As a monk in the ashram he spent hours every day chanting. Yet, here, another compelling sound force emerged for Girish: the chanting of Sanskrit mantras. Girish lived in the ashram for five years, giving up music and taking the vows of a monk in the Divine Mother tradition called Dakshina Marg or Mahashakti Yoga. Thus began an unexpected journey-a seeming detour that inadvertently nourished his musical artistry. By the time of his college graduation, Girish was so deep into these practices that he decided to move into an ashram in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. A college philosophy class inspired him to explore spirituality through Kundalini yoga, meditation, and the study of Eastern scriptures. These moments came just as Girish was feeling pulled toward a sacred life. 'During improvisational sessions,' he recalls, 'there were these unexplainable moments of synchronicity and intuition that felt like magic.' His first experience of music as sacred art came in college, playing with jazz bands. In his teens, he started experimenting with pop, rock, jazz and orchestral music.
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When he was eight years old, his parents gave him a little red snare drum as a bargaining tool to stop him from banging on everything else in the house.ĭrumming has always been instinctual to Girish, flowing freely from his fingers and knowing no musical bounds.
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His musical talents find expression in a wide array of instruments – including tablas, world percussion, guitar, harmonium, and voice.įor as long as he can remember, Girish has created rhythm to accompany life. Girish is an eclectic artist with roots in jazz, world, and sacred music.