Those people can achieve the impossible who dare to dream about. It took more than two decades for Sonam Lama to fulfil his childhood dream of coming out with his own Nepali musical album. His maiden venture “Sizal” aptly named after his daughter who he feels had brought back all her luck is ready for release.
Born in Singtam to late R.B.Tamang and Palsang Tamang, this Primary School teacher at Sakyong Chisopani by profession had over the years been actively participating in cultural activities in Singtam and surrounding areas since his school days till the late 90s whereof after joining the government job had been keeping a low profile.
Sizal is a collection of eight melodious Nepali solo songs composed, written, and sung by the talented Sonam Lama himself. The album is presented on a compact disc. Lama said that each of the eight songs is of a different flavour. He has provided a mixed blend of music from love songs and sentimental songs.
He added his love song isn’t related to a boy and a girl sentiment, it is more related to his love for his music, his family, and the moments he had shared with them. Plans are underway to upload videos of a couple of the songs in the months to come. He had tried his best not to repeat such flavour in his next venture.
So far Lama has composed 17 different Nepali compositions and has 30 lyrics by him. The musical venture Sizal is part of his self-collection of compositions and lyrics. He found it very hard to choose his personal favourite song from his new album which according to him was all of his own creations. Yet he regards the song Chodi janney atma haru very close to his heart since the song is dedicated to the departed soul of his father Late R.B.Tamang and his elder brother Late Nima Tamang. When asked about what was so special about Sizal with reference to numerous music CDs that are available at the market, Lama let know that he had given more emphasis to the lyrics and hummable tunes, and anyone listening to the songs could relate the songs with their life too, he confronted.
Music is his passion and when not indulged in other works he wastes no time in getting through the pen, paper, and his guitar and trying to experiment with different notations. From a keyboard and guitar player to a solo singer Sonam Lama is one of the few individuals from this noisy town of Singtam that has seen the highs and lows of the musical development of this town. They belonged to that time that stated the beginning of stage shows were constructed on trucks.
In his own words, Sonam Lama said that they did this to avoid unnecessary expenditures. Lama felt his sincere attempt in releasing his album was not possible without mentioning a few names above which include Albert Gurung, a music teacher from TNA who is also the music arranger and the recordist of the album. Few people might still recall he was the founder member of the Aroma musical group as well as its President for a long time till its sudden disappearance. He has no musical training but has been following Narayan Gopal, Karna Das, and others.
Interested in performing in stage shows he had performed before the crowds of Singtam, Gangtok, Jorethang, Dikchu, and others. He was also part of the Cultural Exchange Tour in 1997 that performed in different parts of India including Allahabad, Delhi, Amritsar, Jammu and Kashmir, and Guwahati.
From one of his lyrics……….
Manche tyo ho, aafu haaserah arulai ruwauncha
Manow tyo ho, aafu royerah arulai haasaucha
Tra yehi sansar lai nazdik baat nihalda
Hasaunay bhanda, dherai ruwaunay matra bhetaucha
Bhandachan yaha manishharu, jiwan kay ho?
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