'Music is like a way of life for me'

Read to know what Jubin Nautiyal has to say about the project, his approach towards music and a lot more:

Coming from a small town, what have been your aspirations from music as a career?

Music has been more like a way of living life for me. Even if I was not as big as I am now, even if was working in a corporate office, I would still be singing as a hobby. So the idea of pursuing music as a profession was a generic thought.

Do you follow a fixed pattern of how a song has to be sung, or try, improvise and modify it at the time of your performance?

When I go inside the studio to dub a song, I completely leave myself outside. I enter inside as a clean slate. I am not stuck on how I want to sing. Whenever I am working with composers, usually they give me a lot of freedom because they are obviously working with me for my style of singing. But I definitely try to understand how they are composing the song, how they are hearing it, which makes a lot of difference.

'Cinema shapes the outlook of society', do you believe it is true for music too? Do you think with music you can bring a change?

I believe many times music shapes the outlook of cinema. There are so many films made nowadays that are based on music. There are so many projects for which the director scores the music before going ahead with the script. So, it all goes hand in hand.

Sometimes lyrics come first or the melody does. What matters is how everything blends together as a product.

What's new for the fans in your new MixTape project?

This time, I have collaborated with Abhijit Vaghani and Shirley Setia. We have recreated three songs – 'Ik Vaari', 'Tum Ho Toh' and 'Nadaan Parindey'. They all are nicely composed and we had fun shooting them. I hope my fans enjoy the presentation and music too.

What do you feel about T-series' initiative of recreating songs?

I feel T-series' MixTape is a new way to see Bollywood music all over again. In a time where recreations are enjoyed and celebrated, T-series is bringing about some songs which have had a crazy run when they were released. But again it is coming with such a different expression altogether, with different artists creating its own niche. It's a unique concept.

What are your future plans?

I have always been an independent artist. So, this year I want to give some time to independent music.