“The sly slinky “Common Mistake” shows off Mathur’s more wry side” – Short and Sweet NYC
http://www.shortandsweetnyc.com/2022/05/ajay-mathur-talking-loud/
Ajay Mathur, the acclaimed and Grammy nominated singer-songwriter releases his new single ‘Common Mistake’ from his current multiple awards-winning album ‘Talking Loud’. In November 2022, ‘Common Mistake’ won the coveted The Artists Forum Music Competition 2022 in New York in the category ROCK / ALTERNATIVE. On December 17, the German Pop Foundation honored Ajay Mathur with no less than 4 awards at the jury award ceremony of the 40th German Rock & Pop Award 2022. Ajay's album 'Talking Loud' and his band won in the following categories:
Best English-language Album of the Year 2022
Best Alternative Album
Best Crossover Band
German Alternative Award
The yearly "German Rock & Pop Awards" are presented to outstanding emerging music groups and artists, as well as to selected professional bands and individual artists by a jury of experts. Similar to the Grammy Awards in the USA, the sole criteria of the German Rock & Pop Awards is the artistic quality. In its cultural and artistic orientation, this cultural event stands in conscious contrast to other event ceremonies of industry awards and commercial TV stations. The awards in over 125 different musical genres are intended to reflect today's musical diversity in the field of rock and pop music.
Ajay reflects on the ‘Common Mistake’: “As a cultural collective we tend to make the common mistake of looking in the wrong direction or assuming that certain things in life are set in stone by the virtue of convention or tradition, when we are searching for meaning. Much of what we focus on is driven by the ideas and distractions that are fed to us by way of upbringing, media, peers, institutions, etc. We feel like we need to conform - buy the right things, have the right job, wear the right clothes, focus on material, fit in even if it doesn’t seem quite right - instead of really taking a good, hard look and discovering what makes us individual, unique and our lives worthwhile. Even if that means being able to stand ourselves outside of how we are expected to behave and think.”
Common Mistake, written by Ajay Mathur & Mary Lou von Wyl, hits home when it comes to reflecting on the national psyche, especially in the age of entitlement, self-focus and fear. This attitude is magnified and laid bare in the song as it asks uncomfortable but consequential questions
Song written by Ajay Mathur & Mary Lou von Wyl. Music performed by Fausto Medici, drums and percussion / Christian Winiker, lead guitar, bass / Ajay Mathur, all vocals, electric guitars, retro organ
Produced and recorded by Ajay Mathur at The Lounge, Stans, NW
Mixed by Austin Asvanonda, Ventura, CA
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, NYC, assisted by Chris Allgood.
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“The sly slinky “Common Mistake” shows off Mathur’s more wry side” – Short and Sweet NYC
http://www.shortandsweetnyc.com/2022/05/ajay-mathur-talking-loud/
Ajay Mathur, the acclaimed and Grammy nominated singer-songwriter releases his new single ‘Common Mistake’ from his current multiple awards-winning album ‘Talking Loud’. In November 2022, ‘Common Mistake’ won the coveted The Artists Forum Music Competition 2022 in New York in the category ROCK / ALTERNATIVE. On December 17, the German Pop Foundation honored Ajay Mathur with no less than 4 awards at the jury award ceremony of the 40th German Rock & Pop Award 2022. Ajay's album 'Talking Loud' and his band won in the following categories:
Best English-language Album of the Year 2022
Best Alternative Album
Best Crossover Band
German Alternative Award
The yearly "German Rock & Pop Awards" are presented to outstanding emerging music groups and artists, as well as to selected professional bands and individual artists by a jury of experts. Similar to the Grammy Awards in the USA, the sole criteria of the German Rock & Pop Awards is the artistic quality. In its cultural and artistic orientation, this cultural event stands in conscious contrast to other event ceremonies of industry awards and commercial TV stations. The awards in over 125 different musical genres are intended to reflect today's musical diversity in the field of rock and pop music.
Ajay reflects on the ‘Common Mistake’: “As a cultural collective we tend to make the common mistake of looking in the wrong direction or assuming that certain things in life are set in stone by the virtue of convention or tradition, when we are searching for meaning. Much of what we focus on is driven by the ideas and distractions that are fed to us by way of upbringing, media, peers, institutions, etc. We feel like we need to conform - buy the right things, have the right job, wear the right clothes, focus on material, fit in even if it doesn’t seem quite right - instead of really taking a good, hard look and discovering what makes us individual, unique and our lives worthwhile. Even if that means being able to stand ourselves outside of how we are expected to behave and think.”
Common Mistake, written by Ajay Mathur & Mary Lou von Wyl, hits home when it comes to reflecting on the national psyche, especially in the age of entitlement, self-focus and fear. This attitude is magnified and laid bare in the song as it asks uncomfortable but consequential questions
Song written by Ajay Mathur & Mary Lou von Wyl. Music performed by Fausto Medici, drums and percussion / Christian Winiker, lead guitar, bass / Ajay Mathur, all vocals, electric guitars, retro organ
Produced and recorded by Ajay Mathur at The Lounge, Stans, NW
Mixed by Austin Asvanonda, Ventura, CA
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, NYC, assisted by Chris Allgood.
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