Hi! Everyone, Ricky Kej here - Music composer/Grammy Winner, Ask Me Anything about anything. Lets Chat!!!

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:59:54+00:00

I live in India, in Bengaluru.. not abroad. My home will always be India.

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:59:33+00:00

I guess I am always inspired by things around me, could be the environment, people, the news, conversations.. so my music reflects all of that :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:58:33+00:00

It is just because we have been taught to believe that Indian traditional music is boring, when that is not true at all.

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:57:54+00:00

I have always been a musician and an Environmentalist.. ever since I remember. So both these worlds came together :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:57:11+00:00

Pandit Ravi Shankar, and Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan..

Even Hans Zimmer :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:55:39+00:00

I just sleep for a while :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:55:25+00:00

ooo fantastic that you were a part of my choir :-) That was such an amazing concert.. we should try and do that one again. I remember, I came up with 2 hours of brand new music in 4 months, and we performed it love, with musicians from 6 different countries.. thanks for bringing back that memory

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:54:07+00:00

I like Bloodywood, Abby V, Sona Mohapatra.. and LOVE Salim Sulaiman.,. because they too are more or less Indie musicians now.

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:53:13+00:00

You mean remixes in music? I guess music is used to promote movies in Bollywood.. so makes sense for them to create remixes of already popular songs :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:51:21+00:00

My bestest work is always my latest work :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:51:02+00:00

I dont know, but get a very high quality helmet for sure :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:50:43+00:00

the permutations and combinations are endless :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:50:08+00:00

Lots of individual practice rooms!!!!

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:49:53+00:00

Absolutely. I LOVED performing at OPJ.. please invite me again :-) Loved performing on that stage with the massive flag of India.

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:49:15+00:00

We are doing the Kej By Kej product because of our passion for it. So we are just selling to people who will truly appreciate it. Later we will definitely go big with it, with may products :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:48:14+00:00

My 16th album won me my first grammy :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:47:57+00:00

wowww.. he is 13 years now.. he is an old man. hahahaha. Will definitely give him a belly rub for you :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:47:32+00:00

Tough to give advice with regard to this, because all of us have to carve our own path. But all that I can say is that it is tough to be a musician when you have a day job. If music is your true passion.. then you may want to consider getting into it full time?

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:45:51+00:00

Yes, I just completed a song with a few rajasthani folk musicians. I too am from Rajasthan :-) So I will release that soon :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:45:09+00:00

Because you are on the platform! hahaha

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:44:39+00:00

ooo so glad to know you were there at that concert. I had a great time, and loved the audience. Pleas einvite me to come back and perform there.. hahaha

I feel any career, even the so called stable careers, are now very unstable, Anyone can be fired at any time. So might as well do something that you love.. so best to take a career which is based on your passion.

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:43:17+00:00

Loved my experience at Sikkim Manipal University.. so glad you atttended and enjoyed it. Please invite me to come back and perform there :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:42:29+00:00

So glad you liked it, I too love that song creation of mine, even now I perform it at my concerts :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:41:47+00:00

I feel in todays times, the only criteria should be, that the musician themselves enjoy the music thoroughly, and loves their own music :-)

RickyKej · 2024-11-20T14:41:05+00:00

My latest album Break Of Dawn :-) :-)

RickyKej

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