It was in 2003 that Shamir Tandon had his first brush with recording a film song, remotely. "Ashaji [Bhosle] was in San Francisco, and I [needed to record] for Page 3. I sent the song to my writer in UP, who wrote it and sent it to her on email. She recorded the song, while I supervised it on Skype," says Tandon, who was forced to take to a similar process while working on the recently released track Dil ki gullak, for Alt Balaji's Baarish 2. A lot like winter sartorial choices that involve layering one piece of attire over another, the track, Tandon says, was enhanced bit by bit, as it passed along from the writer to the programmer, guitarist, flautist, singers, and finally, the mix engineer.

Due to the advancement in technology, musicians have been unaffected by the isolation that has been mandated amid this pandemic, but Tandon admits they hit a roadblock when it comes to recording a song. In order to ensure that sound-quality isn't compromised, singers record during what he refers to as "happy hours, when people are sleeping, and the noise is less". He also points to the use of vocal booths by those who do not have a studio at home. "[A singer can] cover the face with it to cut off external sounds while recording."