Peak tamil film music

[sunson]

Music is said to be infinite. Atleast in theory, because its all about combining 12 different notes, add a dimension of meter that can further increase the possible perceived unique combinations to produce tunes. The theoretical possible combinations is so huge that its said to be infinite

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[deponti]

Very interesting premise about the finite-ness of *good* and *long-lasting* music. I have also felt this intuitively, but now I am sitting down and thinking about it.... and I feel that though yes, it still seems to be a finite entity, it's also probable that we are nowhere near the limit....I used to hear my uncles and aunts lamenting about the lack of "good music" even in the MSV days!...and I was not allowed to listen to "pop" (everything was classified as "pop" and therefore, by implication, bad)....and now we have those songs as classic hits, and the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel are classic hits....even now, the odd song ( "then mErkku paruva kAttru" for example) is so delightful, and remains in my "mental ears" for a long time

[sunson]

Thanks deponti.

More than "good" and "long lasting", this post is about "easy to produce" and "volumes that can be churned out in a given unit of time" which is what will matter when talking about Peak Everything. Its not about "how much is left" but about "whether we can produce as much as they did in those days".

If we had dates on when various Thyagaraja/Dikshitar kritis were made, we could come up with an equivalent Peak Carnatic Music post ;) But then, I guess we don't need data. Most of carnatic songs _were_ made back then. Some good ones came about later, but those were just the few that the trinity missed out ;)

[ext_242191]

Interesting take. But if we have to take ARR as "equivalent in pretty much all respects" (i.e. talent, else ...) as IR and MSV which seems to be the assumption/presumption, then perhaps he should have dominated the same way w.r.t. market-share i.e. % of total films made - because that is the metric you are using to make your point

[ext_1912924]

Nice post dude!

A different comparison of their output could have been to have their experience in X axis- 1 year, 2nd year, 3rd year and so on. 1992 of ARR, 1974 of IR and 1955 of MSV would overlap. Gives a year by year comparison of these 3 legends.