Discovering the soulful journey of a Musician: HWH09

For this episode of Hustle with Harmit, we are joined by Gagan Singh. He is an award-winning Screen Composer, Musical Director, Record Producer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Executive, Keynote Presenter, and Music Consultant. He has worked on the music for several Canadian and International Productions including the Multi-Award Winning Feature Film “Drone”, Starring Sean Bean, as well as Award-Winning Film ‘The Use of Deadly Force’, Starring Elvis Stojko. He also won an award for Best Original Score for the short film “Undone” Produced by Foster Films Canada. Gagan has also produced music with several Canadian and International Artists. He also manages an A&R talent agency and Music Publishing label. He is appointed as a Board Member of The Screen Composers Guild of Canada, as well as a consultant to the Songwriters Association of Canada, The Recording Academy, CARAS & SOCAN. In this episode, Gagan has shared his insights on: (Time Stamps): 01:00 what inspired a 3-year old Gagan to start playing Tabla. 05:55 how he transitioned from a student to a full-time Artist. 13:10 how he won the Award for the best original music score for the film "Undone". 17:30 Creative geniuses which inspired him to pursue music. 25:10 Challenges faced by new artists in the music industry. 28:50 How to consistently churn out creative content amidst all the negativity surrounding us. 34:30 How Gagan forayed in producing music for Films and his learnings from working in the film industry. 45:40 Why he wants to be the very first turbaned Sikh gentleman to be caught conducting the Orchestra on the podium of a Hollywood score. To find out more about Gagan you may follow him on: https://www.instagram.com/gagansinghmusic/ and at https://www.gagansinghmusic.com/ Make sure you subscribe to this show and leave a review on what you think about this episode. For all the latest updates please follow us on http://www.instagram.com/hustlewithharmit you may also write to us on: harmitspeaks@gmail.com