engineer turned professional playback singer who had worked with most of the best music directors of the Tamil playback industry, then sang a few of his numbers including the Malayalam hit ‘Manju Pole’.
He had very pertinent words of advice for the youngsters, a point that would stand them in good stead in future performances: "If you make mistakes while singing, don’t dwell on it. Mistakes will happen. For, only if YOU enjoy the song, will the audience too enjoy it."
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