Oftentimes, many individuals discover their passion at a young age only to leave behind their core studies and create space for what they love doing. ‘The Playmores’ is one such band that comprises passionate musicians, who have come together with a mission to take popular music to the city audience in a fun way.
Says lead singer and founder of the band, Rinky Sharma, “For me, music was always there at home. During my school and college days I used to listen to a lot of music. I pretty much sang all my life and never really took much training. I started playing the guitar about 10 years ago and formed an all-girls band. This did not last long as the other members had different priorities and wanted to move on.” However, “I always had an interest in writing songs related to the present generation, life, career, love, finding yourself and the society. I started doing shows as a solo artist and would upload songs on social media. Slowly, I connected with more musicians and we formed a band,” shares Rinky.
Interestingly, the purpose of the band’s performances is to keep the audience happy. “We always look forward to provide the audience an opportunity to have a good time and sing along with us,” the youngster adds.
For Chaitanya Kolluri, another band member, who has studied chemical engineering at NIT Warangal, joining ‘The Playmores’ has been a complete professional transformation. He plays the keyboard for the youth band. Says Chaitanya, “Maybe all this comes from my childhood when I used to hear many film composers and their songs on the radio. I would always be more fascinated by the instrumental music in the songs more than the lyrics. Then in 2010, I got interested in music as a hobby. I was inspired by listening to Yanni and Irish singer Enya. Once I started playing in other bands, my interest moved towards progressive rock.”
What’s noteworthy is that in spite of having shifted to music professionally, Chaitanya continues to keep in touch with his favourite subject, mathematics. “I still teach maths, along with music, in a school. Mathematics brings in logic and I feel that all creativity is linked to logical thinking,” he shares.
The band’s third member, Sai Krishna has studied commerce but is into drumming full time. He teaches young enthusiasts alongside performing for the band. He says, “Since childhood, I would listen to music and get attracted to the rhythmic part of songs. I, therefore, learnt drumming and feel that it is the backbone of any band performance. It is very important for a drummer to go along with the music and not overshadow the performance. There are times when we play solo fillers and that’s the time we go all out with our rhythmic talent.”
Last, but not the least, is Ananth, a relatively new entrant in the band who plays the bass guitar. He shares, “I dropped out of my engineering studies but was always inspired by ‘Slash’, the lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses. As time progressed, I took up the bass guitar. I do dream of having a solo album one day.”
With so much zeal for music exhibited by each band member, Rinky is very optimistic about the opportunities in Hyderabad. “Over the last five years, there has been a sea change in the number of mini cafes, pubs and cultural centres that have come up across the cityscape,” she elaborates. “I am shortly releasing my own song Zindagi. It’s about finding your place in the world,” signs off Rinky.
