<p>You heard a song on the radio but you could not place it. Wake up in the morning and the song is still there playing over and over again in your head. You hum the tune on your way to work. Now you are desperate to know that song and add it to your playlist. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Any band or artiste would die to arrive at a formula to write the perfect song. But there is no such thing and the struggle continues. Although one may never be able to claim the tag of having created the most lyrical sound or catchiest song. But, an upcoming city band, Aathma will give audiences a talk, quite simply on, "How to write a song?". They are one of the participants at the TEDxBangalore on October 4. <br /><br />"I don't know about others but we first pick up a theme of a song and then work on its tune and lyrics. Then comes the dynamics of instrumentation, whether we should go soft on certain portions or make people jump," said Sidharth Bhardwaj, the flautist of the band. <br /><br />"While writing a song might be easy, performing it on stage is very hard and is the biggest factor, in my opinion," said Anto Phillip, the band's rhythm guitarist. <br /><br />Counting bands like Raghu Dixit and Lagori as their biggest influences, Anto and Siddharth lists songs such as “Lokada Kalaji” (Raghu Dixit) and “Madari” (Clinton Cerejo) as their favourites. However, they are more influenced by a musician’s whole body of work rather than just a song or two.<br /><br />Started as a college band in 2010, Aathma has already won a number of competitions. The band itself has gone through several lineup changes and the present one comprises of a healthy mix of people from various walks of life adding a dash of diversity to their music and equations as a band.<br /><br /> While Siddharth is presently pursuing his studies in social work, Anto is an entrepreneur and an emcee who travels regularly for shows. “The rest of the band comprises of a lawyer, a management grad, filmmaker and an engineer. It is about bringing all these diversities together,” said Anto. <br /><br />The band’s songs are multilingual in nature which they claim caters to one and all. Their songs have lyrics from around six languages and songs like “Mysore Mango” in Kannada to “Jo Bhi Hai” in Hindi are proof of that. Genre-wise, they prefer not to be categorised as they play various styles of music ranging from jazz to Indian rock. <br /><br />It is probably for reasons such as these that Aathma subscribe to a genre called “Fun Rock”, based more on their performance rather than their style of music. A happy band on stage is able to transfer the same energy to the crowd, they believe. “We like having fun on stage and this is our single biggest USP,” said Anto. <br /> </p>
<p>You heard a song on the radio but you could not place it. Wake up in the morning and the song is still there playing over and over again in your head. You hum the tune on your way to work. Now you are desperate to know that song and add it to your playlist. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Any band or artiste would die to arrive at a formula to write the perfect song. But there is no such thing and the struggle continues. Although one may never be able to claim the tag of having created the most lyrical sound or catchiest song. But, an upcoming city band, Aathma will give audiences a talk, quite simply on, "How to write a song?". They are one of the participants at the TEDxBangalore on October 4. <br /><br />"I don't know about others but we first pick up a theme of a song and then work on its tune and lyrics. Then comes the dynamics of instrumentation, whether we should go soft on certain portions or make people jump," said Sidharth Bhardwaj, the flautist of the band. <br /><br />"While writing a song might be easy, performing it on stage is very hard and is the biggest factor, in my opinion," said Anto Phillip, the band's rhythm guitarist. <br /><br />Counting bands like Raghu Dixit and Lagori as their biggest influences, Anto and Siddharth lists songs such as “Lokada Kalaji” (Raghu Dixit) and “Madari” (Clinton Cerejo) as their favourites. However, they are more influenced by a musician’s whole body of work rather than just a song or two.<br /><br />Started as a college band in 2010, Aathma has already won a number of competitions. The band itself has gone through several lineup changes and the present one comprises of a healthy mix of people from various walks of life adding a dash of diversity to their music and equations as a band.<br /><br /> While Siddharth is presently pursuing his studies in social work, Anto is an entrepreneur and an emcee who travels regularly for shows. “The rest of the band comprises of a lawyer, a management grad, filmmaker and an engineer. It is about bringing all these diversities together,” said Anto. <br /><br />The band’s songs are multilingual in nature which they claim caters to one and all. Their songs have lyrics from around six languages and songs like “Mysore Mango” in Kannada to “Jo Bhi Hai” in Hindi are proof of that. Genre-wise, they prefer not to be categorised as they play various styles of music ranging from jazz to Indian rock. <br /><br />It is probably for reasons such as these that Aathma subscribe to a genre called “Fun Rock”, based more on their performance rather than their style of music. A happy band on stage is able to transfer the same energy to the crowd, they believe. “We like having fun on stage and this is our single biggest USP,” said Anto. <br /> </p>
