AR Rahman on criticism for Abhayajit Bhattacharya’s ‘oversing’ technology: ‘It is good to blame me for everything’

R Rahman; Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya | Photo Credit: PTI and K. Murali Kumar/The Hindu

Veteran music composer R Rahman on Tuesday replied to the criticism of singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya that he inspired the industry to rely heavily on technology, leading to a decline in live instrumentation.

In an interview with Today IndiaRahman said, “I am good to blame for everything. I still love Abhijeet, and I will send him a cake. Also, it is his opinion, and nothing is wrong with being one.”

To refute Abhijeet’s claims, the composer made it clear how he recently established an orchestra with 60 women in Dubai. “They are being employed every month and they are being paid insurance, health and everything. What I do in every film Chorus Or Ponyin selvanIt consists of 200–300 musicians, and some songs are working more than 100 people. I do not show or post photos with them, and thus [no one gets to know about it],

The composer said that he uses computers as “a tool for designing extraordinary harmony”, and he could not take the risk of musicians to run those tunes and later to reject them. He said, “All rejection must be in the soft part, and all the finals are always recorded live. Anyone can go to any manufacturer, with whom I have worked about how many musicians we get,” Jai Ho ‘the singer added with a smile, “he said.

In an interview, for singer Abhijeet, singer Abhijeet ANIRahman was slammed, stating that the musician was one who encouraged the industry to stop using live musicians.

,The rest of the filming Pisces music composers, Woh AB Berozagar Han , Thank you mostly to Mr. Rahman. Anphone, everyone has been able to cross the laptop of Nahin musician … (The musicians who used to play in films are now without jobs – mostly because of Rahman. He told everyone that musicians are not needed … everything can be done on a laptop.), “Abhijeet said.

Meanwhile, Rahman recently announced the dates of his ‘The Wonderment Tour’, which will perform him in 16 regions across North America this summer. The tour is ready for Kikstart in Vancouver on 18 July and ended at Boston on 18 August.