A happy Republic Day to all! My first recording... Far from perfect. But hopefully can reach in and bring out a little patriotism in all of us.

Vande Mataram

I tried singing the song "O Saiyyan" from Agneepath this time. Poor quality recording again since I use the laptop's microphone. My voice might be more audible with earphones. :P
Hope I didn't make it sound too terrible.

O Saiyyan from Agneepath - Vocal Cover

So the talented Anurag Chakraborty/Ov penned down this soul of a song and I have worked out an ambient arrangement around it.

Do listen and spread some love!

Lyrics:
It all
Began
As my eyes drenched in light
And I
Disappeared
Into something unfamiliar
As I move
Making rules I cant remember

Today awareness kicks in
And I can fly
Anywhere I like
For the answers I chased all this while

Maybe I'm
Maybe I'm
Losing myself
Losing myself

And I'm
Confused in silence

Senses appeal to me
Thoughts being sublimed by this 
Endless madness
In the weirdest of ways
Tonight rain heard me
I can see patterns connect
The clouds painting the city black
And He spoke to me
He Spoke to me He said
He spoke to me
He spoke to me He said
"Don't worry
Let the whispers in your ears
Tell you stories
As you move
Carelessly don't worry
Let the whispers in your ears
Tell you stories
As you move
Carelessly"

Maybe I'll
Maybe I'll
Find a meaning

And I'm
Confused in silence
(As I move carelessly)

And that's when I realised how it's meant to be
Moving carelessly


Confused In Silence - Ambient version

Jump Session 1

Here's an impulsive attempt to cover a song that we thought would be very apt for today - Election Day!

My Dear Country by the brilliant Norah Jones. On the piano is my amazingly talented friend - Harshad Shirwadkar. (remote collaborations for the win!)

Cover - My Dear Country - Rithisha, Harshad

Teardrop (Massive Attack cover) with Netra on vocals.

Teardrop (Massive Attack cover) with Netra on vocals

Created as part of Hack-a-Song 2017 by Code Red.

It’s a Saturday evening, in a cold town
So get your ginger ales and gather around

Long, long time ago, in a land called Bigelow
There was a knight in shining armor.
He travelled far and wide, to find himself a bride
He had no brains but he was quite the charmer.

“Princess, O Princess! Am comin’ for you.
Gonna slay the dragon, gonna cleave it in two.
Gonna free you from this tower and give you a kiss.
Oh good heavens, my horse has gone amiss!”

“You and me… We weren’t meant to be.
I don’t need no help, I can break out myself.
Soon I’ll be out, running down these stairs.
I’m gonna kill the dragon, catch him unawares”

Long, long time ago, in a land called Bigelow
There was a princess locked up in the tower
She broke out of her cell, almost all was well
She needed no man, there’s nothing that could harm her.

“Princess, O Princess! I’m setting you free.
I just found my horsie was stuck in a tree.
I have a magic sword. I’m gonna stab him to death.
Huhh hold on… I have to catch my breath!”

“The dragon is dead, I chopped off his head.
Go away O Knight, you know not how to fight.
Now I’m going home, where I’d like to be alone
I don’t wanna see you again, my life is my own.“

Long, long time ago, in a land called Bigelow
A terrible beast was brought down by my mother
Now, all was well, as far as we could tell
The dragon was dead and the land was calmer

It’s a Saturday evening, in a cold town
A princess too, can strike a beast down.

The Princess and the Dragon

Here's our rendition of the song Rehna Tu from the movie Delhi6 originally sung and composed by AR Rahman
 
Vocals: Rithisha Padmanabh & Devansh Zurale
Piano: Harshad Shirwadkar
Tabla: Saurabh Kadekodi
Synth Bass: Devansh Zurale
Mixing & Mastering: Devansh & Rithisha

Camera: Shardul Mangade & Shashank Devan
Video editing: Shardul Mangade
Venue courtesy: Prachi & Shashank

Special mention: Dipan Pal for his help with the percussion arrangement

Recording Engineer: Riccardo Schulz
Song recorded at Vlahakis Recording Studio at Carnegie Mellon University

Vande Mataram

Deepanjana Gupta