Jam Sessions with Mohan, Divij & Kunal
Jam Sessions with Mohan, Divij & Kunal
Mohan Kumar is a New Delhi based self-trained Guitarist and Producer. He has been actively involved in the Indian music scene for over 10 years. Inspired by Hans Zimmer, Mick Gordon, Allan Holdsworth, Meshuggah, and Aphex Twin, Kumar wishes to continue his journey to become a background music composer. Currently, he's also involved in expanding his horizons in guitar performance and theory under the guidance of phenomenal educator Floyd Francisco Fernandes.
Divij Kapoor is a Delhi based musician born in a family of music lovers, started his musical journey at the age of 6 with the guitar. Despite having small hands but big resolve, he started playing Eric Clapton, Deep Purple and Beatles, he soon became the best guitarist in his school. Having learnt music from renowned musicians like Brennon Denfer, Hitesh Madan and Obed Zeme he has always lived up to their expectations. He has given the highest level of rockschool examinations, scored a distinction in all the rockschool examinations and became an "All India topper".
He is currently playing with many renowned musicians .He is also a self taught Keyboardist and a bassist. Being an avid learner for a long time, he has also started teaching. Having a group of students who love to learn music from someone so young is very inspiring. He loves listening to greats like Jaco pastorious, Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder, BB King and bands like Weather Report, Shakti, Aristocrats.
Kunal Netrapal has been playing drums as his principal instrument for the last 17 years. The journey truly began when Kunal attended his first ever professional workshop at Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, where he studied with 9 times Grammy Award Winner, Rodney Holmes and the renowned teacher, Benny Greb. He also spent a significant time under the rigorous mentorship of Manoj Mavely in Delhi, after which he was accepted at the prestigious 'The Collective School Of Music' in New York.
Drummers Collective, reputed for being the world's best school for drums, gave Kunal the opportunity to shape himself by being at the heart of the artistic and commercial music scene in New York. While studying there, Kunal was fortunate to study under some of the best teachers in the percussion segment namely; Ustad Zakir Hussain, Peter Retzlaff, Pat Petrillo, Vince Cherico, Marco Djordjevic, Jason Gianni, Ian Froman, Chris Coleman, Steve Smith.