The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian Music

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...

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 equ...

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 re...

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...

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 accidenta...

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,...

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 h...

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 man...

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...

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 Ind...

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 genera...

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 purs...

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 helpin...

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 & Rames...

On this episode of The Indoencers podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with composer Bharath Sankar! We spoke about his DIY and self-learning approach towards music, how he was certain about music being his career from as early as 9th grade, his experience working with rural musicians from places like Madagascar and Cuba, among so many other topics! As you can tell by the episode length, there...

This episode is in collaboration with MTV, right after the conclusion of their incredible hip-hop show, MTV Hustle 03 REPRESENT. If you didn't catch the finals of MTV Hustle 03 REPRESENT, find the performance links here below - I'm sure you'll enjoy it :) MTV Hustle 03 REPRESENT Performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYUXRc6lOY&list=PLyOa60Nfpp5oscFwrbIzyQ6YciGrcMYXx Fol...

In the latest episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I got to sit down and have a chat with Kalyani Nair - the singer, arranger, and composer who has been a part of some of Tamil music's finest works across the past two decades. We spoke about the influence living in different cities throughout her childhood had on her musical upbringing, her experience working on genre-breaking projects alongsid...

This podcast was originally published as a video episode, and is intended to be consumed as such. You can find the video podcast via the link here: https://youtu.be/fnl50zJPp7I In this podcast, alongside Vignesh Sankar from the MMM Podcast, I take a look at some of Ramesh Vinayagam’s work in Indian music. We focus on the song Enna Idhu from Nala Damayanthi, as well as Ramesh Vinayagam’s unique exp...

On the 18th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I got to speak with the insanely talented composer and singer, Girishh Gopalakrishnan. We spoke about so much throughout this interview - his experience learning under the legendary Lalgudi Jayaraman, his musical explorations in the U.K., why he left the U.K. despite being able to live comfortably as a musician there, plus so so much more. I loved how...

On the seventeenth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had an incredibly fun chat with the genius Navneeth Sundar. We talked extensively about the musical possibilities of the iPad, about his experiences working with Illayaraja-sir and AR Rahman-sir, how he lives "in a world where pink elephants write poems", plus so much more. I enjoyed this conversation so so much, and I hope all of y...

On the 16th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with the incredible folk singer, Aanchal Shrivastava, who is the voice behind songs like "Ishq Akela", the recent hit "Nadan Dil", among many other fantastic songs. She has had an incredibly unique but also tumultuous journey in music, going through periods of unemployment and constant rejections. The way she has been ab...

NOTE: This is an episode of the Movies, Music, and Memories (MMM) podcast. I was simply featured on this episode as a guest. Due to copyright-related issues, they were unable to upload this episode onto their channels, and hence they asked me to upload the episode on my platform. Please do make sure to subscribe to their podcast for fantastic podcasts regarding Indian movies and music. MMM Podcast...

On the 15th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with the wonderful singer-songwriter Shweta Srivastava - the brain and voice behind songs like "July 19", and "Home"! We spoke about the time her school teacher randomly threw her on stage at the tender age of 6, randomly singing at clubs in France, how her vocal coach sneakily got her to compose her own songs, plus mu...

On the 14th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with playback singer Madhura Dhara Talluri - the AR Rahman protégé who rendered hits like "Unakaga" and "Maathare". We spoke about her experience homeschooling for one year as she tried to use that one year to focus on music, the state of Carnatic academia, how her stance on "timeless" music has changed over...

On the 13th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with music direction and playback singer Vijaynarain - the voice behind songs like "Ei Suzhali", "Poi Vazhva", "Azhagiya Soodana Poovey", among plenty of other hits.  We spoke about his fascination with Carnatic music as a child and how that ended up negatively impacting his academic life at...