I thoroughly enjoyed Bishi’s practitioner lesson and afterwards decided to listen to some of her work. I enjoyed learning about how she implements her culture into her art and practice. I had a listen to her most recently released work, a single titled “Don’t Shoot The Messenger” and these were my initial thoughts.
The first thing I noticed was the crystal-clear style of vocal pronunciation. From listening to her talk, it’s evident that lyricism and poetry is essential in her work. Stylistically, it’s not something I am fond of, but I feel that singing in such a clear way allows the listener to hear every word and understand the message fully. I truly adored the melody line of the sitar, as well as the traditional-sounding vocal melismas the most.
Sonically, I found the mix to be very clean and clear. I adored the haunting melody of the final chorus leading into the sitar solo into a fade-out ending. Overall, it’s not a piece of work that touches me and I personally ound the repetitiveness of it slightly tiresome, however I did notice some beautiful elements in the some of the melody aspects and enjoyed a lot of the traditional elements within the piece.