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'If that would be music, I'm in'
Updated On: 25 November, 2019 07:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
Singer Benny Dayal and composer Ehsaan Noorani discuss the influencers who drew them to the craft.
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Ehsaan Noorani and Benny Dayal
When Benny Dayal hops out of his car to join us at the mid-day office studio, he apologises before greeting us. With a scheduled recording in Andheri West delayed, Dayal is running significantly late for this interaction with Ehsaan Noorani, who arrives minutes prior than scheduled. Evidently perturbed about keeping the senior musician waiting, Dayal has (literally) got a spring in his steps. He refuses to wait for the elevators, choosing instead to dash up four floors as we scramble behind him. Noorani, a picture of calm throughout this while, breaks the tension with a smile. Even though the duo has collaborated on only two songs so far, the camaraderie they share is worth noticing. Dayal is brimming with questions that he hopes to pose for Noorani, which is why, he takes the lead.
Benny: You have been playing music for so many years. Where did your passion for the guitar stem from?
Ehsaan: When I was in school, I had a friend called Allan Sayani; he's the famous Hamid Sayani's son. He would play the guitar, and, one day, he played Here comes the sun by the Beatles.
Benny: That's strange: That's also the first song I played [the] drums on, with my band in school.
Ehsaan: So we have a connection! When I heard him play that song, something attracted me to it. That's when I started playing the guitar. He had a teacher called Bismarck Rodriguez, who eventually taught me also. He died two years ago at the age of 90-something. He was teaching all the way till then.
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