Episode 31
How To Kickstart Your Singing (& Music Composition) Career In Bollywood - w/ Trishita
Trishita is an award-winning playback singer and songwriter whose work has been featured on Netflix, HotStar and Zee5 among other notable places such as live events and concerts. Perhaps like most of you all out there, one of my longest-standing loves in life has been my love for music.
Who this is for
- You are trying to start something that still feels a little awkward and expensive.
- You would rather hear Trishita's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.
Key takeaways
- Kickstart Your Singing (& Music Composition) Career In Bollywood - w/ Trishita
- I was invited to a thing where they wanted to celebrate fellow women creators who had contributed into the success of...
- How are you going to sustain yourself if you don't have a solid base of your crowd? If I were to be born without any...
- Welcome to the Ready Set Do podcast, where we learn from journeys of not experts who are just two steps ahead of us. I...
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I was invited to a thing where they wanted to celebrate fellow women creators who had contributed into the success of Netflix. I think I am talented as a musician. I am practicing in search. I plan to make the move to Mumbai. How can I get my first singing gig?
How are you going to sustain yourself if you don't have a solid base of your crowd? If I were to be born without any inherent singing talent, could I still be a good singer? How can you write the lyrics when you don't know the tune?
For that last video, we only had 25 minutes in hand. And we went by so fast and that is my most viewed video so fast. 15 or 15 million views on that goddamn video. That song actually ended up changing the trajectory of my entire career.
What were some of the first experiences now that stand out in terms of getting started in your musician journey? I remember this fun occasion that my HOD actually called my father and threatened to basically restricate me on the grounds that I have a YouTube channel.
Welcome to the Ready Set Do podcast, where we learn from journeys of not experts who are just two steps ahead of us. I am Naman Pandey and in this episode, featured not expert is Dishta Rex. Dishta is an award-winning playback singer and songwriter whose work has been featured on Netflix,
Show notes
Trishita is an award-winning playback singer and songwriter whose work has been featured on Netflix, HotStar and Zee5 among other notable places such as live events and concerts. Perhaps like most of you all out there, one of my longest-standing loves in life has been my love for music. However, I’ve always been fascinated by what its like to produce music. Trishita walks us thru how she was exposed to the world of music as a child though singing reality TV shows, and how she continued to navigate her complex relationship with music into teenage and adulthood.
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