{"id":5530,"date":"2021-02-18T12:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T12:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalindianstories.com\/?p=5530"},"modified":"2021-02-22T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T09:03:08","slug":"dance-to-nihira-joshi-deshpandes-authentic-cuban-music-with-hindi-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalindianstories.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/18\/dance-to-nihira-joshi-deshpandes-authentic-cuban-music-with-hindi-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance to Nihira Joshi Deshpande’s authentic Cuban music with Hindi lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany based Nihira Joshi Deshpande has created an independent song with Hindi lyrics set to the melody of authentic Cuban music. This song\u00a0 <\/span>Ishq Manayein Kya?<\/i> has gone viral.<\/span> Nihira is an<\/span> i<\/span>nternationally acclaimed popular singer, composer, independent music producer, Spanish translator come interpreter. Nihira Joshi Deshpande has been singing for many Marathi and Hindi films, worked with Shankar Ehsaan Loy for many films like Kill Dill, Bunty aur Bubli, Salaam e Ishq, and remembered as a Nominee for the Radio Mirchi awards and Maharashtra State awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

She started making independent music in the last 4 years. Her single \u2018Nirmohiya\u2019 was a part of several playlists like the Apple Music Editors list, as well as a nominee for the Independent Music Awards USA. Currently she is working on several singles and an EP as she celebrates her success of producing and composing a unique authentic Cuban melody Ishq Manayein Kya?<\/i> with Hindi lyrics written by none other than Manoj Yadav.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her latest music single<\/span> Ishq Manayein Kya?<\/i> has taken Cuba by storm as the Cubans are grooving to this Latin American melody on their<\/span> streets. Produced with Barcelona based Ronald Mente Miyares from RMM Productions in Spain and impeccable music arrangement by the famous Horacio Borbolla Quintana who arranged the\u00a0 <\/span>music in Cuba with the band Orquesta Son Diamantes with Band director, Yalena Ramos Moreno and expert Recording, Mixing and Mastering engineer Carlos Rafael Rodr\u00edguez Puig Battle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Nihira has composed a foot tapping Cuban melody on Hindi lyrics\u00a0 <\/span>which is a rare historic feat. Indians are also slowly warming up to the tune as they like the blend of rich Hindi lyrics to a hummable Cuban melody. Rolling Stones India has now featured it on their playlists \u2013 a feather in her cap. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Salsa is like an ocean,\u2019\u2019 she pointed out. \u2018\u2019The aim of the song project was to keep the Cuban music intact.<\/span> The basic idea of this song was to create an authentic sounding Cuban Salsa-Timba piece, more than adding just the flavour, she stated. With rehearsal for nearly three full months the instrumentation was ensured to be authentic.<\/span> All the instruments typical to a Salsa like the Tres, the Congas, Bongos, Bass, G\u00fciro, Trombone, Trumpets, Saxophone etc have been used,\u2019\u2019 she explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The song begins with the lead melody and follows into a sequence of ‘Coros-Gu\u00edas’ (a section where the back vocalists sing a chorus segment and the lead vocalist improvises on it), followed by a Mambo section and ends with a Saxophone solo. The mix and the master is also done in the Cuban way, made to sound like a band performing this song together blending into each other, Nihira elaborates. <\/span><\/p>\n

It was during the pandemic in July 2020 Nihira thought of this idea to be executed. This idea came to her on her holiday trip to Netherlands in 2019 and since then she contemplated to pursue her dream. It wasn\u2019t easy she said as her thought was slightly out of the box and she added that there was none other lyricist who would have probably done a better job than Manoj Yadav who was roped in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adding to the challenges of generating finance, she translated the entire Hindi song in Spanish. Furthermore, as she could not send them the notations they heard the melody repeatedly and finally created the notation for the band, she said. Eventually, Germany, Spain (Ronald) and Cuba (Band) were three countries that joined hands to create this global fusion musical single.<\/p>\n

The final music was created on tracks and she sang the whole song at home with several takes. Her very young daughter Ira acted as a supervisor and her husband Abhijeet offered in-house tech support she admitted smilingly. The experience was entirely different as the crux of the singing had to be \u2018\u2019totally \u00a0 <\/span>enjoyable, carefree and very spontaneous. \u2019\u2019 This was a challenge to her Hindustani classical and semi classical music grooming she stated. Her music producer and arranger suggested that her singing had to be totally natural and not fake which she accomplished on the final take.<\/p>\n\r\n