- Ansh Chawla
I have been in One World for almost 5 years now, and these years have been the most musically productive years I have had till now.
From singing to drums, ukulele & even trying my hands on djembe, I have been practicing instruments and also been mastering my vocal skills and techniques with the help of One World’s wonderful faculty.
One fine day, I got the news of a Songwriting Workshop, and my father asked if we wanted to sign up. It was literally a no-brainer for me, as I dreamed of writing songs before. My sister and I arrived for the workshop, where our teacher, Sumedha ma’am, taught us basic parts of songs and how different songs made us feel.
In the second workshop, we were told to replace the lyrics of the song ‘Fight Song’ by Rachel Platten, but sing in the same melody. I found that activity quite interesting.
In the third planned workshop, we finally began progress on our songs. There were two groups. The first group worked with Sumedha Ma’am, while me and a fellow student worked with Saurabh Sir. This is where the slow but steady progress of my first song began.
In the next workshop, we continued working on our songs, and my sister and I nearly completed our songs.
The last workshop was used for production, and Hinga Ma’am and Chan Ma’am were kind enough to record a music video with different people in the workshop singing along and playing instruments.
The final outcome was my first song, that Saurabh Sir, who produced the song, and my fellow workshop members, who assisted me and gave me ideas, helped in naming it ‘Falling in Darkness’, a song that talks about stress and overthinking.
In my opinion, this was a great opportunity for not just me, but all the others in the workshop. Not only did the workshop help me write and produce my first song, but it also taught us different elements in a song, and how the smallest details in a song can make a huge difference.This was a great series of workshops, and we learnt as much as we had fun, which I believe is extremely important. I cannot believe I have written and produced a song at the age of twelve, and I am looking forward to bring more song surprises to everyone with the help of the One World production team!
-Ansh Chawla