The Isai Podcast

🎙 Isai Podcast by K R Soundarya 🎶Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 66, we are doing a series celebrating "The Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja" with Dir. John Mahendran. John Mahendran is the director of the movie Sachein and the dialogue writer for many fantastic movies like Ambikapathy, Kashmora, Darbar, Vikrat Rona(Tamil). etc., He talks about his father's movies a...

🎙 Isai Podcast by K R Soundarya 🎶Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 65, we have Manas again. In this episode he talks about music as a whole and explores his acting skills too. He talks about how his grand father said - the time is now and the place is here. That way everything he sees is an opportunity well used. Join this episode to learn more about his work and check h...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 64, we have Manas, a young and vibrant singer, composer and an aspiring actor. He follows the foot steps of his grandfather Shri. Venniradai Moorthy and builds his framework around art and education. Being raised in the USA, he knows full well about collaborations and networking. Join this episode to learn more about his work and check hi...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 63, we have Nadaswaram Vidwan, Shri. Adayar D. Balasubramaniam again, who is the music behind most of our favourite BGMs in the movies like Rekka (Kannamma), Kantara Part 1 & 2 (Varaha Roopam in Part 1 and Part 2 BGM), Coolie (Monica Belluci) etc. . In this episode he talks about how practice is important and how nadaswaram has to be...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 62, we have Nadaswaram Vidwan, Shri. Adayar D. Balasubramaniam, who is the music behind most of our favourite BGMs in the movies like Rekka (Kannamma), Kantara Part 1 & 2 (Varaha Roopam in Part 1 and Part 2 BGM), Coolie (Monica Belluci) and many more that might not fit the character length here. In this podcast, he discusses how nadas...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 61, we have Pranav Krishnan. In this episode, Pranav talks about how as musicians we have egos about the craft and how important it is to self analyse and be critical about boundaries. He also discusses his shows and his favourite bassists. Delve into the episode now to learn more.🎧 Watch, enjoy, and don’t forget to Like 👍 | Share ↗️ |...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 60, we have Pranav Krishnan. In this episode, Pranav talks about how bass is a feeling, an expression and fills gaps that never existed in the first place. When you listen, you feel complete and that is why we call them unsung heroes. He talks about the use of bass as a melodic and as a rhythmic instrument. Delve into the episode now to l...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 59, we have S P Abhishek. In the previous episode, he discussed vocal supervision. In this episode, he talks about how credits are being forgotten and how he tries to get things done at that front. He also talks about how blessed he is to having been associated to fantastic musicians. He talks about the importance of learning in the most...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 58, we have S P Abhishek. Coming from a family of musicians, Abhishek discusses, how he struggled to fit into the stereotypes, ending up breaking them to find his identity. As SPB would call him - SPA is not just any musician - he is a singer, music composer, doubling up as a vocal supervisor. In this episode he discusses vocal supervisio...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 57, we have Avinash Sathish again - After a really good Ginger Chai break, we got deeper into music - into life. He discussed how legends like singer Jesudas , plan their recording sessions and how as a beginner, he had faltered and learnt from harsh truths about what he could improve. Delve into the episode now to learn a lot more about...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 56, we have Avinash Sathish - the beauty, but not the beast, the Jeckyll, but not the Hyde behind most of the beautiful songs we hear today. Anthaathi, Vazhthunaye and many such fantastic compositions backed by Avinash's mix and master is what is ruling our playlists today. Watch the episode to learn more about how mixing and recordin...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 55, we have Karthik Sekaran again - A Delhi based multi-lingual music mentor. In this episode he talks about the importance of bass, an artist taking the role of an entrepreneur, and an artist being true to one's artistic expression. If you delve into the episode, you will learn about Karthik's scientific understanding of voice an...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 54, we have Karthik Sekaran - A Delhi based multi-lingual music mentor. His unique way of approaching music in the lenses of science has changed the way music was sought after. Music, he says, is nevertheless, the art - but if you put in logic, you will be able to multiply the art alongside logic and aesthetics. A musician can feel "...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 53, we have Deepak Blue. The voice behind many viral songs like Pushpa Raj, Viral Vayyari, OG and many more that hits our everyday playlist. Deepak Blue is extremely talented and is well-versed in many languages and has sung in all South-Indian languages. His powerful voice coupled with his soothing tone is a steal-deal. What makes Deepak...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 52, we have Neha Girish. We have seen her sing, flourish in genres we never thought would come out this cute little kid. If not for Neha, we couldn't have gone back to the vintage classic - Thithikkudhe. Singer Sujatha herself appreciated Neha for giving light to the song. At this young age, she has made sure that she would fight all batt...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 51, we have Anjana Padmanabhan - After having discussed her reality show experiences, she talks about the issues with credits and how overworked is everyone in music industry and at the same time talks how Shreya Ghoshal writes her lyrics and tries to learn a culture. Delve into the episode to learn more.🎧 Watch, enjoy, and don’t forget...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 50, we have Anjana Padmanabhan - Once a star child, now a star adult or young-adult - should one say? It would be an understatement if we list her songs that released because, her growth needs to be discussed and understood from varied lenses. Her participation in Super Singer Junior, Indian Idol Junior and Senior made her understand hers...

Welcome to another episode of the Isai Podcast! For Episode 49, we have Renjith Unni - The voice behind the most sensational 'covid-time hits'. When the world was in chaos - his songs came to rescue. He is the voice behind Jimikki kammal and many greats songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi etc. He started composing as an act of passion, which drove him to take an yet another feat in h...

For Episode 48, we have Ramkumar Kanakarajan, again. Ramkumar discusses how drumming itself was a costly business and for that matter, all instruments were. Now, as we evolve many companies started making affordable kits. The conversation also steers into sorkkattukkal and time signatures. Watch the whole episode to know how he drummed for AR Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Sean Roldan, Sid Sriram, Sakthi...

For Episode 47, we have Ramkumar Kanakarajan. Officially the first instrumentalist to get featured on our podcast. The stalwart drummer of today's music scene - magnificence entwined with kindness. He has a plethora of bands and is a part of a plethora of bands - Ufff. His presence roars. Apart from being a fantastic live drummer, he is also a rhythm programmer, who has worked with Sean Roldon...

For Episode 46, we have Sterlin Nithya, again. She talks about how music education in India is and how to understand the grammar of music. She discusses social media presence and how a scratch should be understood. She discusses all her projects and the difficulties women go through in the industry. Delve into part 2 to know more about Sterlin and her work. Welcome to "The Isai Podcast,"...

For Episode 45, we have Sterlin Nithya, a music director and a music producer from a place you would never expect. She came into the industry with nothing but intuition in music and learnt her way through all hardships. Being a woman means, being marginalised for just being a woman and being a woman in music means, one is doubly marginalised - or may be triply? She teaches music - piano, theory et...

For Episode 44, we have Sinduri Vishal again - If you watched the previous episode, you would have understood how the industry works with respect to choosing singers and the right key that would help them sing. This episode is another fun session, where Sinduri discusses the problems of emotions and attachment to art itself. If you delve into the episode, you will know more about Sinduri’s ideolog...

For Episode 43, we have Sinduri Vishal - an expressionist of a singer and a composer. Her style, individualism, vocal texture and everything about her is so ‘Sinduri’ that we couldn’t find a parallel. In the podcast, she discusses range mapping, understanding one’s uniqueness and finding the space and drawing lines. Her songs like ‘Minikki Minikki’, ‘Kaanunna Kalyanam’ and ‘Hey Pillagada’ sparked...

For Episode 42, we have Sreekanth Hariharan again. Did you watch the Part 1, where he discusses his work with A R Rahman and many music experiences of his? Did you get to listen to how he talks about Indie music that isn't funded by labels and vice versa? If you did, then you should get to this episode where he talks about how beautiful life is - matter is - for that matter. He literally and metap...