Exclusive interview with India’s no 1 percussionist/ Dhol player
Naitik Kesri Nagda
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by Naitik Nagda is a must watch!
In an exclusive interview with Butterfly
talkies, Naitik Nagda opens up about how he went on to become India’s Dandiya
King named by Midday and takes us through his journey of finding musical
inspiration.
From starting his
career with well- known musicians Kalyanji Anandiji’s musical troupe ‘Little
Wonders’ at the age of 10 to becoming a hotelier, Naitik’s career has been a narrative.
In an intimate
telephonic conversation, the rockstar talks about what ticks him as a musician
and what inspires him to produce the mind blowing sounds he does from junk
material.
His famous remix
track on Martin Garrix's classic ‘Animal’ has won him over five lakh hits on
YouTube in less than a year that’s made him a block buster hit in the music
industry.
Read the interview here:
What do you feel
about music?
It’s a pleasure to be
featured on your blog. Firstly, I have no professional training in music. I
feel grateful to God to bless me with this talent of making music from sounds
around me.
If you ask me what I
feel about music, it would be that I bring value to rhythm in the musical world. At
the age of 3, I started making music from playing with lunch boxes around me at
home.This because I believe any form of sound can be created into music.
This faith made me
make my wheeldrum act from using trash cans, metal plates, dustbins and
waterbottles. I’m the only one musician in India playing the wheeldrum.
I create such music
that makes the audience excited enough to dance on my beats.
In 2009, Naitik went
on to participate in ‘MTV Rock On’ the first ever musical reality show the
popular music channel. Kailash Kher was one of the judges and among five
hundered contestants from all over India, he went on to win the show. Kailash
Kher loved his music so much that he made him a part of his band.
Who is your
inspiration?
I don’t have any
inspiration as such because I started very early in age. My main objective is to create rhythmic music that people can hear and enjoy.
He started playing
dhol at a very small amount of Rs.250 for two hours & today he performs all over India with his own
full fledged band called ‘N2 Band’. The music wonder has even featured on
Amitabh Bachchan’s talent show on History TV called ‘The Great Indian Talent
show’
Who is that one
sounding board in your life that has supported you in your struggle to reach
the top?
My wife is my
backbone. When the world told her not to marry me as I was a rhythmist, she
chose to have faith in me and here I am.
Talking about
personal life Naitik Nagda’s son Hiyaan is just 3 years old & like his
father he also plays dhol & grabs the attraction of the audience.
How do you make music?
I sit alone and
experiment with materials around me. I play them and try and create music from
them. Right now I’m working on making music from pipes. I started hitting the
top of the pipe and have been successful in creating music from it. I play it
in a way that if you hear it you won’t come to know the music is coming from
pipes unless you see it. I will be releasing this track next week.
The talented Mr.
Nagda has even featured on MTV’s
‘Coke Studio’ with Bollywood music composers Sachin-Jigar.
What motivates you to
stay grounded?
I pray to god every
morning that God should not make me proud. As long as you are humble you have
no negativity around you.
He has also opened
a restaurant recently in Mumbai Ghatkoper named 'Kyros'. He is also the Brand
ambassador of Men's Wear brand 'ZOOP'.
If there was one
thing you could wish from God in your music career what would it be?
Everyone from singers
to sound artists should be treated equally.
My aim is to promote
musicians. Singers are treated better than musicians because they are at the
forefront. But nobody looks at the hard work that the musicians put into making
music and keeping up with the singers. I want to remove the bar graph between
singers and musicians.
Keep Rocking,
Maya
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