Monday, August 29, 2011

Into songwriting!!!

When my mood nudges me I write poems. And given my love for music I try to make songs out of them. But fitting poems into tunes is very difficult. Just rhyming is not enough as the flexibility required in lyrics gets missed in poems. Anyway poems are not meant to be like songs so can't disrespect the former for not being "tuney" enough.

Nevertheless writing rhymes if I have a tune ready, is simpler. So I just took a very famous bollywood song from the movie JHANKAAR BEATS. The song is TU AASHIQUI HAIN and the following words do fit into its tune.

You're a Gladiola blooming in a garden.

Beauty that is heavenly cry Nightingale to Raven.

You are an Angel with the wings of peace.

On a flight that's gonna bring us bliss.

You can take us well past the clouds.

On a journey which'll lift all shrouds.

Sing along!!!