<p>A sound editor and designer presently based in Hollywood, Shreyas Srinivas was born and raised in Bengaluru. An IT professional, Shreyas decided to move to the US, after he made up his mind to spend the rest of his life working in the music industry. Shreyas says that although he has begun working in a different environment altogether, his links with India and Bollywood in particular are strong. <br /><br /></p>.<p> He shares with Nina C George his experiences of working in different capacities in the music industry. <br /><br />How do you manage time juggling production, recording and designing?<br /><br />Thankfully, this field has no fixed hours. When I finish one project, I move on to the next. There are very tight deadlines so work gets done really quickly or right on time. This year has been busy because I just wrapped up an interesting television show called ‘The Green Room’ series with some cool cast and crew shot in Hollywood. After this, I got busy working on several short films and sound design gigs. The different things I do within the music industry are all pretty much the same. It’s just me working in different capacities. <br /><br />What inspired you to get into the music industry? <br /><br />It was a natural progression. I had no skill in anything else. I took up a job in the software industry but quit in three months to get into the music industry. I come from a very artistically inclined family. My mother and sister are trained classical dancers. My mother is also a trained singer but took up a career in linguistics and moved to New York for her studies. I am the only one who took up music as a career in my family.<br /><br />How was your experience of working on ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’?<br /><br />It was a long process and took a couple of months. I was given the charge of finding talent and singers. We worked on an interesting jazz song on the project called ‘Old school girl’. It was an interesting experience, especially because I was working with friends. <br /><br />What changes do you want to see in the music industry? <br /><br />The music is always changing but what needs to change is the presence of an organisation that helps musicians find a medium to license and place music from the business perspective, develop, grow, network and most importantly, pay. Music is as much a job as anything else, and if I may say, a highly respectable one that makes one more human than anything else. <br /><br />What kind of music do you like? <br /><br />I am presently tripping on a lot of RnB and indie pop/soul music. Some of my friends introduced me to some new indie artistes and I’ve been watching them perform live. <br /><br />What project are you working on now? <br /><br />I’ve finished producing four tracks for a label called ‘Panoctave’. The videos are <br />being shot and will release in the next few weeks. Otherwise, I am always writing songs and looking forward to working with new musicians. I am also working on my five-track EP which is releasing end of July. <br /></p>
<p>A sound editor and designer presently based in Hollywood, Shreyas Srinivas was born and raised in Bengaluru. An IT professional, Shreyas decided to move to the US, after he made up his mind to spend the rest of his life working in the music industry. Shreyas says that although he has begun working in a different environment altogether, his links with India and Bollywood in particular are strong. <br /><br /></p>.<p> He shares with Nina C George his experiences of working in different capacities in the music industry. <br /><br />How do you manage time juggling production, recording and designing?<br /><br />Thankfully, this field has no fixed hours. When I finish one project, I move on to the next. There are very tight deadlines so work gets done really quickly or right on time. This year has been busy because I just wrapped up an interesting television show called ‘The Green Room’ series with some cool cast and crew shot in Hollywood. After this, I got busy working on several short films and sound design gigs. The different things I do within the music industry are all pretty much the same. It’s just me working in different capacities. <br /><br />What inspired you to get into the music industry? <br /><br />It was a natural progression. I had no skill in anything else. I took up a job in the software industry but quit in three months to get into the music industry. I come from a very artistically inclined family. My mother and sister are trained classical dancers. My mother is also a trained singer but took up a career in linguistics and moved to New York for her studies. I am the only one who took up music as a career in my family.<br /><br />How was your experience of working on ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’?<br /><br />It was a long process and took a couple of months. I was given the charge of finding talent and singers. We worked on an interesting jazz song on the project called ‘Old school girl’. It was an interesting experience, especially because I was working with friends. <br /><br />What changes do you want to see in the music industry? <br /><br />The music is always changing but what needs to change is the presence of an organisation that helps musicians find a medium to license and place music from the business perspective, develop, grow, network and most importantly, pay. Music is as much a job as anything else, and if I may say, a highly respectable one that makes one more human than anything else. <br /><br />What kind of music do you like? <br /><br />I am presently tripping on a lot of RnB and indie pop/soul music. Some of my friends introduced me to some new indie artistes and I’ve been watching them perform live. <br /><br />What project are you working on now? <br /><br />I’ve finished producing four tracks for a label called ‘Panoctave’. The videos are <br />being shot and will release in the next few weeks. Otherwise, I am always writing songs and looking forward to working with new musicians. I am also working on my five-track EP which is releasing end of July. <br /></p>