There's pressure to create a hook line in every song: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Mumbai
September 18, 2017
National Award winning lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya says song writers today
are facing a creative challenge to create "catchy" hook lines to make a "hit
song".Bhattacharya spoke on Monday at the All About Music Conference, which
had an interactive session with aspiring musicians, students and the media.
On the changing trends of music in Hindi cinema, he said: "Listeners are
appreciating conversational lyrics and unusual template of songs as opposed to
the fixed lyrical template of 'asthai', antara, mukhra, second mukhra and last
paragraph.
"However, there is a pressure to create a hook line in every
song and that, at times, restricts creativity."
Bhattacharya is known for
songs like "Abhi mujh mein kahin" and "Channa mereya".
In today's times,
he feels they "have to put some words or line that can be used zillion times to
make the song popular and somewhere that is not very logical when it comes to
lyrics."
What's positive is conversational lyrics.
"Earlier, even
if the character speaks in a colloquial language, they would start singing in
poetic words. But now, we always keep the local dialect and colloquial essence
intact in lyrics," he said.
With his roots in Lucknow, Bhattacharya
wanted to become a singer. He started his journey as a lyricist and worked with
music directors like Pritam, Amit Trivedi and penned some of the superhit songs
including "Badtameez dil" and "Hanikarak bapu".
Mumbai
September 18, 2017
National Award winning lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya says song writers today
are facing a creative challenge to create "catchy" hook lines to make a "hit
song".Bhattacharya spoke on Monday at the All About Music Conference, which
had an interactive session with aspiring musicians, students and the media.
On the changing trends of music in Hindi cinema, he said: "Listeners are
appreciating conversational lyrics and unusual template of songs as opposed to
the fixed lyrical template of 'asthai', antara, mukhra, second mukhra and last
paragraph.
"However, there is a pressure to create a hook line in every
song and that, at times, restricts creativity."
Bhattacharya is known for
songs like "Abhi mujh mein kahin" and "Channa mereya".
In today's times,
he feels they "have to put some words or line that can be used zillion times to
make the song popular and somewhere that is not very logical when it comes to
lyrics."
What's positive is conversational lyrics.
"Earlier, even
if the character speaks in a colloquial language, they would start singing in
poetic words. But now, we always keep the local dialect and colloquial essence
intact in lyrics," he said.
With his roots in Lucknow, Bhattacharya
wanted to become a singer. He started his journey as a lyricist and worked with
music directors like Pritam, Amit Trivedi and penned some of the superhit songs
including "Badtameez dil" and "Hanikarak bapu".
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