Budding musicians seem to be always scouting for space to record, rehearse or just jam together. Now, an upbeat group of young entrepreneurs united by their common passion for music are offering all of this.
Soundspeaks Studio, located in the heart of Delhi Connaught Place, focuses on finding fresh talent and offers a platform to record music at subsidised rates.
"In the process these aspiring musicians also get pointers to improve their music and following their consent the studio mixes their sound with the modern age electronic music," says Yashita Tripathi who set up the studio along with friend Chirayu Sood.
They are assisted by their audio engineers Angad Singh and Antriksh Bali.
"I have loved music since my childhood. The studio provides best quality equipment and a platform to the budding musicians to record their music, avail jamming facility. We try to highlight their talent in a new light at nominal fees, unlike other studios in Delhi which are very expensive," says Yashita.
The 25-year-old who graduated from Cambridge University has also done a course in audio engineering course from Singapore.
27-year-old Chirayu Sood, quit his engineering course midway after "pondering over it for several years". He says he teamed up with Yashita at Cambridge University and hit upon the idea of creating a studio.
After returning to India about eight months ago, the duo bought "one of the most popular locations of the city" to set up the recording studio.
"Soundspeak Studio is a complete sound solution, there's a recording room, a studio room, a lounge, a kitchen and a bathroom. It's rather a complete house where you can relax and make your music. We are trying to find artists who make good music," says Chirayu.
Yashita says she plans to travel to different music festivals that take place across the country to discover talented musicians.
The studio has also collaborated with many renowned bands like Faridkot, Half Step Down, Circus, Cyanide and has hosted over 180 bands till now.
"Shubha Mudgal liked our studio and loved working with young people," says Yashita.
The space also provides pre and post production audio and helps corporates create advertising jingles.
"We doing sync-ins and voice overs too and are also working on an audio post for a movie based on women against violence for which Aashish Kaushik has written the script and the music," says Yashita.
All India Radio (AIR) FM Rainbow has collaborated with the studio to record its upcoming show "Born to be Remembered", devised to remember the contributions of musicians and athletes.
"Manzil, an NGO, used the studio to create classical music for the youth. A choir group of 13-14 girls practised in the studio, and they were being helped to earn some money through their performance," says Yashita.
