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Benny Dayal, the
enthusiastic voice behind the super
popular dance number Badtameez Dil, spoke to
us about how he came into the music scene, struggles and
challenges he faced, his family, future projects and much more.
Read on to discover some inner secrets of this sensation.
When was the first time you realized you wanted to
pursue music? S5 led you to be where you are today, how were those
days?
When I was 13, I was in school. I’ve been listening to all kinds of
music all my life and it came to a moment where…Mr. Rahman
was playing a very key in my life that time because he’s just
come out in ’92 and this was in ’98 and I knew it – this is what
I want to do. His album, Dil Se had come out, we were really
young at that time and these songs hit me really hard. I really
had no words to express what I was feeling at that time. I wasn’t
mature enough to explain or realize but it really made me feel
one thing that I want to do music till I die, that is all matters
and there’s nothing else. So, that’s how the big decision came. It happened in Chennai and S5 was the time when I got
acquainted to recording in the studio, interacting – being a
team player and at the same time being a solo singer and being
a backing vocalist. It teaches you all the aspects of singing.
Singing has 2-3 aspects, you back somebody and you sing lead
so S5 was all about that, you learn the combination of both.
For me it was a great learning experience because I got to
understand how things work in studios, how people record
your voice, how the entire recording process happens, how
the music is produced, how the music is created, how it is
put forward, how the voice is added to it, how every layer or
harmony is done, how to sing into the mic, how to utilize the
mic properly, all of that I learnt. So it was one hell of a learning
experience for me.
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