The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian Music – Details, episodes & analysis

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 :)

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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 :)

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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

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 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!

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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

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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 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 it too!

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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 explorations within Carnatic music. We hope you enjoy this session as much as we did!

This is the latest episode on the MMM Podcast (Music, Movies, and Memories Podcast); however they’ve asked me to upload the video on my channel due to technical difficulties on their end. Please do check their podcast out via the link below!

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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 he was so open in sharing his experiences and knowledge, and I hope all of you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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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 you enjoy it as much as I did!

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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 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 :)

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