Collaborations help Monica Dogra grow and evolve

Apart from writing her songs, singer-songwriter Monica Dogra loves the idea of collaborating with other musicians. The 35-yearold musician, who has written over six studio albums, feels that collaborations help her grow as an artist.

“I feel collaborations help musicians come together and unite people on common ground. And through a collaboration there is a completely different energy, one you would not have seen with that particular musician before,” she says. “They (collaborations) also help me grow and evolve as an artist. The more I do them, my barriers to judgements get reduced, and I think that is important for me as an artist to grow without any judgements,” she adds. Monica recently collaborated with Delhi-based musician Abhishek Bhatia, aka Blue Curtain for the single – Spell, which released last month and its video has crossed over six lakh hits ever since. “I saw him at the Magnetic Fields music festival and thought he was an exciting musician. Gradually as our circle of mutual friends increased, we discussed a possibility of collaboration, and then we just kept bouncing ideas off each other. Finally, I sent him a melody, which he also liked and before you would know it we were done with the single.”

I feel collaborations help musicians come together and unite people on common ground. And through a collaboration there is a completely different energy, one you would not have seen with that particular musician before MONICA DOGRA SINGERSONGWRITER

Monica Dogra has written over six studio albums