January 2010
6 posts
Bheed Hai
Ron, Sanjay and I were traveling to New Jersey for a while on a regular basis on business. Of course, among other things one of the common topics of conversation was always movies & music. Naturally, this led to all of us learning about one another’s musical interests. And even though Sanjay is not a poet or a lyricist, he agreed to come to my studio one evening for a jamming session. Ron,...
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Jilu Jilu
Wonder why I wanted to write about this song after Kodiya. In fact, I have been meaning to write about “the making of Bheed Hai” for a while.In all honesty, the idea for Jilu Jilu came about after I listened to Kuru Kuru from Couples Retreat. I was inspired to something in that genre. I am pretty hopeful that this song does not resemble Kuru Kuru. Some trivia as far as the making of...
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Kodiya Ethadhae
It has often been a neglected genre of music - Even I don’t consider the Gaana style song from Chennai to have anything high musically. But the core of this style is so not much the complexity of the music but its ability to sway you and its ability to touch you with some deep and meaningful lyrics that are simple and not necessarily poetic. So, one fine Saturday evening in April (or May),...
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