Balu chettan and Jassie chettan, both of whom were my seniors, and a bunch of us would all get together after class and make music till late into the night,” recalls Ishaan. “In those days, in the early 2000s, University College had a thriving music scene. That was when he teamed up with violinist Balabhaskar and a couple of others to form the music band Confusion Ishaan was the lead vocalist in the band. Ishaan’s journey in music started while he was studying for a bachelor’s degree in Zoology at University College. Initially, he trained under his father, Soman, a musician, and later under a host of teachers such as Neyyatinkara Chandra Mohan and Ambalapuzha Vijayan. When Narayanan sir heard my version he said he loved it as it is!” says the 31-year-old, who has been learning classical music from the age of three. Narayanan, and its star, Ganesh, when they came by the studio the next day. I was doing the programming for the album and Jassie told me to record the song in my voice so that he could play it for director, S. Pakistani singer Atif Aslam was supposed to sing the song. The fact that I got to sing ‘Shyloo’ was, in itself, a bit of a fluke. I never thought that I would win considering that I was up against the likes of Sonu Nigam.
“The awards (for best singer and upcoming singer) were unexpected. The song was one of Sandalwood’s biggest hits of 2011 a feat that won South indian Michi music awards 2011 for his kannada debute song shyloo, Best singer 2011 as well as best Upcoming singer 2011 in Kannada He sang the number ‘Shyloo’, from the film Shyloo (music was composed by his buddy Jassie Gift). Although in my case, it should actually be: Starting from minus zero got nothing to lose!” says Ishaan, a native of Thiruvallam.Īfter tasting some success as a music director and music programmer in Mollywood, Ishaan is now a singing sensation in the Kannada film industry. “I get goose bumps whenever I read/hear those lines. In fact, the young singer-music director has even got the lines framed on the wall of his studio, S2.inn, in the city, as a “constant reminder” of his “struggle” to reach where he is today. Starting from zero got nothing to lose/Maybe we'll make something/But me myself I got nothing to prove…Īmerican singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman’s lines from her celebrated single ‘Fast Car’ are something that Ishaan Dev (formerly known as Shaan Mon) keeps close to his heart.
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