a certain guideline that has certain parameters which you cannot play with . And we always respect that as priority . Be it pitch , be it timing , be it expression , be it the right frequency design , those things are very important . But yes , I do take those liberties . But I feel that if something wrong can just enhance the emotion of it and just add the beauty of the entire thing of it all , then I ’ m very open to something like that .
How do you choose your singers ? Is there a systematic methodology or is it more instinctive ?
I think it ’ s a combination of both . When I ’ m writing a song , when I ’ m hearing back something that maybe I have written as composed and I ’ m just hearing it back in my voice , there is always something that gives me a vocal image in my head of some artists around me . But I would like to add that while I ’ m writing a song I never think about any singer who ’ s going to be singing it . Because when I ’ m writing a song or when I ’ m composing a song , for me the melody is paramount , right ? So if the melody wants to go into a particular if I ’ m feeling the melody should rise to a particular range it should go to a register that may be a little high for a particular singer . I will not construct the melody because of a particular singer . I will let the melody fly . I will let the melody be who the melody is . And once I ’ m happy with the melody , then I come to casting the singer . As you rightly said , sometimes it can be instinctive . I can just speak . I think this is his or her song . But then I must say that I ’ m very particular about casting my singer because there are technical reasons how you cast . As we all know that every singer has a particular range and it ’ s very important to understand this thing for the betterment of the song , for the comfort of the singer , so that he or she can deliver her best . It ’ s very important for me to always make it a point to understand every singers range and their character in different registers before I cast them for a song so that I can get the best out of them and they can also shine when they ’ re singing a song for me . So there are these technical parameters of range , diction style , also cultural influences on which part of the country they come from or which part of the world they are coming from . I think these things are very important for a composer to understand and
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