A - It's been a rollercoaster ride! For a boy with no formal training in music and no connections, knowledge in the industry, it was not easy to learn, work and sustain. I came to Mumbai after completing my Engineering, I used to learn everything by myself and work 20 hours a day as sound designer, singer, and music composer. It was tough to find clients but improving my work was more important for me to sustain. I'm thankful to those amazing, kind people who showed faith in me and gave me work, knowledge in initial stage of my career.
2. When did you first decide you wanted to pursue music and how did you start?
I think at the age of 7 I started humming random melodies and compositions. When my father noticed it, he taught me to record my voice on cassettes through a small tape recorder. He also gifted me a mouth organ, I continued playing it and recording myself for few months but then wasted more than a decade in school and college education.
The goal of our education system is to kill the creative and genius ideas and program young brains to learn useless stuff and do pre-programmed things in life. I understood it when I was 14, but I had to complete my education in family pressure, so during my engineering I used to learn programming and coding in day and music production at night.
As a Music Critic I learnt the elements and emotions of songs which helped a lot to make meaningful content and as a Label Head / Consultant you must have good knowledge of lyrics, genres, sound designing of song and consumers.
3. Who is your favourite artist and why?
I grew up listening to James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, A.R. Rahman and Pritam. The most difficult part of making music is to keep it simple and James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Marricone made the most iconic compositions using simplest patterns.
3. Who is your favourite artist and why?
I grew up listening to James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, A.R. Rahman and Pritam. The most difficult part of making music is to keep it simple and James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Marricone made the most iconic compositions using simplest patterns.
On the other hand A.R. Rahman and Pritam created templates of commercial music which are being used by almost all the Music Composers in Bollywood, Non-Film music till date.
4. Can you throw some light on opportunities one gets as a singer?
As a singer you have hundreds of ways to reach your audience and make a living out of it. I have rendered my voice as singer and rapper for Ad Jingles, Animated Series, Nursery Rhymes, Radio Spots, Web Series, TV Shows, Short Films, Films and even for government campaigns. So there are many opportunities for singers including live shows and teaching.
5. Is formal training required or can one train themselves purely on the basis of talent?
It depends on what you want to do with it. Some genres of music require training from guru, but you can also train yourself to nurture your talent and start your own genre/style of singing or making music.
6. What piece of advice would you like to give to future and aspiring artists?
Respect your seniors, be kind and honest to everyone, don't be greedy, stop following the trend.
7. Which is your favourite book and why?
Bhagavad Gita! Because it has everything you need for a peaceful, happy life. I also love reading Vedas which is the origin of all other religious and educational texts.
4. Can you throw some light on opportunities one gets as a singer?
As a singer you have hundreds of ways to reach your audience and make a living out of it. I have rendered my voice as singer and rapper for Ad Jingles, Animated Series, Nursery Rhymes, Radio Spots, Web Series, TV Shows, Short Films, Films and even for government campaigns. So there are many opportunities for singers including live shows and teaching.
5. Is formal training required or can one train themselves purely on the basis of talent?
It depends on what you want to do with it. Some genres of music require training from guru, but you can also train yourself to nurture your talent and start your own genre/style of singing or making music.
6. What piece of advice would you like to give to future and aspiring artists?
Respect your seniors, be kind and honest to everyone, don't be greedy, stop following the trend.
7. Which is your favourite book and why?
Bhagavad Gita! Because it has everything you need for a peaceful, happy life. I also love reading Vedas which is the origin of all other religious and educational texts.
- Interviewed by - Nandani Gupta
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