Deepak Ram grew up in South Africa, discovered music as a teenager, studied bansuri (bamboo flute) with the masters in Mumbai, and found his “thing” as a globally-recognized musician. 

 

As he shares his journey with us, we touch upon:

 

School vs. Education

Studying with the Masters

The Role of Practice and Intention

Finding Your “Thing”

Heroes and Zeroes.

 

We close the episode with some of Deepakji’s sublime playing.

 

References:

Deepak’s website: https://www.deepakram.com/

Deepak on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IRHoIb1ZFEVrwdm0SzPh5

 

Musicians mentioned:

Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vijay Raghav Rao, Shivkumar Sharma

 

Call of the Valley (album)

https://www.allmusic.com/album/call-of-the-valley-mw0000174667

 

Technical information on Ragas mentioned:

Raga Lalit: http://www.tanarang.com/english/lalit_eng.htm

Raga Bhopali: http://www.tanarang.com/english/bhoopali_eng.htm