{"id":25409,"date":"2016-02-01T13:08:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T07:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=25409"},"modified":"2016-02-04T12:21:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T06:51:16","slug":"roby-abraham-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/roby-abraham-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"‘New band makes 2016 more exciting’: Roby Abraham – Exclusive Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

With movies like Friday, Theevram, You Too Brutus, music director Roby has carved a good position in music industry. Here is what he had to share with EnteCity<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Into music?<\/h3>\n

\"Roby<\/p>\n

Roby Abraham\u2019s love for music started during schooldays. \u201cIllayaraja sir was the one who primarily inspired with his soulful music. As like many, Michael Jackson was my hero those days. Definitely he can be termed as the all-time \u2018legend\u2019. He was a brilliant singer, lyricist, performer, dancer and what not! But my passion for music took a serious u-turn when songs of AR Rahman rose into prominence. It was he who ignited the music director in me\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

Roby was briefly trained in keyboard during schooldays. He used to have jamming sessions with his friends during college days and that led to his stint with guitar. \u201cRock genre was another great influence in my life. Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and bands like Nirvana, Led Zepplin are some of my favorites. I\u2019m still mastering and practicing the strings\u201d<\/em>, he adds.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Film Career<\/h3>\n

Roby\u2019s entered into music composing through Lijin Jose\u2019s debut film Friday (2012). Before that he had an 11 year long career as corporate trainer in Bangalore. \u201cIt was through Roopesh Peethambaran I met Lijin. Roopesh and I are good friends from schooldays. Lijin\u2019s short film \u2018Conditions Apply\u2019 presented my first experience in music composing. Friday happened after that. Roopesh\u2019s \u2018Theevram\u2019 was my second film in which I had the opportunity to do background score also. Happily, the songs of \u2018You Too Brutus\u2019 featured in the Manorama Online\u2019s Top 10 songs list of 2015. Rasputin also had some good songs, but the delayed release affected the film considerably\u201d, says Roby.<\/p>\n

His songs have always created a great response among the audience. \u2018Sugandha Neerala\u2019 (Friday), \u2018E Pakal Ariyathe\u2019 (Theevram), \u2018Parayathe\u2019 (Rasputin), \u2018Ettum Pottum\u2019 (You Too Brutus) became instant hit. He has also composed music for short films \u2018For Hire\u2019 and \u2018Open Your Mind\u2019 directed by actor-director Vishnu Raghav.<\/p>\n

\"Roby<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018Theevram is special\u2019<\/h3>\n

Roby admits that it was the music of Theevram<\/a> which gave him popularity and marked his identity among audience and musicians. Theevram was the first movie for which he did the background score. \u201cTheevram in whole made me satisfied as a music director\u201d, he says smilingly.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018Everafter\u2019<\/h3>\n

His new band \u2018Everafter\u2019 is making the rounds ever since their first video \u2018Veruthe\u2019 was released a couple of weeks back. The video has already crossed 5 lakh views in YouTube. Ashwin Aryan, Rex George, John Thomas, Madonna Sebastian and Joel Varghese are the other members of the band. \u201cIn India every musician\u2019s first dream is to compose for films. The basic reason is that all the inspiring musicians for us works in the film industry. Luckily I was able to be the part of film industry without much hardship. I believe my sincere approach and determination made it possible. But I loved to be part of a band and do independent music too. But it\u2019s not easy like film songs as independent music scene is just flourishing in Kerala. Ashwin worked together with me in \u2018Rasputin\u2019 and we share the same interests and ideas. But we all know that a band succeeds only if the right members fall in the places. Madonna sang two songs in \u2018You Too Brutus\u2019 and associated with us in Kappa TV\u2019s Music Mojo. It was Ashwin\u2019s meeting with John Thomas (Drummer, Motherjane) that made a turnaround. John is one of the pioneers of independent music scene in India. Our spirits got high as he agreed to join us and finally arrival of Rex and Joel completed the band. The mighty support of Music Mojo team resulted in featuring another season and we did 12 original songs for it\u201d.<\/p>\n