Sid Sriram

“My idea is to take the improvisational excitement that takes place with Carnatic music and juxtapose that in different sonic contexts.”

“Growing up in the U.S., I'd siloed off my identities. While I was an Indian at home, I was an American at school. I have now embraced both the identities.”

“My musical journey with A. R. Rahman is filled with personal milestones and realisations.”

“My parents moved to San Francisco from India when I was a year old.”

“'Entropy' broadly means tending towards chaos constantly.”

“My experience and growth in the film music world and the time I've spent studying legendary film composers have given me depth of insight into how music can inspire a range of emotions.”

“My primary goal is to be a solo artist releasing original music.”

“From when I first started listening to music, M. S. Subbulakshmi has been one of my biggest influences. She poured her heart and life into everything she sang.”

“My mother, who is a Carnatic musician, started a school for children when I was around three, and I grew up listening to her teaching students.”

“I owe so much of my musical growth to my exploration and performance of Carnatic music.”

“The really cool thing is that I've developed this hardcore fan base that came to me through my work in films, but they are super-willing to cross over and experiment.”

“Thanks to my family and guru. They were quite confident that I could do it and think about music as a full-time career.”

“Starting with the lyrics, 'Only scared of myself and the truth in the stars/I'm a king, I'm the dirt, God within me shine,' the first half of '6 Weeks' delves into my attempts to balance the notion that I have an existential purpose with the realization that I am nothing against the vastness of the universe.”