MUMBAI: Social networking sites seem to be the latest buzzword with musicians collaborating internationally over the web. Indian musicians are increasingly using networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Orkut to connect with musicians round the globe.
Singer Sonu Niigaam has been gathering musicians and music lovers to create a tribute for the King of Pop- Michael Jackson on his Facebook fan page. The process which started after the tragic death of MJ will culminate this 29th August with a tribute song on Jackson’s birthday.Sonu Niigaam will be unveiling the song at itunes and other forums on 29th August.
Under the guidance of Sonu Niigaam, the song has been composed by musical duo Saikat-Shankar who have been collaborating online for past four years. Says Saikat Roy, “Sonu Niigaam being a follower of MJ’s music felt very emotional after his death and threw up an idea of coming up with a tribute song for him.”
Kick started by Sonu, the idea snowballed with many musicians and singers coming forward to lend their talent for the track. “Music lovers on Sonu Niigaam’s fanpage wrote poems, lyrics and it was further consolidated and made into a full fledged song approved by Sonu.”
Saikat and Shankar then created a scratch of the song and uploaded on Sonu Niigaam’s fan page for approval and the process of selecting singers began. “The potential of social networking sites was explored to the fullest in the making of tribute for MJ. Facebook as a forum has been explored by top musician like Sonu Niigaam to reachout the song to rest of the world.”
Singers from different parts of the world send their demos recorded in different studios which were further uploaded on FB for approaval. Revealing more about the music, Roy adds, “The track will have a world music touch to it with some Indian elements rendered by Sonu Niigaam himself. The tribute song has singers across countries from Canada, Bombay, London, UK, US.”
The songs were mixed and mastered by sound engineer Pramod Chandorkar who has worked on Sonu Niigaam’s earlier album- ‘Classically Mild’ and is working on his upcoming album with Saregama. The album, Time Travel – Journey 1 to be launched in September has Niigaam singing popular numbers of Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.
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