Honest Music
By Shantanu Rao
As a self-taught musician, my composition were always based on my knowledge of music & technology at that given point.
I was persistent in doing so in parallel to my day job as a designer. The journey of almost 3 decades has been slow but extremely satisfying and enriching.
Journey of a
Part Time Composer
A journey from 1994 to 2016. From playing keyboards to arranging music, singing, writing, and composing.
With new software & technology, I have created the entire orchestration on a single laptop.
When life gives you lemons
During the pandemic of March 2020, everybody picked up an activity to keep themselves busy and entertained as there was a strict lock down to maintain social distancing. Music being my passion I decided to create an album expressing emotions of a common man during this situation through my music.
All I had was a Laptop, a cell phone and earbuds.
The background image is not a stock photo.
It is the actual stuff I used to create this album
Singles
This is a list of tracks that I composed for various clients as singles.
Unlike most of my music which is my own expression like fine arts, these tracks were composed with an intent/purpose more like applied arts.
You will find a mix of genre and styles within these tracks.
RD&K Project
This project is a tribute to the legendary duo, R D Burman and Kishor Kumar. They were not just great artists but are an institute even in today’s times.
As an amateur musician I want to celebrate their music by doing a small experiment in their name. My experiment is to intentionally create “Original music” using RD’ Music Design Library” which will take you to RD & K’s era. Write and compose songs keeping Kishor Kumar’s unique voice and style. That is the experiment.
“The RD&K Project”
Sanj Sanket
This album is a collection of poems turned into songs, from a book published in Aug 2023. These poems written by Abhiram Antarkar will take the audience on a mesmerizing journey through the depths of human emotions and the beauty of Marathi language. They encapsulate moments of vulnerability and resilience, love and longing, and the myriad emotions that shape our existence.
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