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Compass Box Live Sessions

One of the most exciting ways to listen to music is hearing it live! We started the Live Sessions to replicate that performance and energy, with great production value. Compass Box Studio is one of the only Recording Studio in India producing one take, live sessions for artists all across India for free. It is a platform to support indie music by removing the high costs associated with recording and production. Our YouTube channel has been featured by Rolling Stone India, Red Bull Music, Rock Street Journal, Indian Music Diaries, and more.

 

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Queendom - Pussytalk (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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Queendom - Pussytalk (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ Formed in the True school of music, Queendom is a vocal trio, representing a delicate balance of individuality and cohesion. The band comprises Ananya Sharma, Brecilla D’souza and Damini Gautam; three stellar vocalists and co-writers. Queendom has been a versatile act delving into a variety of musical styles. Their repertoire ranges from Western popular and r&b, to uptempo jazz, to regional and Bollywood music as well. Pussytalk is addressed to our sisters and woman-kind, urging us to have each other's backs. The songwriting is unapologetic, using satire to highlight our experiences as brown women. When we celebrate each other, we subvert the patriarchal expectation of 'tearing other women down.' Featuring: Raag Sethi - Bass Chirag Todi - Guitar Shivang Kapadia - Drums Meera Desai - Vocals / Guitar Harmish Joshi - Clarinet & Saxophone _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Siddharth Nair Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Protyay Chakraborty Engineered & Produced by: Raag Sethi Check out Queendom's stuff! IG: https://www.instagram.com/queendomindia/ __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio/ WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/ __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - Rupert Neve Designs 511 - Solid State Logic SSL VHD - AMS Neve 1073 - Cranborne Audio Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrite Red One Mics: - Blue Encore 200 / Rode M2 (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) - Shure SM57 (flute/sax) Lyrics: __________________________________________________ Spoken: Whatchu staring at lady Ain't you ever seen a woman before? Not a reeeeeeal woman V1 Boys play Where your dolls at girl? You wear shorts outside Did you leave your dignity at home? Got them curls Not straight enough Cat fight bitches Get them claws unleashed Need no snitches Cause you snitch, you die. Girl, you're not a woman yet Why why why It's 9th grade Where your periods at? Chorus: Lady lady lady We're minorities Why aren't you holding my hair when I'm puking my reality? You say We're united by tampons Don't give a damn, trampling me on Oh love... Its not the shape of my titties It's just your ass being petty V2 To touch, too much Does that make me a slut? A moment of restraint Why can't you be more fun? Only want to see skin If your waist fits in I've been ruling your rear from your castle of fears We may bleed alike But I'm not on your side x 2 Chorus- Lady lady lady We're minorities Why aren't you holding my hair when I'm puking my reality You say We're united by tampons Don't give a damn, trampling me on Oh love.. Its not rhe curve of my booty It's just your ass being petty Bridge: Bound by ways to tear each other down I hope you find the strength to Look me in the eyes when you break my crown And feel my pain Here i ask While you stab my back Is it worth the price we pay? Why am I being attacked By someone who knows my pain? Outro: Tell me where's your sister solidarity?
Ansh - Haanji (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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Ansh - Haanji (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ Ansh is a song writer from Ahmedabad who we found through a singer-songwriter contest. He started singing and playing the guitar during the pandemic and started writing songs shortly after. Haanji tells about the miracles in love, and the astonishment of the lover because of these miracles. Featuring: Raag Sethi - Bass Chirag Todi - Guitar Shankar Iyer - Guitar Shivang Kapadia - Drums Amrit Ramnath - Vocals Protyay Chakraborty - Vocals & Violin Harmish Joshi - Soprano Saxophone / Flute _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Siddharth Nair Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Protyay Chakraborty Produced by: Raag Sethi Check out Ansh's stuff! IG: https://www.instagram.com/ansh.brahmbhatt/ __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio/ WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/ __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - Rupert Neve Designs 511 - Solid State Logic SSL VHD - AMS Neve 1073 - Cranborne Audio Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrite Red One Mics: - Shure SM7B (vocals) - sE V7 (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) - Audio Technica ATM 450 (sax) - sE V7 (flute)
Aakash L - We were on a break (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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Aakash L - We were on a break (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ Aakash L is a professional guitarist, singer/songwriter and has worked in 4 Kollywood movies as a session guitarist and has played for around 15 songs. He is also the co-founder, lead guitarist and singer in the band called Consonance. As the title suggests it’s inspired by the catch phrase from my favourite sitcom “FRIENDS” and is about a phase of a relationship where a girl wants a break and the guy despite being crazy about her, reluctantly agrees to it. Featuring: Daidipya Sheth - Bass Shankar Iyer - Guitar Pritul Chauhan - Drums Tshering Bhutia - Vocals Protyay Chakraborty - Violin / Vocals Harmish Joshi - Saxophone / Flute _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Siddharth Nair Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Brijesh Sarin Engineered by: Nirmal Rathod Produced by: Compass Box Studio Check out Aakash's stuff! IG: https://www.instagram.com/aakash_273 __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio/ WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/ __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - Rupert Neve Designs 511 - Solid State Logic SSL VHD - AMS Neve 1073 - Cranborne Audio Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrite Red One Mics: - Shure SM7 (vocals) - sE Electronics V7 / Rode M2 (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) - Audio-Technica ATM450 (saxophone) - sE Electroncis V7x (flute) ______________________________________________________ Lyrics: Time venum endru sonnaal Deadline solla villai Break venum endru sonnal Yen yendru solla villai Seri endru solli vitten araimanadhai Tip top ah dress up panni Daily dating Ah keyten unna Daily night thoongum munney Oru 5 nimisham pesa sonnen Oru kalai yezhundhu good morning solla Anbey Neeyum illai Unna katti Anachi oru Mutham kudukka kuduthu veika villa Thanimayi vaatudhu ennai nadu iravil Kovam nu vandhu ninna Adi sirikka thaana vechen unna Break venum yenbadharku naanum enna torture pannen unna Yen yen nee yenna potu vaati vadhaikira Yen yen nee Yenna pichi paada paduthura
The Tapi Project - Khuda Ne Mere (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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The Tapi Project - Khuda Ne Mere (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ The Tapi Project's music is woven like fabric, organically grown on poetries. Centered around powerful vocals, the lyrics are coming alive, swallowing us in an ocean of emotions, singing stories about rivers, cramped-up life, lost values, and in essence, the universal search for the self. "Khuda Ne mere" was written by the Late Dr. Rahat Indori, whose depiction of a dejected warrior, inspired us to do this modern take on a ghazal-formed poetry. The song has constantly shifting time signatures, a progressive ever evolving melody, and modern arrangements! Yogendra Saniyawala - Guitars, Lyrics Swati Minaxi - Vocals Gaurav Kapadia - Drums Biju Nambiar - Keys _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Jigar Dholakia Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Protyay Chakraborty Produced by: Raag Sethi Check out Tapi Project's stuff! IG: https://www.instagram.com/thetapiproject/ __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio/ WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/ __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - Rupert Neve Designs 511 - Solid State Logic SSL VHD - AMS Neve 1073 - Cranborne Audio Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrite Red One Mics: - Shure SM7B (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) __________________________________________________ Lyrics Ab naa main wo hoon, naa baaki hai zamaane mere Phir bhi mashhoor hain, shaharon mein fasaane mere Zindagi hai to naye zakham bhi lag jaayenge Ab bhi baaki hai kayi dost puraane mere Aap se roz mulaakaat ki ummid nahi Ab kahan shahar mein rahte hai thikaane mere Umara ke Raam ne, saanson ka dhanush tod diya Mujh pe ehasaan kiya aaj khuda ne mere Aaj jab so ke utha hoon to ye mahasoos kiya Siskiyaan bharta raha koi sirhaane mere
Tshering Bhutia - Trespasser (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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Tshering Bhutia - Trespasser (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ Tshering Bhutia is an indie/folk singer-songwriter from Ahmedabad. She released her debut single ‘Grocery Shop’ in January, 2021. Later that year, she featured in the alternative rock single ‘Get Up’ by the band Crisscross. Her musical influences include Dodie and Clairo. Singing in choirs and studying the classical guitar has also influenced her style of writing. It's a cute girl meets girl plot. A trespasser sits on the chair I'd saved for a friend and begins the romcom. To think of crushes as trespassers is funny. Featuring: Daidipya Sheth - Bass Shankar Iyer - Guitar Pritul Chauhan - Drums Protyay Chakraborty - Violin Harmish Joshi - Clarient _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Siddharth Nair Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Brijesh Sarin Engineered by: Nirmal Rathod Produced by: Compass Box Studio Check out Tshering's stuff! IG: https://www.instagram.com/tsheruu __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio/ WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/ __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - Rupert Neve Designs 511 - Solid State Logic SSL VHD - AMS Neve 1073 - Cranborne Audio Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrite Red One Mics: - Shure SM7 (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) - Audio-Technica ATM450 (clarinet) ______________________________________________________ Lyrics: trespasser sits on the chair I'd saved for a friend do we shake hands now? it's warmer, her skin needs repair, I think I'll extend my arm to her shoulder ... trespasser maneuvers her hand close to my seat thinks I wouldn't understand a performer knows not to care I welcome your dare game point for all watch me skip the last step on the staircase watch me race like a fool watch me lose a loser's game to a stranger a stranger has trespassed again trespasser knows where I live it's where she lives time to score boundaries I adore her so this is a task how do we unmask before the people we love watch me skip the last step on the staircase watch me race like a fool watch me lose a loser's game to a stranger a stranger has trespassed again
Gouri & Aksha - Not About Love (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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Gouri & Aksha - Not About Love (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ Gouri and Aksha are a singer-songwriter duo from Mumbai treading the thin line between soul and pop. Their music is rooted in honest songwriting and their love for creating a unique soundscape with layers of vocal harmonies. As the name suggests, the song Not About Love is a deliberate attempt at writing about anything but love, a topic that features heavily in a lot of their music. It's three or so minutes of no sappiness and preach-iness and gives the listeners time to celebrate exactly who they are. Featuring: Raag Sethi - Upright Bass Chirag Todi - Guitar Shivang Kapadia - Drums Shankar Iyer - Guitar Protyay Chakraborty - Violin Harmish Joshi - Clarinet _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Siddharth Nair Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Protyay Chakraborty Engineered & Produced by: Raag Sethi Check out Gouri & Aksha's stuff! IG: https://www.instagram.com/gouriaksha/ __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio/ WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/ __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - RND 511 - SSL VHD - Neve 1073 - Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrtie Red One Mics: - Shure SM7B (vocals) - SE Electronics sE V7 (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) - Audio-Technica ATM450 (clarinet) - Shure SM57 (upright) - Warm Audio WA-47jr (violin) _____________________________________________________ Lyrics: Not about love I’m gonna make this song not about love I’m gonna make it not about The absence of it either Nothing too serious I’m gonna make this song Nothing too special Like us, wonderfully ordinary It won’t make you happy It won’t make you sad Looking for answers This song will not fill your boxes with interpretations You want to escape This song won’t pave the way But it will give you a moment Of nothingness to find your own meaning The only thing that matters If I don’t paint If I don’t paint any picture at all Of a bright white sky Or an endless sea You may find yourself in a dark alley What’s right or wrong If you don’t worry ‘bout it Maybe you’ll find Your endless sea is a dark alley And why is that bad again Looking for answers This song will not fill your boxes with interpretations You want to escape This song won’t pave the way But it will give you a moment Of nothingness to find your own meaning The only thing that matters
Shrae - 'Bout You (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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Shrae - 'Bout You (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ Shrae is a Singer/ Songwriter from Singapore, currently pursuing her Bachelor's of Contemporary Western Music from NMIMS School of Performing Arts, Mumbai. Having performed at many venues across India and Singapore, her art and passion for music has been heavily influenced by old school pop and blues. She currently obsessed over Artists like Cyrille Aimee, Tom Misch and Jorja Smith. Her current genres of interest are Jazz/ Rnb/ Retro and Pop but personal favourite always being jazz. Having written poetry since childhood, Shrae had a writers block for the longest time and ‘bout you” is the first song she wrote in 2020 based on a close and personal experience of something that made her extremely happy. What started off as a simple RnB arrangement went on to rearranging the song into Jazz Bossa Nova arrangement Compass Box Studios and she is extremely excited for it. Featuring: Raag Sethi - Upright Bass Chirag Todi - Guitar Nayan Kapdiya - Keys Shivang Kapadia - Drums Shankar Iyer - Guitar Protyay Chakraborty - Vocals & Violin Harmish Joshi - Saxophone _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Siddharth Nair Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Raag Sethi Engineered & Produced by: Raag Sethi Check out Shrae's stuff! IG: https://www.instagram.com/shraemusic/ __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio/ WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/ __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - RND 511 - SSL VHD - Neve 1073 - Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrtie Red One Mics: - Shure SM7B (vocals) - sE V7 (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) - Shure SM57 (upright bass) - Audio-Technica ATM 450 (sax) __________________________________________________ Lyrics: I hear you whisper Through the phone Things you wanna say But baby you don’t How am I supposed to know What you’re thinking Why is it so? It’s midnight, I can’t sleep Baby come to me, Tell me everything so deep You know that I want to know you I know that this is start of something new Why don’t you come over to me and tell me about you Yeah tell me bout you You seem to always be confused Baby take my hand and make me your muse Promise I, won’t cross a line Baby trust me, when I say that you are wise You know that I want to know you I know that this is start of something new Why don’t you come over to me and tell me about you Yeah tell me bout you Yeah tell me bout you Yeah tell me bout you Yeah tell me bout you
Meghdhanush - Jai Bolo (Live Session) // Compass Box Music
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Meghdhanush - Jai Bolo (Live Session) // Compass Box Music

Recorded live in one take. _________________________ Meghdhanush, Gujarat's favorite fusion rock band, have been creating music for a decade. From a small dream to win a rock band competition to directing originals, they created a musical buzz that doesn’t seem to die anytime soon. With more than 1000 national and international shows in their name, their web series Folk Rang gave the world a scenic peek into traditional Gujarati music. This series also won the award for Best Regional Music Web Series of India at IRAA in 2019. Jai Bolo is based on an interpretation of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta. Even though the inevitable ups and downs, this track celebrates life in its purest spirit. _____________________________________________________ Compass Box Live Sessions is a platform to support and produce indie artists, if you would like to be featured to play your original music for the Live Sessions, fill out this form: https://www.compassboxstudio.com/the-live-sessions Shot by: Jigar Dholakia Edited by: Raag Sethi Mixed by: Protyay Chakraborty Engineered & Produced by: Raag Sethi Check out MD's stuff! IG: https://instagram.com/themeghdhanush __________________________________________________ Subscribe to stay up to date with our releases FB: https://www.facebook.com/compassboxstudio INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/compassboxstudio WWW: https://www.compassboxstudio.com __________________________________________________ For gear peepz: Interface/pres: - Universal Audio Apollo x8p - RND 511 - SSL VHD - Neve 1073 - Camden 500 - API 312 - Focusrite Red One Mics: - Shure SM7B (vocals) - sE V7 (vocals) - Audix DP7 (drums) - Sennheiser e609 (guitar amp)

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