of freedom to unintentionally make an original sound ! We are not stumbled on one vibe . Our only idea is not to be repetitive in our music .
With the advent of COVID , hundreds of musicians lost their jobs and are not a part of active work . What do you think of the current scenario ? How do you think that the mu-sic scene or musicians should evolve to adapt to this situation ? Before COVID , I was pushing the entry of computers in my daughter ’ s life thinking that organically learning music initially will help her later with technology . But in the lock-down , I realised that she should be independent and record her idea and show it up to the world . All you need in the current era is to create a spark within 30 seconds . One doesn ’ t need to make an album altogether . One cannot depend on a director , or a pro-ducer to make music . I really loved this new transformational stage of music , and hybrid mashup of cultures in this stage . Lot of talents came out in India , thanks to COVID . We came across many artists ranging from Gujarat to North-East who are ready to make a difference through music . Now , it is all about you . Your wealth is YouTube channel ! Though I feel sad for lot of musicians losing jobs during the lockdown , I also find it to be a wonderful opportunity to show oneself as a musician on the world ’ s stage .
What is one thing that is really tough to deal with the other ? Jigar : Dealing with the producer is the most difficult thing to deal with ( laughs ). Honestly , we did have difficult paths to convince each other and then the filmmaker , but we over-came that barrier as we traveled together working . That time has passed where we had to convince why something is good or not . If Sachin doesn ’ t find my idea interesting , we immediately move to the next one . There is point of being stuck . We have gone beyond over analysing on why an idea doesn ’ t work .
Sometimes , there is a certain time where an idea completely clicks with Sachin and doesn ’ t for me . But we still get going because we just want to make good music !
What is your take on the most controversial and debated topic – Making Remixes ? Jigar : We do remixes not out of choice but for the album ’ s requirement . When we start composing , the remix doesn ’ t come up . It just comes few days before the release of the album . We were doing it for a while but we understood that we lost credibility from lis-teners . We ere losing quality listeners . So finally , we decided we do remixes just to make it part of the album . Coming to whether remixes should happen or not , I personally feel it is ruining other ’ s creation . The culture of remixes should come to a halt . It is difficult to make a dance number , when compared to a melodious or a romantic song . When a ro-mantic song doesn ’ t click , people leave it at there . But with a dance number , the listener wants to get into the groove instantly and expects the composer to do it . I feel it is being not right to the original artist by doing a remix .
Sachin : The scare here is , if the album takes away the whole attention of the entire al-bum , you are discouraging original content . Bollywood loves to saturate by the way- they repeat things so that things get so boring , and start all the way from the beginning to-gether !
Can you please tell us about your upcoming project Dasvi ? Sachin : Dasvi is an exciting and a film driven by content . I have been a fan of Abhishek Bachchan since long and been quite happy to work with him finally . It has got energy of the first timer- the zeal to make a real good film but also with solid experience . It has whacky soundtrack already which is funny , emotional and almost everything in it ! We have four more films lined up and we are super excited to work on our passionate pro-jects as well . Jigar : Apart from Dasvi we have another film for Tips . Chandigarh Kare Aashiqiui is a full-fledged album featuring Ayushman Khuranna and of course , we are doing lot of Indie music as well .
Your latest album ‘ Roohi ’ is a massive hit . Tell us about the project . Sachin : Our relationship with Maddock and with Dinesh has been quite thick and we did lot of vivid stuff with them . We did Stree with them earlier , which had zero scope for mu-sic because it was an out and out horror film . It is quite challenging to make music for such theme . With Dino sir , we can explain our perspective and we push each other signif-icantly . Roohi is an extension of our journey with Maddock . Because this project got stuck between two lockdowns and he had the dare to release the film in the right time , we are blessed to get the right attention in the perfect time . A horror film of this sort needed songs of this sort . Though I don ’ t like to encourage remixes , Roohi needed that old school vibe and it was agreed upon with me , Jigar and the director as well .
What is your take on the digitisation of music that has taken over the composing scenar-io and recordings ? For example , Autotune . Do you think it impacts the overall quality and organic feel of the music ? Jigar : It is definitely easier to put a musical thought into action now . Everything is easier . But , it is not at all great . The need or want for a particular sound is leading to killing of joy of the music making process . The learning is getting killed . Now , if you want a dholak sound , you can pitch it according to your need through the internet . You don ’ t even need to pay and just download the sample- without paying the artist who deserves it . Many young artists who work with us don ’ t have an idea on how the dholak player plays the
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