Sunil Parajuli Mero Priyasi CD

Nominated:Best Music Video song, “Kathmandu Raajdhani”, Audience Choice Category at the Channel Nepal Music Video Award in 2004.Mero Priyasi (My Love): This is Sunil’s third album and his third collaboration with veteran musician Kishor Gurung. Recorded in 2002 and released in 2003 this album contains Sunil’s 8 personal songs. 6 out of the 8 songs are written by him and 7 of them are composed by him. Lot of work was put into this album, obsessive writing and composing was involved to create his style of songs. Sunil in his words about the songs: “Manka Kura”, this song was written around 2000 and re-written several times afterwards until its recording in 2002. A number suited very much for romance, this song is about falling in love, being with someone, dreaming about her, wanting to share and know everything about this beautiful person close by and under the Stars. A very catchy tune with a Carribean style beat to it.“Shun Shan Raat Ma”, this was written & composed in 2000 and re-written with more lines in 2001 & 2002 right till the time it got recorded. This song is about romance and it further extends to having sex with the romantic partner in a peaceful quiet night, under the Moon and the Stars. I always wanted to write songs on this theme but never got around to it until now. There have been a lot of songs regarding love however, a romantic song with sexual desires or words to that effect seldom come about. There are a lot of subjects to write about and I do try writing in other themes but I had never written about a relationship like this, so a first of its kind for me. I like the bass line and also the punch that the music overall has in this song. “Kathmandu Rajdhani”, started writing & composing in 1999 and was re-written several times later. This song was inspired by Kathmandu’s deteriorating environment. The smog, the foul smell from the dried out once a beautiful river Bagmati, heaps of garbage everywhere, plastics from all over the world scattered around the streets of Kathmandu, open drainage and sewer. The song basically talks about the deteriorating environment and pollution that has affected not only the children and other living souls but also the temples and other beautiful monuments in and around Kathmandu. At the end it talks about how we can rebuild and improve the environment of Kathmandu. This beautiful city which is in the heart and soul of everyone and so dearly loved by everyone can be beautiful again if we give it some time and effort towards cleaning up. This song is to bring awareness about our environment to the nation as a whole. I also made a music video of this song to make it more effective and influential. Music Video: some of the shots were taken from the top of Dharahara*, 1st of its kind, filming was never allowed from the top. The director of this Music Video Brazesh Khanal wanted to capture some of the beautiful view of Kathmandu from the top. We had to seek permission from the Mayor at the time Mr. Keshav Sthapit personally in order to do the filming from the top. It was nominated for best video in the Audience Choice Category at the Channel Nepal Music Video Award in 2004.*Dharahara: A 9 story watch tower built by Bhim Shen Thapa in the 18 hundreds lies in the heart of the city.“Din Dhalda Cha ”, this song was written and composed in 2001 re-written with additional words again later. I imagine a lot and this is my imagination about this beautiful person. It’s about wanting to be in love and thinking about her all the time. Imagining beautiful things about her and how she inspires and influences me every step of the way and hoping that she’d come into my life someday. Above all I love the string arrangement in this song it flows with the words & song very beautifully. One of the reasons why I like Kishor as an arranger is his ability to orchestrate strings and to embellish counter point in a song. I love orchestras in songs it simply captiva