Alan Rego is a bass music lover, media connoisseur, and applied creativity specialist based in Mumbai. Alan and I sit and chat at his most chill and epic window, overlooking the ebbs and flows of daily life in Andheri West. We cover a variety of topics in this free flowing conversation. In particular, we deconstruct some of the assumptions at the heart of freelance culture, identity, and the “self as brand”.
Sriram T. T. is a guitar player and condom magnate based in Chennai. He is a founding member of the most excellent rock band Skrat. This is the first in-person episode of Mispronunciation Nation and we chat about all kinds of stuff in this expansive and often silly three hour conversation (the unedited was much longer). Sriram tells me about the story and lore behind Skrat. He illuminates some of the cultural differences between South Indians and North Indians. I get some info on cars and motor sports. And we generally talk all kinds of shit…
David Abraham is a singer, songwriter, composer, and frontman of the Mumbai based indie-rock outfit, The Koniac Net. We start off a little slow, but then the conversation gets pretty lively. David and I rally back and forth regarding various bands and artists – how, when, and where we got into them. We discuss the perils of when genre-labels like “indie-rock” and “alternative” become mere verbalisms and what it all even means. Finally, Dave gives us a run down of The Koniac Net releases thus far, what’s next for the band, his burgeoning solo identity, and the bands exciting but scary (maybe) trip to play a rock festival in Finland.
You can find David Abraham on instagram via @diggidydamndave
You can check out The Koniac Net’s latest album called ‘They Finally Herd Us’ (produced by yours truly) on all major streaming platforms along with the rest of their releases.
Here are some of their social media links:
Instagram: @thekoniacnet
Twitter: @thekoniacnet
SoundCloud: thekoniacnet
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