ARTIST STATEMENT

ARTIST STATEMENT

My musical path is a journey through immersive study in music composition, performance, improvisation, history, culture, philosophy and nature. I continually incorporate an evolving palette of performance and composition skills for furthering musical expression and audience expansion.

Influenced in part, by a particular blend of cultural diversity found within my region (Indian subcontinent, African American, Bluegrass), compositional works evolve into a representative blend of sound, color, light and beauty. My live performances and recorded albums change lives.

As a seeker and learner who believes in the transformative power of music, I have spent a lifetime exploring creative purposefulness, sharing knowledge and innovations along the way. It was a persistent curiosity, an unrelenting passion and a drive to expand the creative process at all costs that drove me to study classical North Indian music for 13 years. This led to the commissioning of the Imrat guitar, an 18 stringed hybrid sitar guitar.

My hope is to create innovative yet organic music which brings out the best in musicians, excites audiences and express an emotional, heartfelt connection to the environment which surrounds them.