‘Faasley’ is about not giving up on your dreams
Times of Bennett | Updated: May 07, 2019 20:04
By Diganta Debnath
‘Faasley’ is an
The reason I am writing this piece is because both as a BJMC student and as an individual I want to share my journey of producing this track with you in the hope that I can inspire you to follow your own dreams.
A melody in the hostel room
Faasley was first conceived as a melody in my Bennett hostel room four months ago. When I made the melody and the chord progression back in my hostel room, I knew instantly what the theme had to be. It took a special place in my heart. I wanted my project to appeal to young people who like me are in a perplexing stage of life. For musical inspirations I look up to a lot of artists, but for this one I drew inspiration from within.
I had the theme, I had the basics and the structure of the track, I just had to finish it. It took exactly two weeks to complete the track, but something was still missing. I realized then that the track had to be a vocal track; it had to have lyrics for the emotions I was trying to convey to take the shape of words.
Rejections after rejections until…
So, I called up a few vocal artists for collaboration but got rejected by all of them. No one was willing to work with a new artist who only had some hundred views and streams on his Sound Cloud. No one showed faith except one person: Parichit Roy. I was looking for a person who would fall in love with the theme first and then the music. Parichit, an artist from Mumbai, was just that person.
Parichit Roy and I were always on the same page. We both understood what we wanted to convey. He wrote down the lyrics, recorded it and sent them over to me. I did the rest and the track was ready. I tried to approach labels, and, in the process, I learned that it doesn’t work that way. Then came the moment when I decided to make a music video on my own.
Thus, began the journey of
I was into video-making long before I was into music. In fact, I wanted to become a footballer at first but eventually took the ‘safer’ option and decided to continue with academics. But things changed once I was at Bennett. The video-making course at Bennett gave me access to the state -of-the-art film-making equipment and studio. Though I have been producing music since class eleven, it was only after coming to college I understood that I needed to focus on one single thing for better output and I chose
Faasley becomes a reality, finally
My fourth official upload ‘Faasley’ still needed a video. So, I made a team consisting of my first-year peers. Dhruv Dhankar came on board as cinematographer, Siddhartha Dayani as lead male actor) and Esha Yadav as lead female actor. This is one the biggest advantages of being a hostler, your peers become your family.
I had the concept, I had the team and the track, we just had to start shooting. I directed the whole project within four days and we were done with the shoot. And that’s how Faasley was born. I edited the video and uploaded it on YouTube and Sound Cloud. It was very well received by viewers.
I want to thank Bennett’s Times School of Media (TSM) for giving me this wonderful opportunity to showcase my talent.
I just want to make people happy with my tracks and produce music every day.
