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The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 29 - Sumesh Narayanan (Life Until 23 Series)Life Until 23 - full album out on April 24th, 2025.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: @rudranymYouTube: Sumesh NarayananYouTube (label): Sound...2025-04-231h 59
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 28 - Sindhu Rajaramji (Life Until 23 Series)Life Until 23 - full album out on April 24th, 2025.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...2025-04-221h 08
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 27 - Rishi K (Life Until 23 Series)Life Until 23 - full album out on April 24th, 2025.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...2025-04-211h 17
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 26 - Chris Jason (Life Until 23 Series)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...2025-04-201h 35
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 25 - Anjana Rajagopalan (Life Until 23 Series)Life Until 23 - full album out on April 24th, 2025.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...2025-04-202h 14
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 24 - Vijaynarain (Life Until 23 Series)Life Until 23 - full album out on April 24th, 2025.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...2025-04-191h 00
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 23 - Sreekanth Hariharan (Life Until 23 Series)Life Until 23 - full album out on April 24th, 2025.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...2025-04-181h 51
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 22 - Kavitha JayaramanOn 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...2024-11-201h 41
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicSpecial Episode with IPRS - Understanding Music Copyright in India ft. Rumpa BanerjeeIn 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 market...2024-09-131h 17
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicDiscussing Vaanmugil [MMM Podcast]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/1LkXzm8uhHDmmTQwJqrHUsIn 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 Budape...2024-08-241h 01
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 21 - Bharath SankarOn 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 was so much to talk about regarding his musical journey, and I had great fun throughout this interview. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!...2024-06-131h 55
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 20 - Mrunal ShankarThis 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=PLyOa60Nfpp5oscFwrbIzyQ6YciGrcMYXxFollow Mrunal Shankar:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrunal.shankar/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MrunalShankarSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cypVRvjdZyVP9gzlnwLNaFollow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram...2023-12-2427 min
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 19 - Kalyani NairIn 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 alongside the likes of Pradeep Kumar and guitarist Keba Jeremiah, the joys and troubles involved in running a choir, plus much more. We thoroughly enjoyed this conversation, and we hope that you enjoy...2023-10-131h 31
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicAn Exploration of Ramesh Vinayagam's Contributions to Indian Music [MMM Podcast]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/fnl50zJPp7IIn 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 explorations within Carnatic music. We hope you enjoy this session as much as we did!This is the late...2023-10-011h 08
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 18 - Girishh GopalakrishnanOn 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 he was so open in sharing his experiences and knowledge, and I hope all of you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!Follow Girishh:Instagram2023-04-211h 50
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 17 - Navneeth SundarOn 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 you enjoy it as much as I did!Follow Navneeth Sundar:InstagramTwitterYouTubeSpotifyFollow Us: InstagramFacebookTwitterYouTube...2022-12-031h 35
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 16 - Aanchal ShrivastavaOn 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 able to fight through this to be able to share her art with all of us, though, is what I personally find incredibly inspiring! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did :)...2022-08-1553 min
Jeesa#17| Uraiyadal with INDOENCERS (Nishad G)Here is my first interview. Listen to this deep conversation and get to know how Indoencers (Nishad G) a music enthusiast turned out to be music educator without his realization. Do check his Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1hLMCepQbP4zEQCWVKW1NR YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCMx7TE4p-3hP2WBlPCD7D5w Blog: https://theindoencers.wordpress.com2022-07-1748 min
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicAn Insight Into the Genius of Santhosh Narayanan [MMM Podcast]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: https://open.spotify.com/show/2GRaxozf6KK0Y3KA2SSw98?si=ixE-Sa3MR_CcPubw3QxnMA&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1In this music-centered episode of MMM, we discuss...2022-06-1059 min
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 15 - Shweta SrivastavaOn 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 much more. I had a ton of fun recording this, and I hope you enjoy it too!Follow Shweta:InstagramTwitterFacebookSpotifyFollow Us:2022-06-041h 11
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 14 - Madhura Dhara TalluriOn 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 the years, among many other fascinating topics. This was such a fun conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Follow Madhura:InstagramTwitterSp...2022-02-031h 17
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 13 - VijaynarainOn 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 times, his time in the reality shows Ooh La La La and Super Singer, his bond with music director Santhosh Narayanan, among plenty of other topics. I had so much fun speaking with him, and I hope everyone e...2021-11-111h 24
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 12 - Abhay NayampallyOn the 12th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Abhay Nayampally - an incredible Carnatic guitarist and independent musician, who is a disciple of the legendary Shri Mandolin Srinivas. We spoke about his unusual emotional attachment to music as a child, a life-changing lunch break on a park bench, the evolution of Carnatic music, among tons of other topics. There's also a lovely Charukesi aalaap to check out towards the end :) We hope everybody enjoys this episode!Follow Abhay:Instagram Facebook YouTube Spotify Follow Us:InstagramFacebook2021-09-241h 09
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 11 - Shashaa TirupatiOn the 11th episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with the one and only Shashaa Tirupati - a National Award winning singer who has sung some of India's biggest hits for composers like AR Rahman, Isaignani Illayaraja, Mithoon, among many others. We spoke about the importance of being self-made and self-sufficient to her, the role of pain in music creation, plus so much more. It was an absolute honour to be able to speak with her, and I found so much of she had to say incredibly fascinating and informative. We hope you enjoy this episode too!2021-08-111h 16
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 10 - Aditya PrakashOn the tenth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had the opportunity to have a chat with the incredible Aditya Prakash. We spoke about his struggles of dealing with the conflict in cultures between India and the Bay Area in the United States, how going on a tour with Ravi Shankar at the age of 16 quashed many of his internal struggles, the impact of hyper-consumerism in the music scene today, among many other topics. Plus, there's some lovely singing at the end :) We hope you enjoy this episode!Follow Aditya:Instagram Website2021-06-1057 min
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 9 - Prashanth TechnoOn the ninth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Prashanth Techno - a music producer who has used his expertise over synths in particular to help cultivate new sounds within both the Indian independent and film music scenes. We spoke about how he learned music despite having a very limited formal musical education, his experience participating in a reality show judged by none other than AR Rahman, how his groundbreaking electro-classical musical act (called Kee and Techno) featuring singer Keerthana Vaidyanathan came about, among many other topics. We hope you enjoy this episode!Follow Prashanth:2021-05-0452 min
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 8 - Apoorva KrishnaOn the eighth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Apoorva Krishna - a phenomenal violinist and composer, who has worked and performed with legendary artists like Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain, Bombay Jayashree, among many other such musicians. We spoke about how a strict musical education (from the Lalgudi family nonetheless!) gave her a firm grounding in Carnatic music, the confluence of cultures that define who she is today on multiple levels, her stunning new fusion album titled "Intuition", plus so much more. I had a ton of fun throughout this episode, and we hope you enjoy it...2021-03-181h 34
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicBONUS: 2020 HighlightsThis year has been quite the year for all of us - in many ways unfortunately extremely negative. For this podcast, though, 2020 has honestly been a mindbogglingly incredible year, as I've had the honour of speaking to musicians that I would not have even dreamt of interviewing when I started this platform. As we wrap up this year, I wanted to take the opportunity to look back at some of my favourite moments so far on this podcast. Happy New Year to all of you, and let us hope 2021 treats us all well!Follow Us:...2020-12-3133 min
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 7 - Drishti TandelOn the seventh episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with singer-songwriter Drishti Tandel (Drish T), who burst onto the independent music scene with her original compositions written in - wait for it - in Japanese. Yes, Japanese! We spoke about her fascination with Japanese culture, how she thinks her uniqueness as an artist affects her commercial prospects within the independent music industry, among many other topics. We hope all of you enjoy this episode!Follow Drish T:FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeSpotify...2020-12-2158 min
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 6 - Prashanth Srinivas (RagaHaus)On the sixth episode of The Indoencers podcast, I spoke with Prashanth Srinivas, an incredibly talented composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and the brain behind the RagaHaus initiative. We spoke about how he goes about expressing emotions through music, why “evil is swag”, how accidentally playing two songs at the same time led to a musical breakthrough, among other topics. We hope you enjoy the full show!Follow Prashanth:FacebookTwitterInstagramHomepage Follow Us:FacebookTwitterInstagram Homepage 2020-10-221h 15
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 5 - Darshana KTIn the fifth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Darshana KT - a singer who has sung for the likes of Isaignani Illayaraja, Harris Jayaraj, and has grown to be a regular for the one and only AR Rahman. We spoke about the times where her school Hindi teacher gave her bonus marks because she loved Darshana's renditions of Hindi songs so much, her experience recording the incredible "Muafi Mushkil", her journey in coming to terms with the genre of jazz, plus so much more. I learned so much from hearing her speak to the depth that...2020-09-101h 50
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 4 - Ashwin VinayagamoorthyIn the fourth episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I sat down with one of the finest young music directors in the Tamil cinema scene today, Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy - the brain behind hits such as “Aagayam Thaayaga”, “Un Nerukkam”, “Pudavai Nilave”, among other such songs. We spoke about his experiences working with artists like Sid Sriram and Dhanush, why kuthu songs are set to minor keys/scales, the old music vs new music “debate”, living abroad alone at 17, among many other topics. We had a blast recording this, and we hope you enjoy the episode too! |Follow Ashwin:Facebook: ht...2020-08-251h 11
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 3 - Abhay JodhpurkarOn the third episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I had a chat with the brilliant Abhay Jodhpurkar - the singer of many of our favourite songs, including AR Rahman's “Moongil Thottam”, “Mere Naam Tu” from the Sharukh Khan starrer Zero, among other such hits. We spoke about his childlike curiosity, why he labels himself as "destiny's child", the a capella group which he calls “the best thing that ever happened in his life”, the impact Sufi music had on him, plus many other topics. There's also some wonderful singing near the end from Abhay himself, on occasion backed up by some uniq...2020-07-161h 17
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 2 - Edwin LouisIn the second episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with teenage sensation Edwin Louis, who rose to fame after releasing two hit singles within a week: "Adiye Kutti Devadhe", released by Think Music India, and "Thalapathy Raid", which he released through his own YouTube channel. We spoke about his parents' influences on his life, the times where he used to sleep inside keyboard covers, how much of a headache mixing a 127-track song was, why listening to KMMC's Sufi Ensemble brought him to tears, and much more.Follow Edwin:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdwinLouisOfficial/ |2020-06-211h 11
The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian MusicEpisode 1 - Composer SanjayIn the first episode of The Indoencers Podcast, I spoke with Composer Sanjay, an extremely talented independent artist, who is also well-known for leading Sanskruti, a band that absolutely bossed their appearance on Kappa TV's Music Mojo. We spoke about how his composing journey started off with a public event/function in his high school, how he deals with writer's block, why and how he composes predominantly semi-classical pieces despite never receiving formal education in classical music, his mind-boggling song in 11/8, and much more. Follow Sanjay:InstagramYouTubeA playlist of Sanjay's music:2020-05-081h 04