From Bahraich to Bollywood, Ishaan Nigam’s roadmap is obvious
That to be born in a small city isn’t any hurdle to dream massive is proved by 27-year-old Ishaan Nigam. Beginning his journey from the nondescript city of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, Ishaan is on the brink of attaining his targets. A profitable impartial musician, Ishaan’s dream of changing into a playback singer in Bollywood doesn’t appear to be far. Considered one of his singles ‘O Jaana’ launched in the beginning of the pandemic final yr was seen greater than 100 thousand occasions on his YouTube channel. The track, written and composed by Brite Roy and shot in Mussoorie. featured Ishaan as a visually impaired artist, giving him ample scope to emote and ace his performing expertise as effectively.
A software program engineer by career, Ishaan lately accomplished his Masters in Indian classical music, which he feels helps him take a deeper have a look at the composition and perceive it higher and ship it extra professionally.
Sharing his musical journey, Ishaan says whereas in school, he auditioned for UTV Bindass’ Dreamstart in 2015 and was chosen to be the highest 20 musicians from India to pursue a summer season course at A R Rahman’s KMMC in Chennai. “It was there I realised I should start doing music professionally,” says Ishaan. A profitable YouTuber since 2011, he says, “I believe it’s one of the best platforms to showcase an individual’s talent, especially for the indie artists who also work on the official video of their song but I believe now with changing times, there are other audio streaming platforms that serve their purpose.”
Ishaan’s Covers and Bollywood mashups hold attracting viewers and he enjoys the liberty of his non-genre particular repertoire. He says, “I like exploring different genres because I believe sticking to a particular genre holds back the creativity of an artist.” Ishaan minces no phrases about his future course. “I aspire to become a playback singer. I come from a small city, with no musical background. Luckily, I have grown up listening to Bollywood singing legends like Mohd. Rafi saheb, Lata Mangeshkar ji, Asha Bhosle ji, Manna Dey saheb, Sonu Nigam ji and I worship them like gods.”
With a mixture of singles and rating for films, Vivek Kar is on the proper path
Only a few can say their life has been the best way they wished it to be. Singer-composer Vivek Kar is one in all them and glad his journey from Sivasagar in Assam, the place he was born, to Mumbai has been an attention-grabbing one. “It happened the way I wanted it to be and I believe that some blessings were always following me,” he says.
Vivek’s palms are full with a film with Zareen Khan and Emraan Hashmi and a video with Prince Narula and Zareen arising, and he’s excited in regards to the tasks. “The video with Prince Narula is a sad breakup song; mostly my upcoming songs are sad. There are many more happening with Prince. He is one gem of a person to work with, and Zareen Khan is perfect to work with,” gushes Vivek in regards to the artists in his video.
Vivek was a journalist earlier than he met lyricist Rakesh Kumar, and that modified his life. “My last release from Zee ‘Tu bhi royega’ gave me big time recognition and I’m thankful to Kumaar paaji and Anurag Bedi sir of Zee music company,” says Vivek who’s doing largely singles for Zee music.
Not like movie shoots that have been placed on maintain, the indie music business thrived regardless of the pandemic. “By god’s grace, I am happy that as musicians, we are able to do what we wanted to. This pandemic has been tough. The films that are complete are yet to be released because the theatres are shut. There are four movies that I am co-producing in collaboration with some good and big directors from the south. I am also co-producing an interesting biopic” informs Vivek.
Vivek imbibes musical sense from his mom who’s educated in classical music; he admits having music as his purpose since college days. “I am very focused on my work and towards my goals. By God’s grace and the support of family and friends, I could reach this milestone.”
From Nepal, Yoel Younger creates music that crosses boundaries
At 17, Yoel Younger from Nepal has an attention-grabbing lineup of singles on Spotify and different music streaming platforms with spectacular hits. Yeol has been singing and creating music for round two years now, making use of the pandemic lockdown time.
“I’m still in high school and due to the pandemic, it’s simpler to adjust school and music,” he says. The teen’s musical model attracts from and blends totally different genres of music.
“My songs are tailored and glued by feelings and are collections of different emotions that I have felt at different points in my life. I attempt to depict them through my deliveries, melodies and lyrics,” he factors out.
Yoel began listening to The Scorpions and The Eagles in his rising up years. “Their songs inspired me to create music. I also got inspired by a lot of hip-hop artists to create music that makes people happy.”
Although not educated formally, Yoel’s publicity to net programs and YouTube helps him to take up music professionally. “As I am fairly young, I have the leverage to try out different things. I am confident that I will succeed and make it big. I don’t like to settle in a comfortable place. Be it in real life or music. I want to keep evolving and the same goes for my music. That is what sets me apart, says this confident teenager, who feels his biggest accomplishment is doing well on streaming platforms after going viral on Tiktok.
“The pandemic is the best thing that happened to me, as I got to nurture my skills,” he says.
What’s the approach ahead for Yoel? “I want to carry myself and be portrayed as a Creative. Because, if you’re in the music business in this day and age, creativity is the only thing that can keep you relevant for a long time. I’ve been working on an album now and want to put out the best music I possibly can.”