Mera Mann Kyoon Tujhe Chahe, duet-me and my wife Options

[kurtcobain]

dear friends,

i hope you will enjoy listening to this duet...mera mann, from the movie 'mann', MD'S -sanjeev darshan

me and my wife used to compete against each other in the annual singing competition during our medical college days (she won gold for 4 consequetive years)

she is much more accomplished than me...she holds a BA in classical music, has performed on all-india radio, and also represented our medical college in the national inter-college competition, PULSE (at AIIMS, delhi)

now we are both working as established doctors in the UK, so our voices might be slighly blunt....but i hope you enjoy the recording never-the-less

[rom]

Decent attempt, kurtcobain-ji. And as you say, your better half is indeed the better singer.
A couple of suggestions...
One, perhaps the background music could have been revved up. Two, KC-ji, you do better when singing lower notes. So my suggestion is, go for soft numbers, not the ones that require full-throated singing.
Also, it seems to me that both of you need to sing thoda khul ke... if you know what I mean.
Isn't this number originally by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik? Do give us a Sanu number sometime.
All the best!

[kurtcobain]

thanks for your advice and encouragement dost !

i'll try to send in a soft sanu number ... i'm afraid i find sanu songs particularly hard to sing, perhaps because i don't have a particularly 'bassy' voice.... but i shall try never-the-less

is there any particular sanu song you would like to hear ?, i could send in the recording on your 'farmaish'

by the way, do you sing rom bhai ?, you certainly give very good and detailed advice/ guidance !

[rom]

You're most welcome!
And do sing a Sanu song of your own choice... Or sing 'Tere Hum, Ae Sanam'... the first Sanu song I'd heard.
And no, I'm no singer... it's just that these points came to my mind, and they might not be valid too, after all.

[kurtcobain]

my suggestion is, go for soft numbers, not the ones that require full-throated singing.

sing 'Tere Hum, Ae Sanam'... the first Sanu song I'd heard.

yaar 'tere hum' isn't a soft song (plus , where will i generate the bass from ?), koi soft romantic sanu number ki farmaish kar do yaar

[rom]

Oh, I had just named the song that came first to my mind.
Well, perhaps 'Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaaye'? Or Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hei? What do you say?

[kurtcobain]

i would like to share MERA DIL BHI KITNA PAAGAL HAI with you as requested by rom bhai

i know all the criticisms in advance,

my voice in obviously not as 'bassy' or 'buland' as kumar sanu,

the range KS has across the sur(especially low range) can be matched by very few singers, let alone a mortal like me....you will find me really struggling there

also, the sad/senti expression that sanu gets on the high range (partly due to the nasal touch in the voice) can be matched by very few, (i often compare it to mukesh's classic high range swar)

anyways, do listen to the recording once (beshak sunte hi delete kar dena)

[rom]

Thanks for recording and uploading this song at my request. Have been busy, so downloaded and listened to it only today.
Good effort again, KC! Not an easy song to sing, though.
Keep working hard and you might yet bring down the roof at stage shows!

[kurtcobain]

Thanks for recording and uploading this song at my request. Have been busy, so downloaded and listened to it only today.
Good effort again, KC! Not an easy song to sing, though.
Keep working hard and you might yet bring down the roof at stage shows! 

thanks rom bhai

my days of stage shows are almost over unfortunately, although i was a regular during college days

i did sing two songs on stage last diwali though, at a show organised by 'west midlands indian doctors association' at one of the best stages in birmingham 'second city suite'

i sang
-'chaudvin ka chand ho' solo, and
-'tujhe jeewan ki dor se', duet with my wife

on the diwali celebration the year before that i had sung
-'mujhe ishk hai tujhi se'
on the same venue.....

its through this forum and friends like you, that i try to keep my voice polished and tuned, otherwise it doesn't take much time to get rusty!

thanks

[SAJJAD]

Here's my analysis on the 1st song:

* Kurt babu - u have a better voice then ur wife! but ur wife sings better then u If U (Kurt) take singing lessons, then u'll be far ahead of her! I truly like ur fresh open voice....u seem to sing with full throat rather then going nasal! That's BIG PLUS! My suggestion - work on one song till u perfected it! Don't take a tough song....Select a simple song and work on it till u have it right! If u jump from 1 song to another, then u will never be able to get any song right! Remember, practice makes perfect! Singing is not getting the tune or notes right, but it has to come from ur heart! This is the difference btw u and the pro's!

ALL the best! Keep singing....

[kurtcobain]

Here's my analysis on the 1st song: 

* Kurt babu - u have a better voice then ur wife! but ur wife sings better then u  If U (Kurt) take singing lessons, then u'll be far ahead of her! I truly like ur fresh open voice....u seem to sing with full throat rather then going nasal! That's BIG PLUS! My suggestion - work on one song till u perfected it! Don't take a tough song....Select a simple song and work on it till u have it right! If u jump from 1 song to another, then u will never be able to get any song right! Remember, practice makes perfect! Singing is not getting the tune or notes right, but it has to come from ur heart! This is the difference btw u and the pro's!

ALL the best! Keep singing....

thanks sajjad bhai
you have always encouraged me to sing on and on since i can remember

i'm also looking forward to your analysis of
-mera dil bhi kitna paagal hai, and
-'badi udaas hai zindagi' on the following thread
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=10277&st=15

thanks again