Striking the right note!

This mother’s day, young city-based couple, Bharat and Sneha Bevinahally aim to touch your heart by striking the right notes — quite literally, as the music duo are all set to release their concept song Mother from Aural Mural,  their newly formed band. In a candid chat, they tell us what egged them to start out and how they intend to express the magical relation between a mother and a child through the concept song.  

“Mother takes listeners on a journey that explores an emotional conversation between mother and child. The conversation is an interplay between the Vidyut Vichitra Veena, which denotes the traditional mother and a voice that represents a modern child. The musical arrangement weaves both Indian and western elements together to encapsulate the essence of a modern day relationship between a mother and a child,” elucidates Bharat, about the message the song wishes to convey.

He goes on to add, “The song was originally written for a private event that was hosted in 2015 to felicitate the mothers of some of India’s high achievers including Mr AR Rahman, Shankar Mahadevan and  Bombay Jayashri. The musical arrangement originally only had guitar and voice but we were keen on giving it more emotional depth. It was then that we hit upon the idea to bring in an Indian context to the arrangement to truly capture a modern day relationship between a mother and a child in an Indian context. And here we are, all set to release it this evening!”

Started early last year, the couple who left their plum corporate careers for the love of music. “Sneha and I are quite the unconventional kind, we decided to do something we love than just slog all day for a fat pay at the month end. So start-up as a plan seemed lucrative, and we decided we’ll base it on something we love. And that’s how Octavium happened,” reveals Bharat.

While music seems more like a lifeline to them, Sneha reiterates how they believe in creating a balance by pursuing other interests. “We’ve love traveling, and make it a point to visit a hill station every year. We’re also big time foodies, so when we’re not training, we digging into calorie-rich delicacies!” she quips.

As the band has just begun to take baby steps in the scene, the duo seem unfazed about the responses. “At this point we are absolutely open-minded. We’d be the happiest if people find our music meaningful and are able to build a strong connect,” opines Sneha, who reveals, “The idea was to ensure it instantly strikes a connect to whoever watches it – be it from any social strata. We’re complete social bodies. So the next on our bucket list is to use music as a medium to conduct corporate training, to break barriers and get people to chill.”