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musician.

artist.

creativist.

there is only one thing i know about you. 

 

YOU ARE AN ARTIST.

 

so is the auto driver who spontaneously maps the city and so cleverly comes up with new ways to beat the traffic. he uses perspective and precision to create an uproar of music as he treats vehicles like a puppet show.

 

so is your doctor, whose eye gathers little pockets of information your body gives him and innovates as he finds new and effective ways to help you. he stitches, paints and sculpts your body. he even color coordinates your tablets!

 

so is your dog who comes up with such creative reasons every night to be allowed on to the bed. she invents games, creates and solves her own problems and is currently, secretly working on an invention that will enable her to jump through walls. 

 

i am an artist, and i do not believe in explaining art. i love taking everyday concepts and 'abstracting' them till they are either unrecognisable, or mean something entirely different!

 

i am a contemporary, abstract expressionist and i draw heavily from mythology, color, philosophy, history and i spend a lot of time secretly poking into the brains of people around me. 

 

most of my designs have been for music and musicians, and i enjoy watching the patterns between different forms of expression collide.

 

collaboration is magic. interactive and performance art lead me to a completely different world. 

 

are you an artist? whether you are a folk musician, boudoir photographer, body painter, tap dancer, tattoo artist lets be creativists together! lets talk.  

 

i was introduced to music by my grandmother saraswathi, and my mother lakshmi rangarajan when i was just 6 years old. everything i have done since then, has always tied in with my music and art. everything has been a journey filled with creativity, imagination, and simply put, passion towards all things beautiful.

 

i am a south indian carnatic musician, but my influences dont stop with brindama, muktama, k v narayanaswamy or ramnad krishnan. there is usually an eclectic mixture of jobim classics that i sway to, some chet baker, some coltrane that i scat along with, some esperanza spalding if i'm in the mood to toss things up or some bjork if i want to fall without landing. i am sometimes engulfed by house and electronic music and i love to throw in my breezy vocals, and sometimes all i want to do is listen to some coldplay and john mayer! 

 

i encountered the world of contemporary- experimental music and was part of the band 'yodhakaa'. i worked with many awesome musicians to record an album with 'think music' (satyam cinema). yodhakaa toured internationally, and gained a unique standing in the world of contemporary music.

 

I have many gurus to thank- semmangudi srinivasa iyer, t.m thiagarajan, v.v.subramanian, sriram kumar, savitha narasimhan and my music peers who keep teaching and insiring me to be a better musician, christine duncan, andrew downing and jim lewis at the faculty of jazz (u of t), who believe in my music and help me work towards discovering myself, artists ilango and thotta tharani who see the relationship between my music and art, my friends at 'poorvaa', trailblazers of indian contemporary music, and most importantly, my family who supports me through everything.

 

for more details about my life as a musician/artist, download my full bio.    
 

 

 

what i can do

  • i am your musician. i love performing different styles of music. language and genre are not barriers. 

 

  • i am your designer. right from logos, costumes, interiors, posters to personalised art and paintings for your walls, i can bring your ideas to life.

 

  • i am a storyteller. i can provide any kind of written content for your organisation or personal requirements.

 

  • i conduct art and music workshops. i work with different age groups, but the end goal is to convey the ultimate message of art- anyone can create.

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