SHREYA BOSE
Artist of the month
PRATEEK KUHAD
What are the most obvious
similarities between composing
for yourself and for Bollywood?
It’s not really Bollywood per
se, but songs that I write for
other projects, whether it’s
for advertisements, brands,
documentaries, indie films -
whatever - is a bit different and
I think it tests my skills as a
songwriter a bit more. I have
to remove myself, and write
the song that fits the film and
often from the perspective of the
characters. Writing for myself is
personal and I can write about
whatever I want to - there are no
boundaries really so in that sense
it comes more naturally to me.
How significant is love
to a musician?
How significant is love for any
person? As significant as that.
Why do you think you got
so big? What do you offer
that no one else does?
I don’t really agree with the
first half of the question.
I don’t know if I have anything
to offer. I just like writing songs
and I like making records and I
want to keep doing that and do it
right and keep getting better at it.
Can you talk about the first time
you decided to write a song?
I don’t really remember what
the very first song I wrote
was - I think sometime when I
was in high school maybe?
The first half-decent song I
wrote though was in university
in my second year. Something
tragic had just happened in my
life, and I remember writing a
song about that and it brought
me to tears. I think that was
the first honest, and somewhat
legitimate bit of song writing
I had done. Before that mostly
everything I had written was fluff.
Is there anything in the
world that could convince
you to give up music?
I’m sure there is something,
but I haven’t come across it
so far. I think the universe
works in ways I don’t fully
understand yet and if it comes
to that and I have to - I will.
Have all your prayers, hopes
and dreams been fulfilled?
I don’t really have very specific
dreams as such - I have immediate
goals and sometimes they work
out other times they don’t. I don’t
really have an end goal/dream
that I’m working towards.
Do you carry an artist's hunger
for creation within you?
I think so - if there is anything
as such. I do really like
creating things for sure.
What do you feel after you
complete each song? Do you
feel accomplished? Drained?
Happy? Melancholic?
Depends on the song - sometimes
if it sucks I just feel like shit.
Other times if I really like it,
there is a short lived excitement
followed by a lot of self-doubt.
Other times if it’s super
personal I could feel drained/
melancholic - but in a good way.
What does Prateek Kuhad
think of himself?
I don’t really know how
to answer that.
Whose opinions matter
the most to you?
Nobody specific - I like to
take an evenly distributed
collection of opinions (mine
included) into account before
letting them affect me.
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