How have the dynamics as a backend , sound engineer , composer , producer changed over the course of your career ? Especially in lieu with all the advancements in digitalization and use of increasingly sophisticated technology ? Is there more competition and therefore more pressure ?
Okay . Yeah . So my perspective on this entire thing of technology is that for me , as a composer , songwriter , it ’ s definitely very interesting to know and to understand these advancements and what are the new mediums and new technologies which are coming in . I have a great blessing in my life who is Eric Pillai , who ’ s one of the best engineers that we have in the country . And I connect with him on so many different levels . For every song that me and him , we understand . We speak about the song , we speak about the emotion , we speak about the production of it , and we don ’ t let go to the last minute . I feel blessed that I have somebody like Eric with whom I can discuss and I can share my vision with him and he brings it to life in such a beautiful way . At the same time , I also feel that for me , I think these technologies have been made to make the music better . And it ’ s not that music has been made for the technologies . So for me , I think ultimately , as a songwriter , as a composer , what matters is the content . What matters the most is the emotion .
What matters the most is the poetry . You may get the best mike that you can , you may get the best mic , you may get the best chain of recording , but ultimately , what ’ s going to matter is what are you going to put inside it ? And for me , that is the most valuable thing . I see these things as a blessing , definitely . The process , the advancements , it makes things a lot easier for us . And that ’ s very important because if we can save time , if you can save stress , if we can save the process , I think it ’ s a blessing . And we would look for something like that . But that really doesn ’ t put any additional pressure on me , because for me , as a songwriter , it ’ s something which is irrelevant . I mean , I would just take two more and do something , but I have to be satisfied with what I have written , what I ’ m putting into it . So the question of pressure does not arise at all . I see these things as making my job easier , as making the process easier . But the struggle is always going to be internal . It ’ s always going to be about what the feeling is , about the honesty and the honest of my music .
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