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EXCLUSIVE: Shor Police on success of their version of Czech song Hussite Choral: Extremely rewarding challenge
Shor Police’s Bianca Gomes and Clinton Cerejo have won millions of hearts with their songs especially their version of a famous national Czech song. Here’s what they have to say about the success.
Renowned singer Bianca Gomes, who is known for her songs like Aunty Ji, Manhattan etc, recently grabbed the eyeballs when she had collaborated with music composer Clinton Cerejo for their pop band Shor Police. Together, the duo has composed several hit songs over the years. In fact, their version of a famous national Czech song Hussite Choral was well received by the audience. This isn’t all. Shor Police had also received a letter of appreciation from the Mayor of Tabor, Royce Harper post the success of the song.
In an exclusive conversation with Pinkvilla, Shor Police’s Clinton and Bianca got candid about the song’s success and their journey together. Talking about the song, Bianca said, “Yes it was actually quite a challenge to get the diction right, but we enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks to an incredible diction coach, we both managed to successfully deliver the song the way it needed to be done while still retaining our own individual vocal style.” On the other hand, Clinton felt that the success of the song was the biggest reward in itself. He said, “Yeah we were very honoured to be included in a project of a truly global nature alongside some incredibly accomplished musicians. The project was a challenge but it was also extremely rewarding when quite a few Czech nationals could not believe that we were in fact not Czech. That was the biggest reward in itself.”
The duo also shared their excitement about receiving the letter of appreciation from Mayor Harper, wherein Bianca said, “Here I was wondering whether we did ok singing in Czech and all, and then to receive that kind of validation really makes you sleep well at night knowing we did something right.” Meanwhile, Clinton called the letter from Mayor an icing on the cake which left him humbled.
Interestingly, their pop band had been garnering a lot of popularity by the day and both Clinton and Bianca are quite overwhelmed with the same. “We’re really happy and grateful for all the love Shor Police has been receiving since our first mash up of “Chana Mereya” with a Weeknd song, which was so unexpected. We weren’t sure how people would receive it, but it turned out to be one of our most requested mash ups,” Bianca added.
When quizzed about their experience working with each other, Bianca was all praises for Clinton and said, “We work well together I think because we understand each other’s strengths. Clinton has an incredible harmonic sense and I’m naturally driven towards top 40 pop sounding hooks, so when we come together, the songwriting has a combined flavour of our musicality and influences. We’re usually on the same page when it comes to the sonic palette we want to achieve, so it becomes a lot easier to execute an idea as a team.” Speaking about the same, Clinton mentioned, “I think as a music producer and composer who’s been independent for years, it’s an idea that takes some getting used to, but it’s only when the benefits are apparent to the audience we’re trying to reach out to, that you feel validated doing it. I think it’s also the best way to temper one’s own musical ego sometimes.”
As of now, this singer and music composer duo is working on an album together and is looking forward to entertaining the audience.
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