You cannot expect to get the results you want while keeping it as your second priority.
1. Tell us more about your background and journey.
I’m from a middle-class background, not really related to music in any way. I’m a native of Udaipur, Rajasthan (India). It’s been around 9-10 years since I’ve been learning or exploring music and in the last four years, I’ve gotten into songwriting and making my own music after joining Talentsofworld.
2. When did you first decide you wanted to pursue music and how did you start?
It was around 6 years into music when I first took a step to make music my career when I made my first song called ‘Someone Like You’ and in the months following I joined Talentsofworld which was basically my turning point. Before this, I was learning Indian classical music and there were no future plans at that time. Although I always knew I wanted to do something related to music, it was when I met Talentsofworld that I learned the actual steps to turn my vision into an actual plan.
3. Who is your favorite artist and why?
I can’t say I have any favorites, I love music too much to actually pick a particular artist or even a genre but I’d say I enjoy Enya, Timbaland, Harris Jayraj, and S.D.Burman and to be honest many more. I never really got to figure out why I love the music. Though I can say I love artists who can make their every song unique in a way even if they work in the same genre or style. I like music I can improvise with.
4. Can you throw some light on opportunities one gets as a singer?
Well, you get to meet the most creatively extraordinary minds out there be it music directors or composers or editors, there are endless possibilities to learn something new every day.
There are obviously opportunities for fame and money but the most important one is you get to make art and the best thing about art is the one who sees it or hears it enjoys it much less than the one who gets to create it.
5. Is format training required or can one train themselves purely based on talent?
If by format training you mean the training you only get in classes then I’d say no it’s not and one such example is the legendary Mr. Kishore Kumar. But only relying on talent would definitely not be sufficient, you need to challenge yourself every day to get better at anything. Format training gives you a well-explored direction to take that talent of yours and makes the process organized and faster than it would be without it.
6. What piece of advice would you like to give to future and aspiring artists?
Although music is marketed as a fun career, which it is it is also very demanding, you cannot expect to get the results you want while keeping it as your second priority. And with time the expectations of artists have also changed, now being an artist involves more than just making music, especially as an independent artist, you need to accept the other aspects of it too and learn the basics about it as music copyrights, music videos, and social profiles.
7. Which is your favorite book and why?
I do read sometimes online but I don’t really have the time or interest to hold a book and complete it. Still, I love epics, especially Sanskrit epics and stories such as Abhijnana Shakuntalam and Mahabharata. Sanskrit literature gives me a sense of belonging, I believe it’s mostly the fascination with history and heritage.
- Hema Dangi (Instagram)
- Interviewed by Manjul Yadav
){kind=link}
0 Comments