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The best kept secret in music

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"A singer-songwriter with a difference"

21 year old Rahul Bhatt plays the guitar, writes, composes and performs his own songs. Phew! So what's the big deal about that? He was one of the finalists at the ‘Unisong International Song Contest', initiated by the top songwriters in the music industry. Out of the 5000 entries from over 50 countries, Rahul did India proud with his pop ballad Sailing Away.

Rahul also received a letter of appreciation from the Great American Song Contest, who rated him 8 and above, out of 10, for his song. So how did he hear about these contests? "I wanted to go to Berkley College of Music, Boston which is like the dream college of every musician. So I enquired what can I do to get a scholarship. They forwarded me this mail and after browsing through the various links I came across songlink.com." And the rest as they say is history.

A student of the School of Audio Engineering, Mumbai he began formal training in Indian classical vocals but later his inclination started shifting to Western music. How so? "It was Bryan Adams. I listened to “Lets make a night to remember” and that just did it for me."

Future plan includes a singing and songwriting course at the Musicians Institute, LA beginning in September. He owes it to his parental support. "They have more confidence in me than I have in myself." So next time when you are playing around with your toy guitar in front of the mirror, take it seriously as Rahul did. Log on to www.sonicbids.com/rahul2 to listen to his compositions. - JAM MAG


"Rahul writes it right !"

'Unisong International Song Contest', initiated by songwriters, in collaboration with its offical partners such as Discmakers , Songlink International , American Songwriter , British Academy of Composers and songwriters , Guitar Player, etc. has nurtured and initiated the dreams of amateur songwriters around the globe, since 1997. This year, they received about 5000 entries, originating from over 50 countries, who participated in various categories, viz. Pop Ballad , Rock , Country , R & B , Jazz, etc.

One of the finalists of the competition, happens to be Rahul Bhatt, who's a student of Audio Engineering at SAE-Mumbai. His pop ballad titled - " Sailing Away " written, composed and performed by him, has just the right blend of thoughtful lyrics & a simple, yet serene melody to have won several hearts. He's also recieved, words of appreciation from a legendry & a top-notch Jazz Saxaphonist in the United States, Richard Elliot, who wrote in his reponse - " Wow! Beautiful melody, nice lyric, Excellent voice. I like the arrangement and the instrumentation ........ I like it very much :) "

Besides, he also received a letter of appreciation from the 'Great American Song Contest', who've rated him '8' and above, out of '10', in the individual areas of Songwriting such as, originality, melody, prosody, structure, etc. The panel of judges have written in their comment - " Great melody - love the Indian influences - very absorbing ! The lyrics have some good imagery ......... Good potential ! "
Some of the judges are - Pat Pattison ( Professor of songwriting at Berklee College of Music ) , Harriet Schock ( Grammy - nominated hit songwriter and recording artist ) , Tim Coons ( President of Atlantic Hill Music ) , Pete Anderson ( Grammy - winning producer and record company executive), etc.
The letter further states - " As you read the evaluation, keep in mind that our judges are music-industry pros. They are used to hearing brilliant songs, and they can be a tough audience. If your scores are '8' or above, you are probably well on your way to becoming a great songwriter ! "
- RSJ ( Rock Street Journal )


Discography

" Divine Majesty "

" Wasted I Feel !!! "

" Sailing Away "

" I Stumbled ... "

" Hey ! ... Won't you Listen ! "

" In this Life ... "

" Tell Me Does it Matter !!! "

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21 year old Rahul Bhatt plays the guitar, writes, composes and performs his own songs. Phew! So what's the big deal about that? He was one of the finalists at the ‘Unisong International Song Contest', initiated by the top songwriters in the music industry. Out of the 5000 entries from over 50 countries, Rahul did India proud with his pop ballad Sailing Away.

Rahul also received a letter of appreciation from the Great American Song Contest, who rated him 8 and above, out of 10, for his song. So how did he hear about these contests? "I wanted to go to Berkley College of Music, Boston which is like the dream college of every musician. So I enquired what can I do to get a scholarship. They forwarded me this mail and after browsing through the various links I came across songlink.com." And the rest as they say is history.

A student of the School of Audio Engineering, Mumbai he began formal training in Indian classical vocals but later his inclination started shifting to Western music. How so? "It was Bryan Adams. I listened to “Heaven” and that just did it for me."

Future plan includes a singing and songwriting course at the Musicians Institute, LA beginning in September. He owes it to his parental support. "They have more confidence in me than I have in myself." So next time when you are playing around with your toy guitar in front of the mirror, take it seriously as Rahul did. Log on to www.sonicbids.com/rahul2 to listen to his compositions.