Recently, my friend, Tushar had come to Bangalore to visit me and Rahul before he left for the US for his Masters. He was here for a weekend. We intended to visit places around Bangalore. And we ended up visiting Lal Bagh. I know you are judging me right now. Who goes to Lal Bagh with friends! I had the same thought until I visited this place. Lal Bagh is beautiful and serene. This place is so under-rated. Go there in morning and you will love the place.
Without digressing further, let us talk about how we managed to write a song, play guitar to it, record it on phone and upload it on Youtube. On a Saturday evening, four of us were getting bored. We had just come enjoying our tea from the tea-stall outside my apartment. Tea is important here. See, we were already bored. We didn't have any plans for the night as well. All of us were seated in the room when we thought of writing a song. Ahh, it may sound a little weird but I have done this before. I like writing lyrics of a song at random times.
So, we first decided what should be the theme of the song. Without much discussion, we all agreed on friendship. Since Tushar was leaving for the US, all our thoughts started moving towards that direction. How would he feel after a year when he is seated in a room far from his country. Rahul was the one mostly coming up with the important lines. Dipu and I were mostly into the guitar deciding the music and the lead. Tushar was mostly confused amongst all this. Fidgeting with his mobile. He ended up playing the egg-shaker.
The song is in key of C but the song starts with G chord which gives a different sound to the song. You will see most of the songs in Bollywood, that are in C scale, starts with C-major chord or its relative minor - A-minor. And this sounds repetitive. So I thought of starting with G-major.
This is what we came up with in four hours. Here is the recording of the song - Yaadon Ki Chuskiya.
Verse 1
Chuskiya, chai ki chuskiya...
Chutkiya, yaaron ki chutkiya...
Khushiya, chhoti chhoti khushiya
Humm once...
Chorus 1
Yaad aati hai...bas yaad aati hai...
Yaad aati hai...bas yaad aati hai...
Humming
Hmmm...la la la la la...
Hmmm...la la la...
Verse 2
Khoya...kyu hoon main khoya
Roya ...kyu hoon main roya
Akela...kyu main akela
Humm once...
Chorus 2
Savera... hai andhera
Pura... phir q adhura
Savera... hai andhera
Pura... phir kyu adhura
Humming
Hmmm...la la la la la...
Hmmm...la la la...
Lead
Play the lead
Chorus 1
Yaad...aati hai...bas yaad aati hai...
Yaad...aati hai...bas yaad aati hai...
Humming
Hmmm...la la la...
Hmmm...la la la...
Cheers,
Manish