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What we are doing now, it is called EQUAL SESSIONS

Songs are getting more traditional nowadays that new songs are not being added to the archival data base

One major challenge is that how we can teach..

songwriting skills to these traditional musicians

It is the month of Sawan (Monsoon).

So, We will make a song on the festival of Teej in the month of Monsoon

♪aayi sawaniyo ri teej♪
(The festival of Teej has also arrived)

Music, Autumn, Flowers, Spring, Fields, Pastures

All of these comes through Monsoon

We were supposed to add our inputs to their identity

And to finally uplift and enhance their identity

This is happening two times

We are playing it organically so let's just..

Dholak has to be played simultaneously with the khartaal

..Jugalbandi

Teej chamke, Mann mere meet..
(The festival of Teej is in its full glow, in my mind I only remember my beloved)

When I went into the recording studio for the first time

I felt that I won't be able to do anything

But when Saptak came and sat in front of me, I thought that I won't be afraid now.

And that is what happened, when I sat in front of him, I sang the whole song in my second attempt.

And how long the song may be we can sing it in an hour

When we came here for the first time, he looked at me and joined his hands facing me

And when I went towards him to shake hands with him, but he didn't lean forward instantly to shake hands

But today I feel that he is like my younger brother, someone is like my nephew

Personally I have never been a part of this kind of a setup

It was a joint effort.

If any of the person would have been missing, this collaboration wouldn't have sounded like this

Something would have been missing

Right now it feels compelete because of everyone's involvement

♪aayo aayo sawan, aayo aayo♪
(Monsoons have arrived)

♪O ghar aao balam, ghar aao balam♪
(Come home, Oh my beloved)

♪aayi sawaniyo ri teej♪
(The festival of Teej has also arrived)