Presenting the 4th episode of "Raight-on w/ Vasudev," a musical podcast aimed to spread knowledge and become a source where industry professionals can come and share their experiences. Featuring the very talented, my elder brother @raftaarmusic in this episode 🙏🏻 ➤ About Raftaar Dilin Nair, one of the most important figures in the Indian Hip-Hop scene, better known by his stage name “Raftaar”, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, TV personality and music composer. He won the “Best Urban Song of the Year” award for “Swag Mera Desi” at the Brit Asia Awards in 2014. He has also been awarded with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award in 2018. Born to a Delhi-based Malayali couple in Trivandrum, Kerala, Raftaar began his rapping career in 2008. He is one of the most cherished rappers, who has been helping many underground artists for a long time. Raftaar also introduced an independent music label named “Kalamkaar” along with Ankit Khanna nurturing many young hip-hop, rap, pop and EDM talent and bringing an exciting roster of young rappers and underground artists into the SMI (Sony Music India) family, including KR$NA, Deep Kalsi, Rashmeet Kaur and Yunan. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/raftaarmusic/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/raftaarmusic/ ➤ Time Stamps: 00:00 - Up Next! 00:27 - Introducing Dilin Paaji (Raftaar) 03:19 - After Mix/Master, Rap, Produce etc. What's Next? 09:19 - Raftaar's First Break? 11:10 - Odd Jobs Raftaar Did During His Initial Days? 13:21 - When Did Raftaar Stop Doing Ghost Production? 16:02 - Raftaar's Biggest USP? 19:45 - Parent's Support in Raftaar's Journey 25:09 - Raftaar's take on Sampling and Secret Sauce 29:18 - TOP 2 (Influences, Sports, Genres, Movies etc.) 37:04 - Raftaar's NGO 38:04 - MTV Hustle / Hip Hop Scene Over 8-10 Years 39:35 - Kalamkaar - Vision behind it? 40:12 - "Dilin" to "Raftaar" - How Would You Sum Up This Journey? 41:57 - Say "Raaiiiggghhhttt" ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma ➤ Get my pre-recorded courses here: 1) Music Theory - https://bit.ly/3U3HZju 2) Mixing & Mastering - https://bit.ly/3PgjKfp ➤ My Academy - "Mix With Vasudev Studios" - Join Our Most Advanced Audio Engineering & Music Production - AEMP Course, that will help you produce your tracks from scratch and make them sound professional. Kindly call on +91-9555524892 or visit www.mixwithvasudev.com to know more. ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for a while now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, VH1, B612, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 5 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev

Presenting PART 2 of the 5th episode of "Raight-on w/ Vasudev," a musical podcast aimed to spread knowledge and become a source where industry professionals can come and share their experiences. Breaking down the viral song, "Bajre Da Sitta" by Deep Kalsi, Rashmeet Kaur & Ikka, originally Mixed & Mastered by Abhishek Ghatak in this episode 🙏🏻 ➤ Watch PART 1 here - https://youtu.be/Rijo6m8Hc2o ➤ About Abhishek Ghatak: Abhishek Ghatak is a mix/mastering engineer in the Hindi film industry since 2010. He studied sound engineering in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia and has taught the same at Digital Academy, Mumbai for 2 years and worked with Vishal and Shekhar as their senior sound engineer for almost 3 years and then went freelance. He has worked with Composers such as Vishal and Shekhar, Salim Sulaiman, Sanchit Balhara, Clinton Cerejo, Raftaar, Divine, Sachin Jigar and many more and Kahaani, Bang Bang, Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya, Padmaavat, Kalank, Gullyboy are some of the projects he has worked on. He is a freelance mix and mastering engineer right now for songs, film scores, trailers, short films and so on. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theghatak/ ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for a while now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, VH1, B612, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 5 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev

We present to you, the second episode of "Raight-on w/ Vasudev," a musical podcast aimed to spread knowledge and become a source where the industry professionals can come and share their experiences. Featuring the maestro himself, Mr. Shadab Rayeen Ji in this episode 🙏🏻 ➤ About Shadab Rayeen ji: Shadab Rayeen is a Recording, Mixing and Live Sound engineer and has been a part of the Bollywood music industry since 1999. He has received the IIFA Award for best recording engineer in 2017 for the film “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” and also won the Indian Recording Arts Academy Awards in the category of Song Recording and Mixing for his work in “Kaise Hua” from Kabir Singh. With songs like Kalank Title Track, Khairiyat from Chhichhore, Qaafirana from Kedarnath, Bulleya from ADHM and many more, Shadab Rayeen ji has been consistently putting out and being a part of a lot of songs that are people’s favorite. So far, he has worked in more than 500 films and has experience of mixing over 700 live gigs. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shadabrayeen YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/shadabrayeen ➤ Time Stamps: 00:00 - Up Next! 00:18 - Welcoming @shadabrayeen ji 01:11 - What's your favourite among Recording, Mixing (Atmos/Surround/Stereo/Live)? 02:40 - Who is your favourite artist that you've worked with? 03:59 - How do you maintain a balance between your personal and professional life? 08:34 - Odd jobs that he had to do to support himself financially during his initial stage 28:25 - Funny childhood memories with Sunny MR 34:08 - GAME TIME! (TOP 2: Places, Movies, Songs, Influences, Food Items, Hardwares) 38:34 - How much had the audio world changed in those 20 years since you started? 48:25 - Importance of teamwork 56:35 - Spiritual difference between a professional and an aspiring artist? 59:35 - Aur breakdown videos kab aayenge?????? 1:04:28 - "Raaiigghhttt" in Shadab ji's voice! ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for over 5 years now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 3 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev

We present to you, the third episode of "Raight-on w/ Vasudev," a musical podcast aimed to spread knowledge and become a source where the industry professionals can come and share their experiences. Featuring the legendary, Meghdeep Bose Ji in this episode 🙏🏻 ➤ About Meghdeep Bose ji: Meghdeep Bose is an Indian music producer, composer, arranger and singer. His works include songs Swag Se Swagat, Slow Motion, Kaun Tujhe, Bol Do Na Zara & Dus Bahane 2.0. He began his career under his father while assisting him on various Projects. Being born in a family of four generation of musicians, he took to music at an early age and spent most of his childhood in the studios, observing his father as he composed & produced music for various devotional projects. Meghdeep ji has been nominated 6 times for Indian Recording Arts Academy (IRAA) Awards in the category of Best Music Producer out of which he won 5 times. He had worked with Pritam, Amit Trivedi, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Amaal Mallik, Jasleen Royal and many more. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meghdeep_bose Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meghdeep.bose.3 ➤ Time Stamps: 00:00 - Up Next! 00:23 - Introducing Meghdeep Bose ji! 01:01 - How many instruments do you play? 03:08 - Is knowing how to play an instrument beneficial for a Music Producer? 04:25 - How to become a good observer? 11:17 - Funny childhood memories 13:11 - Analog Vs Digital Synths? Why? 18:16 - Do you visualise sounds before recording? 20:54 - TOP 2 (Rapid Fire) 27:05 - Meghdeep ji's initiative for the community (Credits) Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/B968K52JvgM/ 36:25 - Misunderstood Terms (Music Director, Composer, Arranger, Writer, Producer, Programmer) 44:21 - How do you replicate Live feel from Programmed sounds? 53:10 - Something that you wish you could have done earlier in life? 57:52 - Why do you use Logic Pro X? What are some of the "Industry Standard" DAWs? 1:02:44 - How to get into the industry? 1:08:42 - Say "Raaiiiggghhhttt" ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for a while now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, VH1, B612, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 3 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev

Presenting the 5th episode of "Raight-on w/ Vasudev," a musical podcast aimed to spread knowledge and become a source where industry professionals can come and share their experiences. Featuring the magician of sound, Abhishek Ghatak in this episode 🙏🏻 ➤ About Abhishek Ghatak: Abhishek Ghatak is a mix/mastering engineer in the Hindi film industry since 2010. He studied sound engineering in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia and has taught the same at Digital Academy, Mumbai for 2 years and worked with Vishal and Shekhar as their senior sound engineer for almost 3 years and then went freelance. He has worked with Composers such as Vishal and Shekhar, Salim Sulaiman, Sanchit Balhara, Clinton Cerejo, Raftaar, Divine, Sachin Jigar and many more and Kahaani, Bang Bang, Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya, Padmaavat, Kalank, Gullyboy are some of the projects he has worked on. He is a freelance mix and mastering engineer right now for songs, film scores, trailers, short films and so on. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theghatak/ ➤ Time Stamps: 00:00 - Up Next! 00:30 - Introducing Abhishek Ghatak 06:17- From Drummer To Audio Engineer 11:07 - Qualities You Seek In Your Intern 24:15 - TOP 2 (Food Items, Artists, Places, Plugins, Mix Engineers) 38:32 - Funny Studio Memory 43:06 - Abhishek’s First Audio Setup 45:50 - BREAKDOWN TIME, BUT... ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for a while now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, VH1, B612, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 3 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev

Glad to announce that we’re starting with a whole new podcast series, “Raight-On w/ Vasudev” on our YouTube channel where we’ll invite the industry experts to discuss their approach and share their experience and trust me, its going to be a great learning opportunity not only for you, but for me as well 🙏🏻 ➤ Time Stamps: 00:00 - Up Next 00:06 - Intro 01:10 - Raight-On w/ Vasudev's First Guest (Podcast Begins) 02:07 - Welcoming Dipesh Varma ji 03:44 - Is it important to tune all the percussions? 07:09 - Any embarrassing moments in the studio? 10:51 - How do you find the right "groove" for a track? 16:22 - About Ensemble? Where is it used? 18:41 - Experience recording with your guru, Ustaad Taufiq Qureshi ji? 26:34 - Were you inclined towards percussions since your childhood? 34:44 - How many instruments do you play? 42:35 - Your experience at different recording studios? 46:42 - If there's one thing that you wish you had done when you started off, what would it be? 51:59 - Breaking down the rhythm of a project (Dilbaro) and explaining layering 1:07:48 - Your influences/inspirations & which artists you listen to the most? 1:13:30 - Importance of a GURU 1:16:30 - Ek baar aap "Raaiiigghhhttt" boldo 🙏 I hope you all are excited for the first episode, featuring the very talented @dipeshvarma ji where he will be sharing not only the technical things, but even answering some personal questions like, “the most embarrassing moment in the studio” and even breaking down the Rhythm for the song “Dilbaro” which is composed by @shankarehsaanloy8000 🔥 ➤ About Dipesh Varma ji: Dipesh Varma is one of the top rhythm arrangers and percussionists in the Bollywood industry right now. He has worked with A.R. Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Pritam Chakraborty, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ajay-Atul, Arijit Singh, Amaal Malik to name a few. He started his journey in the field of music at the age of 10 under the guidance of his mentor Taufiq Qureshi ji. With songs such as Jai Jai Shivshankar from WAR, Dilbaro and Ae Watan from Raazi, Ghoomar from Padmavat and many more, Dipesh Varma is also a part of bands like Surya – The New Sun and Mumbai Stamp (Which uses buckets, barrels, trash cans and homemade instruments to create an exuberant percussive tapestry), founded by the maestro himself - Taufiq Qureshi ji. Moreover, in Fusion and Classical Music, he has performed with the renowned artists Ranjit Barot, Niladri Kumar, etc. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - http://instagram.com/dipesh.varma Facebook - http://facebook.com/dipesh.varma.9 Twitter - http://twitter.com/dipeshvarma ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma ➤ Special thanks to the Universe, My Parents, Riya, Sujal, Yaman, Chander, Ayush, Aniket, Nihal and the entire RaightArmy for making it possible. Happy learning :D ➤ Get my pre-recorded courses here: 1) Music Theory - https://bit.ly/3U3HZju 2) Mixing & Mastering - https://bit.ly/3PgjKfp ➤ My Academy - "Mix With Vasudev Studios" - Join Our Most Advanced Audio Engineering & Music Production - AEMP Course, that will help you produce your tracks from scratch and make them sound professional. Kindly call on +91-9555524892 or visit www.mixwithvasudev.com to know more. ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for a while now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, VH1, B612, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 5 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev

Presenting the 6th episode of "Raight-on w/ Vasudev," a musical podcast aimed to spread knowledge and become a source where industry professionals can come and share their experiences. Featuring the exceptionally talented, @AnshumanSharma1 in this episode 🙏🏻 ➤ About Anshuman Sharma: Anshuman Sharma is a delhi based musician and you might recognize him as the guy who made "How To Sound Like ‘Ritviz’ in 2 minutes" which went viral on social media. Anshuman’s love for music began at the age of 9 when he started playing the keyboard, transitioning from classical to the western genre. Unlike his stereotypical showbiz contemporaries, the budding musician is mostly self-taught, and like any ambitious lad Sharma planned on pursuing MBA but things changed a little after he was discovered by Indian score composer duo Salim–Sulaiman and moved to Mumbai to work with them. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/anshuman.sharma1/?hl=en YouTube - @AnshumanSharma1 ➤ Time Stamps: 00:00 - Up Next! 00:25 - Introducing Anshuman Sharma 01:34 - Experience Working With Salim-Sulaiman 07:00 - Work Pressure In The Industry 09:18 - Anshuman's Music Band 10:37 - Since How Long Have You Been Playing Piano? 14:03 - How Did The "RITVIZ" Idea Come To You? 15:41 - TOP 2 (Artists, YouTubers, VSTs, Collaborations etc) 23:52 - Hobbies Apart From Music 27:09 - Good Online Sources To Learn Music Theory 33:06 - How To Overcome Artist's Block? 35:06 - Rehna Tu (Remix) or Aasmaan Tootega Nahi? ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma (https://www.instagram.com/__vedaant._) ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for a while now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 3 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev

In this episode, @AnshumanSharma1 will be breaking down 2 of his most sought after tracks - "Rehna Tu" (Weeknd Version) & "Aasman Tootega Nahi." Happy learning 🙏🏻 ➤ Watch PART 1 here - https://youtu.be/nD4ZMe0FcBk ➤ Listen to: Rehna Tu (Weeknd Version) - https://youtu.be/wV362AEszk8 Aasman Tootega Nahi - https://youtu.be/DjXtS9w_-i0 ➤ Edited by Vedaant Verma ➤ About Anshuman Sharma: Anshuman Sharma is a delhi based musician and you might recognize him as the guy who made "How To Sound Like ‘Ritviz’ in 2 minutes" which went viral on social media. Anshuman’s love for music began at the age of 9 when he started playing the keyboard, transitioning from classical to the western genre. Unlike his stereotypical showbiz contemporaries, the budding musician is mostly self-taught, and like any ambitious lad Sharma planned on pursuing MBA but things changed a little after he was discovered by Indian score composer duo Salim–Sulaiman and moved to Mumbai to work with them. ➤ Social Media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/anshuman.sharma1/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/AnshumanSharma1/ ➤ About Vasudev: ■ Vasudev, who dropped out of his college, DTU (formerly Delhi College Of Engineering) to follow his passion for Audio Engineering, has been a part of the industry for a while now and has credits from brands like T-Series, The Viral Fever, Netflix, Astitva The Band and a few more. He also has a passion for teaching and has been teaching for over 3 years now. ■ Not just the students from India, but he also currently has students from all across the globe including the countries like US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, UAE, Nepal to mention a few. Proud to mention one of his students Neil from California, the World-Record holder and the great Rapper - Raftaar who decided to take online sessions to enhance his understanding and knowledge of Audio Engineering. ➤ Social Media Handles: Website - https://www.mixwithvasudev.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixwithvasudev Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mixwithvasudev