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Cover Story
January 2017
“ X macchi Y macchi from Ghajini still remains till date the song I am most popularly known by . I will always be grateful to Mr . Harris Jayaraj for the opportunity to have sung this song not only in Tamil but also in Telugu ( both of which went on to become big hits )
This song was very up my alley , perfectly suited for my vocal range and a genre I ’ m really comfortable with and it had an added R & B take which I totally loved
During the recording session , we had done many experiments including a rap , taan pasta / burka sang this in a bumpless road , many oohs and aahs and you will see the bit of the rap made it in the final cut .
The movie was a blockbuster so that helped the popularity of the song further and till date , I hear this song as one of the most often sung choices in reality shows in the WESTERN SONG section .
12 years since its release .... this song is still so very special to me and those who have continued to listen to me over the years .”
Once again , Thank you Mr . Jayaraj “ - Mathangi Jagadish
composes , sequences , tracks , mixes and masters all the songs all by himself .
There used to be this great accusation on him that he takes too much time to do his songs . This is the reason for that delay , he makes sure that he gets 100 % out of everything that goes into the song .
I asked singer Karthik , who has some a lot of hit songs for Harris Jayaraj about his experience working with him . This is what he had to say .
He used to use the IK Multimedia Mastering bundle to master his songs . Later on , he started sending his songs to be mastered abroad . But till date when it comes to songs he does all the sequencing , tracking and mixing all by himself .
The predominant work of his engineers is mainly to track the other language version of his songs in Trinity Studio B .
In my career spanning 20 years providing sound solutions to the music industry , I have seen a handful of composers who upgrade their equipment regularly . A Harris is a guy who wants to get a new gadget for every song
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