Which is why we feel now is the right time to put out our originals as much as possible. No doubt we have waited a long time to put our originals out and there are many more left from years ago. Sanam: For sure initially it wasn’t an easy decision for us to get into doing renditions but we thought it was best to do that to introduce our sound by giving everyone something familiar.
How difficult is it to maintain a balance between creating originals and doing covers? Are there moments of conflict and compromise because there is a section of listeners, which identifies your band with ‘covers’? Digital streaming platforms like YouTube have helped us immensely as we’ve gotten to reach audiences across the globe through our music videos. Talent management is also essential for pushing the artiste towards the right direction and we definitely got this from our manager and his team. It’s a promising music scene it’s imperative for independent music acts to keep pushing boundaries creatively, putting in hours shedding/working on their musical chops and also finding something honest to say in their songs. Bollywood has also become much bigger as an industry a lot of musicians from the independent music scene also work in the film industry or work on music jingles as session’s musicians, composers, music directors etc. I love watching these acts live when they perform at various music venues and music festivals across the country.
Venkat: There are definitely more independent artistes today than there were in the ’90s. How do you look at this scene? Would you blame Bollywood for eating up the market of independent music? Also, your popularity proves there’s an audience for independent music. Now, with internet, it seems indie artistes have got back a platform. Independent music from the ’90s vanished in 2000s. The whole process which includes music programming, recording and mixing took about a few months as simultaneously we were also working on the other songs and travelling for concerts. The song was written in a very naughty and playful style. Later we called lyricist Siddhant Kaushal to our place and took a collective decision to keep the song in Punjabi and the theme of the song was described by Sanam, something he has experienced in a relationship. I asked Sanam to make some melody around that riff and he came up with verse and chorus. Samar: I came up with a guitar riff while we were off to the airport in Kerala after our “Ae kaash ke hum” shoot. What was the thought behind “Sanam Mennu” and what was the process like? In an interview with over an email, the band members talk about their new single, their journey from reluctant cover musicians, to being among the faces of the independent music scene in the country today.
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