The Indoencers - An Insight Into Indian Music
Through The Indoencers, we explore the stories of Indian musicians that influence and inspire us with their music. The Indoencers is a non-profit media platform that operates simply out of passion for Indian music and its influences. We aim to build a community where people can, irrespective of how familiar they may be with Indian music, express their thoughts and emotions to like-minded individuals.
Episodes
Episode 33 - oFRo
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
Episode 32 - Aditya Ravindran
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
Episode 31 - Sindhu Vasudevan
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
Episode 30 - Diluckshan Jeyaratnam
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
Episode 29 - Sumesh Narayanan (Life Until 23 Series)
Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23On 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 accidental
Episode 28 - Sindhu Rajaramji (Life Until 23 Series)
Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23On 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,
Episode 27 - Rishi K (Life Until 23 Series)
Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23This 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 him
Episode 26 - Chris Jason (Life Until 23 Series)
Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23This 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
Episode 25 - Anjana Rajagopalan (Life Until 23 Series)
Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23This 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
Episode 24 - Vijaynarain (Life Until 23 Series)
Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23This 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
Episode 23 - Sreekanth Hariharan (Life Until 23 Series)
Life Until 23 - full album out now: https://linktr.ee/lifeuntil23This 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 generati
Episode 22 - Kavitha Jayaraman
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
Special Episode with IPRS - Understanding Music Copyright in India ft. Rumpa Banerjee
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
Discussing 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
Episode 21 - Bharath Sankar
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
Episode 20 - Mrunal Shankar
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=PLyOa60Nfpp5oscFwrbIzyQ6YciGrcMYXxFollo
Episode 19 - Kalyani Nair
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
An 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 expl
Episode 18 - Girishh Gopalakrishnan
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
Episode 17 - Navneeth Sundar
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
Episode 16 - Aanchal Shrivastava
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
An 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:
Episode 15 - Shweta Srivastava
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
Episode 14 - Madhura Dhara Talluri
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
Episode 13 - Vijaynarain
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
Episode 12 - Abhay Nayampally
On 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 C
Episode 11 - Shashaa Tirupati
On 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 a
Episode 10 - Aditya Prakash
On 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, amo
Episode 9 - Prashanth Techno
On 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 tha
Episode 8 - Apoorva Krishna
On 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 conflue
BONUS: 2020 Highlights
This 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 fa
Episode 7 - Drishti Tandel
On 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
Episode 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
Episode 5 - Darshana KT
In 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
Episode 4 - Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy
In 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
Episode 3 - Abhay Jodhpurkar
On 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
Episode 2 - Edwin Louis
In 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 insid
Episode 1 - Composer Sanjay
In 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
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