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Patty Shukla (musician)

Genres	Children's, Kindie Rock Instruments Guitar,Tambourine,Vocals Years active	2009–Present Labels	Independent Website	www.pattyshuklakidsmusic.com Patty Shukla (born 1975) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She began her children's music career by making original YouTube videos with her husband. All production on each video is done by themselves, including all music, videography, editing and recording. "Miss Patty" is a YouTube Superstar for children watched by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. She developed her own educational music show called "Musical PE For You & Me" that is performed in schools nationwide and conducts workshops for educators and universities.

She has released six albums of children's music and 5 DVDs.

Contents [hide] 1	Early life, education and early career 2	Career 3	Personal life 4	Discography

Early life, education and early career[edit] Shukla was born in Arlington, Virginia in 1975. She attended Florida State University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1996. While at Florida State, Shukla studied theater and voice.

Soon after graduating from Florida State University, Shukla moved to Atlanta, Georgia. There she learned how to play the guitar, wrote original contemporary music and performed three to four nights a week with her twin sister in their acoustic trio group called "The Stirling Band".

Career In 1999, Shukla and her sister moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full-time career as singer/songwriters. They formed a 5 piece band and performed three to four nights a week in prestigious clubs such as The Roxy, The Mint and The House of Blues. Their band toured New York City and Connecticut in 2000 and wrote music together until 2002.

2003 Shukla pursue a solo career and moved to New York City. She recorded a demo album with her 5 piece band and a live album at The Cutting Room. She released her solo album at the Bitter End to a sold out performance.

2004 Shukla moved to Florida and continued recording and performing her original contemporary music. Meanwhile she also joined a 10 piece corporate/wedding band.

2007 Shukla and her husband started their own 7 piece corporate/wedding band. She performed for the Miami Heat charitable event for 3 years, famous Floridian residents and prestigious weddings.

2009 Shukla started to record music for her son and daughter. She and her husband started a YouTube channel for children called pattyshukla http://www.youtube.com/pattyshukla They recorded, arranged, produced and wrote all their own music. Patty wrote new songs daily.

In 2010 Patty and her husband Neel recorded their first children's music album "Play With Me, Sing Along!" This CD was recorded in less than 9 hours, in a local recording studio. On a budget, they made the best of the studio hours and time. They did 10 new music videos with this album and posted them on YouTube. Quickly those videos were being watched and shared by millions of people worldwide. With her new music, Shukla developed her own educational music show based on elementary curriculum called "Musical PE For You & Me" She began to perform in elementary schools weekly, reaching thousands of students. She also developed her own music class for toddlers and started teaching 2 classes a week.

Her next album, Roar Like a Lion, was released in 2011. This album was recorded in a Miami recording studio and featured grammy winning musicians John Michalak, Chuck Bergeron, Augie Haas, Conrad Itchener. The song "Roar Like a Lion!" is the first song she performs in her live music shows.

The album, I Can Do It! was released from Shukla Music LLC, her own home recording studio in October 2012. Shukla's inspiration was driven by being known as the interactive children's musician. This album features uptempo music that like "Twist!" and "I Can Do It!" that has children doing jumping jacks and hoping side to side. She also released her first Spanish album called Canta y Baila Con Patty. This album is completely sung in Spanish with the help of her mother who is from Uruguay, South America.

Wiggle It! was also released from Shukla Music LLC, her own home recording studio in 2013. This one is the only album that includes nursery rhymes and original music for toddlers.

2015 she released from Shukla Music LLC, her own home recording studio, I Like To Dance & Sing! This album features Latin grammy winning musician Phill Fest on her song called "I Can Tango".

Her YouTube channel now received millions of views per month worldwide. She continues to post new music videos on YouTube monthly. Shukla has created a second YouTube channel called pattysmommyandme. Her second channel received millions of views as well. In the summer she tours the country performing in museums, performing art centers and libraries.

Personal life Shukla married her Los Angeles drummer Neel Shukla in 2004. They have three children, Emma, born in Florida in 2004, Sage, born in Florida 2006 and Xavier born in Florida 2014. They live in Palm Beach County, Florida. Each summer she tours the country with her family performing, visiting friends and family and exploring national parks.

Discography Adult Contemporary Music Albums Stirling Band (1998) Patty Stirling (2003)

Children's Music Albums Play With Me, Sing Along! (2010) Roar Like a Lion! (2011) Canta y Baila con Patty (2012) I Can Do It! (2012) Wiggle It! (2013) I Like to Dance and Sing! (2015)