Being an Indian kid in America, I was exposed to so many kinds of music. It is mainly mainstream, and an eclectic mix of all the music I grew up listening to. I call it urban Indie pop it's a mixture of R&B, Indie rock, Indian classical, some electronic and pop. The school also encouraged us to experiment and that is how I started writing my own music. When you are surrounded by talented musicians, you learn so much from them.īefore I joined Berklee, I was listening only to Indian classical, Indian film music, R&B, and some stuff on radio, but Berklee taught me to listen to all kinds of music. The years I spent there sculpted me into the musician I am today. I have just graduated after a four-year course.
How was the experience of studying at Berklee? When I was accepted, I was very elated as their old students had a great track record.
I had to sing two compositions, and I sang an R&B American song and an Indian classical. After the application process, there was an audition, and for that, I went to Boston. It is tough as they have a very low acceptance rate. After 12th standard, Berklee College of Music was my attraction as it is a contemporary music school. I decided that music was what I wanted to pursue as a career. When did you decide to make music your profession? It progressed from there and soon I was singing in school and winning prizes. Simultaneously, I started listening to jazz, blues, gospel music and R&B. It became serious when I started taking formal advanced lessons from my guru, Padma Bhushan P S Narayana Swamy, at age 10. When we came to India, I continued learning as my grandfather also was a Carnatic musician. I was always near her when she taught her students, and I started learning from her when I was four. My mother, who is a Carnatic musician, started a school for children when I was around three, and I grew up listening to her teaching students. My parents moved to San Francisco from India when I was a year old. How did you get interested in Carnatic music? This year has been special for him as his first Tamil playback song was released and also, he got to sing at the Kadal audio launches and a concert with Rahman.īefore he went back to the United States, the young singer spoke to Shobha Warrier on his musical journey. The 22-year-old Sriram, who sings jazz, blues and Carnatic music equally well, has just graduated from the Berklee College of Music in the US.įor the last five years, Sid has been coming to Chennai during the margazhi season to give Carnatic concerts. Sid Sriram's song Adiye in Mani Ratnam's Kadal, under the music direction of A R Rahman, has become one of the sensations of 2013.
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