Drummer-Composer
DARSHAN DOSHI
Mridangam Maestro
VIVEICK RAJAGOPALAN
What did you do musically through lockdown ? Did you release new music ?
I had a great time recording for independent artists like Shalmali Kholgade , Rashmeet Kaur , Ambi Subramaniam , Purbayan Chatterjee & VijayPrakash . I also started playing with a band called Live & In Sync which was formed during this period .
Challenges you faced when recording your songs / making new music
During the earlier months of the lockdown , it was difficult to find an engineer to help me record drums but my brother Umang Doshi & sound engineer Abhishek Ghatak helped me sort that out & we managed to record over 15 songs .
How do you think the music scene can recover from the pandemic hit ?
I truly feel that the live music scene needs to kick off with all required precautions & we as musicians & artists need to create more opportunities for the community so that we can head back to normalcy .
What did you do musically through lockdown ? Did you release new music ?
I released two looping videos both which featured my " mididangam " which is a midi mridangam and I also released a single called " Nayya feat Sveta Hattangadi . I also started artsqft . com with Atul Shukla , which is a self serve online performance platform for artists .
How do you think the music scene can recover from the pandemic hit ?
This is a tough one . But as a suggestion I think more artists should collaborate . That way the audience will also get to see something new and it will be a win win for the artists as well .
What can we look forward to from you now ?
I am currently working on two more singles of which one is part of Ta Dhom Project .
What can we look forward to from you now ?
I have a lot of content coming up on my Youtube page . Look out for upcoming collaborations with artists like Salim Sulaiman , Amit Trivedi , Adnan Sami & Farhan Akhtar .
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