Seems like Levis Original Pakistan has gotten hold of this new chick on the block Zoe Viccaji to do a series of non original songs. I mean .. come on! how can you run a campaign called Levis original by featuring all the non original songs. Currently, they have released "bichra yaar" of strings featuring Zoe Viccaji and strings and "Anjanay" featuring Bilal Khan and Zoe Viccaji.
I am sorry to say, it does not succeed to hit a chord. While I have no doubt that perhaps Zoe Viccaji might have more to offer than what she has showed in these two songs, but i am sorry to say, these two covers do not showcase her abilities at all. To begin with the cover arrangements are not good , in fact, they sound the same and do not give much singing margin to the singers. Zoe's vocal capacity at least in these two songs feels very limited.
If some one wants to learn how to do covers, i guess one of the best programs to watch for it is American Idol. It might be one of the biggest commercial successes but it surely brings a lot to the table. All the singers who generally do make it to the top 20 have huge range of vocal abilities to showcase while doing covers. Their challenge is not only to showcase their vocal abilities but also to bring some thing new to the song while doing the covers. Additionally, there is one thing that the judges and producers always talk about in the program which is "the WOW moment". Yes.. there is always a wow moment in the cover. Wow moment which showcases some thing special about the singers and wows others.
The above are few of the basic things which are missing from these two covers. It lacks some thing original cos the only change one truly feels is the change in tempo rather than change in arrangement. Secondly, they fail to showcase the vocal abilities of the singers and thirdly, they lack the wow factor. Song starts and ends as it started. Another thing that Zoe has not been able to incorporate in the song is to put feelings to the words, while she tries to change the way they originally sound, however, she fails to sing them with emotion.I heard her interview where she said Levis gave her artistic freedom while recording these song, i only wish she would have brought to the table with the artistic freedom that she was given. Bilal still does a better job than Zoe, however, he has failed to impress as well.
As far as the video of Bichra Yaar is concerned, initial photography is nice, however, it loses the focus points after the first minute. With zoe's constant face doing pa pa ra is very distracting. The post production is good but the main problem is the focus point of the frames.
Peace out!
I am sorry to say, it does not succeed to hit a chord. While I have no doubt that perhaps Zoe Viccaji might have more to offer than what she has showed in these two songs, but i am sorry to say, these two covers do not showcase her abilities at all. To begin with the cover arrangements are not good , in fact, they sound the same and do not give much singing margin to the singers. Zoe's vocal capacity at least in these two songs feels very limited.
If some one wants to learn how to do covers, i guess one of the best programs to watch for it is American Idol. It might be one of the biggest commercial successes but it surely brings a lot to the table. All the singers who generally do make it to the top 20 have huge range of vocal abilities to showcase while doing covers. Their challenge is not only to showcase their vocal abilities but also to bring some thing new to the song while doing the covers. Additionally, there is one thing that the judges and producers always talk about in the program which is "the WOW moment". Yes.. there is always a wow moment in the cover. Wow moment which showcases some thing special about the singers and wows others.
The above are few of the basic things which are missing from these two covers. It lacks some thing original cos the only change one truly feels is the change in tempo rather than change in arrangement. Secondly, they fail to showcase the vocal abilities of the singers and thirdly, they lack the wow factor. Song starts and ends as it started. Another thing that Zoe has not been able to incorporate in the song is to put feelings to the words, while she tries to change the way they originally sound, however, she fails to sing them with emotion.I heard her interview where she said Levis gave her artistic freedom while recording these song, i only wish she would have brought to the table with the artistic freedom that she was given. Bilal still does a better job than Zoe, however, he has failed to impress as well.
As far as the video of Bichra Yaar is concerned, initial photography is nice, however, it loses the focus points after the first minute. With zoe's constant face doing pa pa ra is very distracting. The post production is good but the main problem is the focus point of the frames.
Peace out!
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