Where Do All the Songs Come From ?
An intimate interview with ADITI RAMESH on her Songwriting and Recording Process
Pranita Nair Pandurangi catches up with independent singer-songwriter Aditi Ramesh to chat about her latest single , Filter Coffee , along with her songwriting and recording process . As someone who teaches songwriting and EP Recording at the university , Pranita was full of questions for Aditi who was gracious enough to be honest and open up about her work .
Q : What is your general approach to songwriting ? Do you sit to write every day , or do you create batches of songs in phases ?
There is no one process as every song is different . It could be a structure , or a topic , or a vocal melody which gets me started . Right now , I ’ m in a phase where I ’ m working on a whole lot of new music and there are a bunch of songs in the works . Every day , I open one of the songs and work on it a little more . I make a scratch or a demo , have a rough instrumental structure down and then fit vocal melodies , then add a little more detail to production . Then I add the lyrics , and then the final vocals over about 80 % of the production – and finally , I come up with the last 20 % of instrumentation and production . Right now , I have 5-6 songs which I ’ m simultaneously working on . Sometimes , I work on a piece and get fed up and then move to a different one . That ’ s kind of been my process for the last few months .
Q : How do you balance singing , playing and songwriting in your daily schedule ?
Practice is something that must happen every day even if I am not in the mood for songwriting every day . The constant in my schedule and what gives me structure is my practice . I wake up every day and start my Carnatic practice and post breakfast I do my piano practice . Between 5am and 10am , my practice fits in . The rest of the day is open for projects , traveling for a gig or songwriting etc .
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