“Dar gaya toh mar gaya…” this, the henchman and cult master, Gabar Singh’s outroar in the renowned Hindi movie, ‘Sholay’, meaning, ‘Scared you are, then dead you are’ is the nexus that aided one of the finest Indian guitarist paddles his canoe through the rough rocky patches, constantly using the ante in art and music.
**Art, Artist and Metamorphosis**
Father, a hawein guitarist and grandfather, a Carnatic musician, the genesis to this talent can be the musically inclined genes in itself. Following up the legacy and shattering the glass ceiling is surely not an easy task. His muse, the spirit of adventure and self-belief surely made him different from his other family members. Reminding us of Robert Frost’s ‘The Road not taken’, Mr Baiju Dharmajan, the guitarist, music composer, producer, Guitar tutor and musician based in Kochi has his legend set in astounding inspiration, self-made in its entity, a catcher of dreams in virtue and rectitude.
**From high school to this day.**
‘God of small strings’ as is called by his fans, has bagged around 10 awards including Rock street Journal’s ‘Rock Band of the decade’ (2000-2010). Many winters ago, precisely after 10th grade, his performance at Thrissur temple for ‘Ganamela’ earmarked the beginning of his solo performances alluring a huge mob to the world of music. From his first band, ‘Instinct’ to breaking the chains through ‘Motherjane’ the band, his music has the finest fusion of eastern and western music. His inspirations include Ilayaraja, Raveendran sir and Devarajan sir, reminding us that old is always gold, with much an adoration towards Steve Vai, Jimmy Page, Mattias Ekhuland and Jimi Hendrix from the western world.
His studio albums include Insane Biography, Maktub, By the moonlight and crossover while his solos include Jana Gana Mana, Vande Matharam, Vaishnava Janato, Moham and Mile sur mere tumhare. His ‘Sweet Indian Child O’mine’ an Indie version of a popular American rock band, ‘Guns n Roses’ fetched him fame beyond the precincts of language and culture.
**A soulful music: fearless, not frivolous soul.**
Contemplating as to what get us going amidst tossing around the reality and picking up the gauntlet, dauntless yet eloquent dream, would make the answer apt and abrupt. He never forgot to dream, he never feared following his dream, laying subjugate to conquer what he enamoured and believed in has been his enough inspiration in rhetoric to everything he is today.