SAE Magazine 13-3

394 Bangalore +++ SAE Bangalore Helps Singer N CampusNews SAE & SAE ALUMNI NEWS // INTERNATIONAL NEWS What made you choose the name Brodha V? My name is Vighnesh and I was pretty sure that the first letter of my name should be prominent. Also everyone used to address each other as ‘bro’ - short for brother. I simply took ‘brother’ and called myself Brodha V. The next day I met my friends and I told them that I was going to call myself Brodha V. They thought that it was kind of ghetto and old school. Brodha V was born! Machas with Attitude (rap hip-hop trio made up of BrodhaV,SmokeyandBiggNikk)seemstorepresent taking action and doing something positive. Is this a conscious approach? Brodha V: It just comes by default. We don’t think too hard and break our heads over the lyrics. We decide upon a topic for a song and then write whatever comes naturally to us. The whole process of making music is mostly natural and instinctive. Everything that we do comes from the heart. Which aspect of songmaking is underated? Brodha V: Definitely the post production. Many good compositions have been ruined due to bad mixing and mastering. It is a complete waste of time and energy and is going to leave the artist disappointed and dejected at the end of the day. What traits must a succes As a singer, what’s one th person should possess? Brodha V: I think the mos should possess is his brea help you sing well especia es. It is best for singers to People love and hate Yo Y being brash essential? Brodha V: Eminem was openly that no other artis most loved artists in the w It is the people who get h things that artists say. T controlled and forced to liv The man openly talks abo aboutandIamallupforarti been overfed with songs a They want something ne generation is bold and hen Hip hop is growing in In down to? Brodha V: Though Baba India’s first rapper, I thin through in the hip-hop Pakistani-American rappe

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