Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Music composer Leslee Lewis has explained how indie pop music was made in the 90s. The composer spoke with IANS in the Andheri West area of Mumbai.
He shared that back in the day, the labels approached music composers to make music for singers whom they wanted to promote or cast. The composer than used to make the song as per the strengths of the singers.
Talking about the same, he told IANS, “In those days, you didn’t, mostly didn’t take a song to the label. The label came to you saying, ‘Hey, I know you compose a good song. I know you produce a song. We have this artiste. Can you produce and compose a song for this artist?’. So it came to be from the labels. We trust your musical judgment and we want this to be a commercial hit. Obviously everybody wants a commercial hit, but it should suit the artiste”.
“So I think that work has been more about creating that artist into a star. Those songs first had to suit that artist. And that’s probably why you’ve loved all the songs because those artistes sang from their heart because the songs are composed for them in their style”, he added.
Meanwhile, PM Modi gave a diplomatic gift of his album ‘Colonial Cousins’ to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently. During his official visit to Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with a curated selection of gifts celebrating India’s rich cultural legacy, artistic traditions and agricultural excellence.
Apart from the vinyl edition of the album, PM Modi also gifted an Indian Premium Coffee Box, highlighting the diversity of coffee cultivated across the country’s leading coffee-growing regions. It includes carefully chosen varieties with distinctive flavour profiles shaped by variations in geography, altitude and processing techniques, such as washed, natural and honey methods. The collection represents the progress of India’s coffee industry, underscoring its increasing focus on quality, sustainability and value addition.
It also honours the efforts of Indian coffee growers, processors and roasters in crafting premium coffees while encouraging environmentally responsible and sustainable cultivation practices.
–IANS
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