'Maruvarthai' was an exciting song for me because it showcased my Carnatic roots.
My basic grammar is in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music, but I don't believe that that is the only form of music I will learn. I don't believe in that, because I am a very open minded person.
Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.
The inner core of my being is Carnatic music.
My creativeness stems from my love of music. Music is pure emotion. Music is the infinity sign. Music is self-expression in its purest form - it's how I express my anger, my self-doubt, my love. I think my music is very vulnerable and very expressive, very transparent.
I grew up learning carnatic music but I also enjoyed english music so I always thought I could marry the two words and we tried the idea once and it was a hit.
Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.
I owe so much of my musical growth to my exploration and performance of Carnatic music.
Being from a middle-class Indian family, I learned Carnatic music.
Usually people like experimental music which is usually not the case in Carnatic classical concerts.
Across generations, the torch-bearers of Carnatic music have mastered the art form of connection.
I always felt music to be universal and undifferentiated - Western classical, folk, Carnatic or Hindustani and so on.
I'm happy to be associated with the Times Thyagaraja Awards, which takes Carnatic music to the young generation.
The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.
My mother made me listen to Carnatic music saying that only then I will be able to appreciate any good music. But what this has also done for me is that I'm unable to accept modern-day cinema songs.
My idea is to take the improvisational excitement that takes place with Carnatic music and juxtapose that in different sonic contexts.