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I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Vineel Mahal, a professional choral vocalist who has made waves recently with some of his choral arrangements of Indian/Indian-American songs. We talked about his days of intensely studying opera, the influence his family had on his relationship with Indian music, his journey in having an American professional choir sing a fully Indian music inspired concert, plus so much more. Vineel is such a knowledgeable and fun person - I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Follow Vineel: Instagram YouTube Follow Us: Instagram YouTube

On this episode on The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with the hip-hop revolutionist that is oFRo. We spoke about his years playing in a nationally acclaimed metal band, how difficult the full-time transition to music was, and his journey in leading a new era of Tamil hip-hop via Atti Culture. I really enjoyed speaking with oFRo and have so much respect for the journey he has been through and for his contributions to music thus far. Hope you all enjoy the episode! Follow oFRo: Instagram Spotify Follow Atti Culture: YouTube  Instagram

On this episode on The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with the musical genius that is Aditya Ravindran. We spoke about his years working with composer Santhosh Narayanan, his Jacob Collier esque cover of Haiyo Pathikichu which broke the Internet in 2021, and of course his first full film album, "Couple Friendly". I had so much fun speaking with Aditya and I hope you find this episode equally enjoyable! Follow Aditya: Instagram: @adityaravindran95 YouTube: Aditya Ravindran Spotify: Aditya Ravindran  Photo Credits: https://www.instagram.com/adityaravindran95

On this episode on The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with the creative powerhouse that is Sindhu Vasudevan! As an accomplished singer, dancer, composer and vocal arranger, she has had quite the journey in the arts. We spoke about her childhood discipline, why she created a non-profit organization while in high school, her experiences being part of the Berklee Indian Ensemble, and of course her recently released debut solo EP, "Ravaan". We hope you enjoy this episode!

On this episode on The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with the extraordinary Diluckshan Jeyaratnam. Many Tamil music followers may simply know him as a fantastic cover artist and singer, but in addition he is also a world-class theater actor, a gifted composer, and a brilliant film director/scriptwriter. Having worn so many hats across so many creative fields, he has so many unique insights on the arts and on life in general, and I had so much fun talking to him about all his experiences and learnings! I sincerely hope that you enjoy this episode :) Follow Diluckshan: Instagram: @dluck.jr YouTube: Diluckshan Jeyaratnam Spotify: Diluckshan Jeyaratnam Photo Credits: https://www.flixedin.com/profiles/300e0170037e4fbbbb294421ba1e67c1

Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23 On this episode, I spoke with Sumesh Narayanan - a rhythm extraordinaire who is genuinely one of the most insane people you will ever meet! We spoke about his childhood wherein he was constantly swithing between hardcore rock and hardcore Carnatic, about his solo rhythmic show called "To Groove is Divine", how he accidentally started up a music label, plus so much more! We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did :) Instagram: @rudranym YouTube: Sumesh Narayanan YouTube (label): Sound Creed Spotify: Sumesh Narayanan

Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23 On this episode, I spoke with Sindhu Rajaramji - someone with a plethora of artistic talents, including incredible abilities and a producer and vocalist as well. We spoke about her early foray into professional music as a 16 year-old sound engineer and technician, about how moving to the U.S. changed the way she spent time with art, and how coming back to India got her to explore different sides of music compared to her earliest days. This episode is a lot less formal and structured than other episodes, but we hope you enjoy it nonetheless :) Instagram: @sindhu_rajaramji YouTube: I Bubble Studio Spotify: Sindhu Rajaramji

Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23 This is the fifth episode of the Life Until 23 series of The Indoencers Podcast! In this mini-series, I will be speaking to many of the musicians involved in my debut album, titled "Life Until 23". On this episode, I spoke with Rishi K - the lyricist of three of the tracks on Life Until 23, and a terrific composer/singer himself. We spoke about learning music through performance, his experience meeting and speaking with AR Rahman, the indie music event series he started up, plus so much more! Of course, we also spoke about Life Until 23 :) Instagram: @waltz_kanavugal Spotify: Rishi K YouTube: Yaaro Kettavai / Radio Waltz Studios

Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23 This is the fourth episode of the Life Until 23 series of The Indoencers Podcast! In this mini-series, I will be speaking to many of the musicians involved in my debut album, titled "Life Until 23". On this episode, I spoke with Chris Jason - one of the finest guitarists in the country, and someone who has been part of many of the recent biggest hits in south India. We spoke about how church had an immense influence on his musical upbringing, his early years as a professional musician, working in Sid Sriram's band, the state of indie music today, plus much more :)

Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23 This is the third episode of the Life Until 23 series of The Indoencers Podcast! In this mini-series, I will be speaking to many of the musicians involved in my debut album, titled "Life Until 23". On this episode, I spoke with Anjana Rajagopalan - someone who is truly one of the most fascinating musicians I have ever met in my life. We spoke about her musical upbringing and how she learned to gain expertise in both Indian classical and opera, her work in cross-cultural musical collaborations, the learnings she had working closely with underprivileged communities through music, plus much more. Of course, we also spoke about the song we worked on together in my album :) Follow Anjana: Instagram: @anjanarajagopalan_musician Spotify: Anjana Rajagopalan YouTube: Anjana Rajagopalan

Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23 This is the second episode of the Life Until 23 series of The Indoencers Podcast! In this mini-series, I will be speaking to many of the musicians involved in my debut album, titled "Life Until 23". On this episode, I spoke with Vijaynarain - someone has turned into one of the most established playback singers in south India, and has made huge strides as a composer in primarily the independent scenes as well as the film world. We spoke about his recent journey as an indie songwriter, the differences between label-led releases and independent releases, his training and accreditation in music supervision, plus so much more. Of course, we also spoke about the song we worked on together in my album :) Follow Vijaynarain: Instagram: @vijaynarain Spotify: Vijaynarain YouTube: Vijaynarain Rangarajan

Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23 This is the first episode of the Life Until 23 series of The Indoencers Podcast! In this mini-series, I will be speaking to many of the musicians involved in my debut album, titled "Life Until 23". On this episode, I spoke with Sreekanth Hariharan - somebody I would genuinely call one of my favourite singers of this generation. We spoke about him growing up in a musical family, how a trip to Europe changed his life in terms of music, his battle with the consequences of fame, plus so much more. Of course, we also spoke briefly about Uyir Peralaiye - the song we worked on together :) Follow Sreekanth: Instagram: @sreekanthhariharan Spotify: Sreekanth Hariharan YouTube: Sreekanth Hariharan

On the latest episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I got to interview veena player and Carnatic vocalist Kavitha Jayaraman. Her journey both in and out of music is a fascinating one - with everything from being a Grammy voter, a performing Carnatic musician, a recipient of a degree in Music Business from Berklee College of Music, the founder of a well-established charity organization, all while pursuing a main career in finance for nearly twenty years! I had so much fun speaking with her for over an hour and a half - we hope you have as much fun on the listening end :) Follow Kavitha: Instagram: @thekarnatictuber Spotify: Kavitha Jayaraman YouTube: Kavitha Jayaraman (@TheKarnaticTuber)

In this latest episode of The Indoencers Podcast we are shifting the focus a little away from music creation itself, and are instead discussing the topic of music business and music copyright. The Indian Performing Right Society, or IPRS in short, is a key organization that helps protect artists’ rights, and throughout today’s discussion, we’re going to try and get to know how they go about helping protect the rights of lyricists, composers and music companies, among other affiliated parties. Our guest today, Ms. Rumpa Banerjee, comes with a decorated background of brand management and marketing in the television world, after which she joined the IPRS in 2020 as the head of member relations, marketing and communications. I found this conversation extremely enlightening and education, and I hope you feel the same way after listening!

This is an episode of the Movies, Music, Memories Podcast (MMM Podcast) which I had the opportunity to once again be a guest on. Thanks to Mr. Vignesh Sankar for having me on once again! Check out the MMM Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1LkXzm8uhHDmmTQwJqrHUs In this episode, we have Nishad (The Indoencers) back on MMM post our successful collaboration on Santhosh Narayanan & Ramesh Vinayakam’s theme based episodes, to discuss his journey/experience as a musician composing his second single ‘Vaanmugil’. We discusses the thoughts behind making the song, involvement of Budapest Scoring for Strings and Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (TKWO) for Brass and Woodwinds, the choice of singers - Sreekanth Hariharan, Shashaa Tirupati and Anjana JP and the reception for this song from the audience. We also have Nishad throwing light on his upcoming work with an album temporarily named “Life Until 23” involving some great names like Chinmayi, Sathya Prakash, Mohini Dey and many more.  Do tune into this episode and enjoy the experience of hearing it from a musician on what goes into making a song! Listen to Vaanmugil here: https://linktr.ee/vaanmugil