#00008 Deepak Ram: My first flute was a ruler
The Ten Thousand (10,000) Heroes Show
English - August 07, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 120 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Deepak Ram grew up in South Africa, discovered music as a teenager, studied bansuri (bamboo flute) with the masters in Mumbai, and found his “thing” as a globally-recognized musician.
As he shares his journey with us, we touch upon:
School vs. Education
Studying with the Masters
The Role of Practice and Intention
Finding Your “Thing”
Heroes and Zeroes.
We close the episode with some of Deepakji’s sublime playing.
References:
Deepak’s website: https://www.deepakram.com/
Deepak on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IRHoIb1ZFEVrwdm0SzPh5
Musicians mentioned:
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vijay Raghav Rao, Shivkumar Sharma
Call of the Valley (album)
https://www.allmusic.com/album/call-of-the-valley-mw0000174667
Technical information on Ragas mentioned:
Raga Lalit: http://www.tanarang.com/english/lalit_eng.htm
Raga Bhopali: http://www.tanarang.com/english/bhoopali_eng.htm