Rohan Solomon is a Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Vocal Coach and Audio Engineer, all rolled into one. In between the time he spent in his hometown New Delhi and The Big Apple, his love for pop-choruses grew along with his reputation of being a ‘conscious songwriter’.
Rohan’s third release of the year, Without A Trace is a pensive power ballad that carries Rohan’s signature feel while marking a noticeable departure from his usual fare. The pensive song begins with solo vocals and acoustic guitar, that are midway engulfed with warm and very contagious sounds of a small symphony orchestra, based in New York.
The arrangement and composition act as a balm to the despair echoing through the lyrics, where the protagonist is wondering what his journey amounts to so far: ‘And now I stand here lost in space, watching my life leave no trace,’
“Without A Trace, talks about self-doubt and contemplation over one’s journey of life. What have you achieved so far, whether you’ve left a significant and positive mark on the world and so on. It addresses the state of uncertainty, unrest and confusion; when one’s moving through life without being able to spot the proverbial guiding star or being able to see that light at the end of the tunnel. The takeaway, however, is that everybody feels these emotions of uncertainty and confusion in their life and these are absolutely normal feelings. We must embrace the sentiment in order to overcome it,” says Rohan.
The song is written, produced and mixed by Rohan Solomon. The main melody lines of the violin and Cello are composed by Tiffany Weiss from NYC and performed by ‘7th House Strings’. Additional orchestral sections are composed by Rohan Solomon and Harshit Verma at Synergy Audio Productions, New Delhi. Mastered by Dan Millice at Engine Room Audio, New York City.
Well-known in the Indian-Indie circles as the former frontman of the erstwhile New Delhi-based Alt-Rock outfit Cyanide, Rohan started exhibiting his musical abilities at a rather early age. In the era of Channel V Launchpad and the Great Indian Rock Concerts, Cyanide was successful in making its presence felt in significant Indie Rock events of the country, in a brief span of time.
Rohan moved to New York a few years ago where he packed in some new skills as an Audio Engineer and met two of his soon to be new bandmates – By Chance. The trio of business partners, named themselves after their fortuitous coming together for the love of music. During his time in New York Rohan also was a part of a Grammy Award-winning track called Bubblin by Anderson Paak, in the capacity of an assistant engineer.
After winning accolades for Keep Holding On, his first single of 2020 that was inspired by the Coronavirus lockdown-led social isolation, Rohan released Victoria’s Secret in June, that took the story ahead from (the plot of his last single) the initial stages of anxiety and fear to introspection. Both his early 2020 releases received excellent reviews from the press as well as the audience. Victoria’s Secret in fact is continuing to rise in popularity months after its release and recently secured the number 2 spot on the World Indie Music Charts. Rohan, is currently working on his solo releases.
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