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 was so much to talk about regarding his musical journey, and I had great fun throughout this interview. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!

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Chapters

• 0:18 Introduction
• 2:15 Childhood & Musical Beginnings
• 21:18 Beginning of Compositional Journey
• 27:32 Having Confidence in Pursuing Music
• 35:10 Listening to Different Types of Music
• 51:11 Being in Bands (including Oorka)
• 1:16:00 Finding Musicians in Madagascar for Mandela
• 1:29:52 Approach for Arrangement of Scene Ah Scene Ah
• 1:36:29 Transforming an Indie Song Idea into Vaa Veera
• 1:42:16 Future Plans & His Playlist
• 1:55:06 Outro