User:Aggimusik/sandbox

AGGI PROFILE Started learning the violin under his dad Balthazar Fernandes at an early age. Later on started learning the trumpet under Chiyokozu Ohtsuka & played trumpet with the Bombay Chamber Orchestra (BCO). Shifted to learning the French horn under the tutelage of Alan Jones & Elizabeth Randall & played the French horn for the BCO. Got inspired to play the piano by his brother in law Ben Fernandez a jazz pianist. Started playing keyboards with various pop acts in Mumbai. Got attracted towards the electronics of music (programming/synthesis). Started out freelancing for Raju Singh, Mehnaz, Shiamak Davar, Aadesh Srivastav, Terence lewis, Leslie Lewis to name a few. Got back to live playing but this time around backing up artist like Rabbi Shergill, Shibani Kashyap, Niladri Kumar, Bombay Vikings (Neeraj Sridhar) , Also produced/programmed & arranged songs for Rabbi Shergill, Shibani Kashyap, Niladri Kumar etc Has worked on background scores of Bollywood films with Salim-Suleiman,Hitesh Sonik,Julius Pakiam,Vickey Goswami etc BACKGROUND SCORES Tere Naam 2003 (Satish Kaushik) Kabul Express 2006 (Kabir Khan,Yash Raj Films) ‘99’ 2009(People Pictures) Delhii Heights 2007 (Prabhu Ganesan) New York 2009 (Kabir Khan, Yash Raj Films) Roadside Romeo 2008 (Yash Raj Films for Salim-Suleiman) Dil Bole Hadippa 2009 (Yash Raj Films) De Dhana Dhan 2009 (Priyadarshan for Salim-Suleiman) Hum Tum Aur Ghost 2010 (Shooting Star) Badmash Company 2010(Yash Raj Films) Break Ke Baad 2010(For Hitesh Sonik) Pyar Ka Punchnama 2011(For Hitesh Sonik) Mausam 2011(For Hitesh Sonik) Yeh Saali Zindagi 2011(Sudhir Mishra) Chalo Driver 2012(Orange Canvas Productions) Ek Tha Tiger 2012(Kabir Khan, Yash Raj Films) I Me Aur Main 2013 (Kapil Sharma Red Rose Production) Dhoom 3 2013 (Vijaykrishna Acharya Yash Raj Films) TELE SERIALS & MISC Seven 2010(Yash Raj Productions) Khotey Sikkey 2011(Yash Raj Productions) Zangoora 2010(Bollywood Musical at Kingdom Of Dreams) FILM SONGS Dhoka Dega 2008 (Woodstock Villa for Shibani Kashyap) Dilli 2007 (Delhi Heights for Rabbi Shergill) Kabul Theme 2006 (Kabul Express) Kashmakash (Sunday for Shibani Kashyap) Thodi Thodi Saanjh (The great Indian Butterfly for Shibani Kashyap) Sams Theme (New York) New York Theme (New York) Bandhe Hain Hum Uske (Dhoom 3) NON FILM PROJECTS Besides Bollywood my true source of inspiration comes from doing off-beat non-film music. Have worked on Producing/Arranging & Programming on Sitar Maestro Niladri Kumars 3 Albums. ‘Sitar Gaze’ a lounge instrumental album with Indian Melodies & western flavors ,unique in its genre. An album featuring Pandit Hari Om Sharans Bhajans re arranged & sung by various singers like Sonu Nigam,Sunidhi Chauhan,Anup Jhalota,Hariharan,Shankar Mahadevan etc The 3rd & latest being ‘Priority’ an amalgamation of our experiments with sounds & music. (Distributed overseas as “Zitar” by Dreyfuss) Produced/Arranged & Programmed a couple of songs for Suchitra Pillai’s Album:SUCH IS LIFE Produced/Arranged & Programmed songs for Azaan Khan's Album:PHILO-SUFI STUDIO The studio is designed by aggi himself. It’s a chillout place fillrd with state of the art equipment for high quality production & programming. The studio houses 3 logic setups powered by Apple G5’s loaded with loads of Vst’s namely East West-Symphonic Choirs/Ministry of Rock/SD2 Vienna Symphonic Library-Appassionato Strings 1/Special Edition Native Instruments-Komplete 5 Heavyocity-Evolve Spectrasonics-Stylus RMX/Omnisphere/Trilogy Motu-Machfive 2/Ethno Korg-Legacy ……………….To name a few. Monitors his music on a pair of Mackie Hr824 & Genelecs 8020B. Uses Apogee Ensemble Motu 2408 & 828Mk2 a A/D to D/A converters. The studio also houses a five piece Mapex ProM Maple Wood Drumkit with Akg Drum microphones. A load of hardware includes the Yamaha Motif ES6 & Triton Extreme keyboards & a wide variety of rack modules & samplers. PROGRAMMING TEAM His programming team consist of 2 young & very talented musicians/programmers trained in the art of sound designing/programming by aggi himself. OTHER ACTIVITIES Aggi is also actively involved with his 2 other pet projects his pop act 9 lives & a gospel setup Open Secret. Both dedicated to make music that is closest to his soul. BACKING ARTIST BANDS Sitar Funk-Niladri Kumar Bombay Vikings-Neeraj Shridhar Suchitra Pillai Salim Suleiman