User:Vaibhavmittal

Vaibhav Mittal (born in Jalandhar City, Punjab state, India on 8th May 1984) is an musician, whose work has blended the Indian Classical music with world music and tints of hard Rock.

Early life
Since childhood, Vaibhav Mittal has been fascinated by music, and it acquired the significance of being his first love. His passion for music grew with time, and earned him proficiency in five different instruments including guitar and saxophone.

He started playing guitar in secondary school and developed an affinity for Rock Music. Coming from a small city, which is familiar only with Hindi and popular Bollywood music, it was hard to find an expert who could help me attain higher realms of Rock Music. He realized that his destination was far, and he had to move out of my city. Although majorly a self taught musician, to learn music, he networked with established musicians of the country, visited them traversing thousands of miles away from his home and took private lessons to learn finer nuances of music from them.

Thereafter, learning Rock Music style for 4 years, he introspected to accurately understand and define the music style that he could identify with. Undoubtedly, it was Indian Classical Music (ICM), the music that he has listened to since childhood and the one deeply entrenched in his roots. Indian Classical Music is played on traditional Indian musical instruments such as Sitar, Sarod etc, but he never wanted to leave guitar as preferred instrument to play.

Generally, Indian Classical Music finds its ardent lovers in older generations, but he aimed to bring Indian Classical Music to the youth for the priceless treasure it is. After spending countless hours on exploring possible ways to play Indian Classical Music on the Acoustic guitar, he innovated on a completely different style of playing it on guitar. He developed a fusion score and got success with his efforts. He started performing at college level music festivals countrywide to showcase his talent and popularize his style of music.

Simultaneously, the ensuing challenge was to secure appreciation of older generation/ musicians as well who understand the finer details of Indian Classical Music. Hence, he took lessons in Indian Classical Music and learned several ragas and improvisations, as is traditionally done in classical music. All this culminated with him being able to carve a niche for himself. Blending Rock Music and Indian Classical Music, he launched an entrepreneurial venture 'Guitarisma' and taught music to budding musicians of his city. This endeavor was appreciated widely and earned him substantial recognition amongst experts of music of different genre.

The mantra of his life is to aspire for incessant improvisation, as he believe that 'Best keeps getting better'.

Influence
Led Zeppelin, India Ocean Band, Ustad Amjad Ali khan

Awards
Award: First prize in playing Instrumental music on guitar Date: April 2004 Basis of Selection : Participated and won the first prize for performing an Indian Classical instrumental piece on acoustic guitar in annual cultural festival held at Lovely Institutes, Phagwara, Punjab

Award: Awarded Special Commendation Prize for Western Instrumental piece Date: September 2004 Basis of Selection: Was awarded Special Commendation Prize for Western Instrumental on acoustic guitar in ‘Rendezvous’ – A national level Inter-college cultural meet organized by IIT Delhi.

Award: First prize for Indian classical Instrumental (Non Percussion) music Date: October 2004 Basis of Selection: Won the first prize for cultural item Indian Classical instrumental music on acoustic guitar in Inter-institute Zonal Cultural Festival organized by Lovely Institute of Management(Phagwara) under Punjab Technical University

Award: First prize for Indian classical Instrumental (Non Percussion)music Date: October 2005 Basis of Selection: Won the first prize for cultural item Indian Classical instrumental music on acoustic guitar in Inter-institute Zonal Cultural Festival organized by Lovely Institute of Management (Phagwara) under Punjab Technical University

Award:	Second prize for Indian classical Instrumental (Non Percussion) music Date:	October 2005 Basis of Selection: Awarded second prize for cultural item Indian Classical instrumental music on acoustic guitar in University Cultural Festival organized by Punjab Technical University

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 * Vaibhav Mittal's official YouTube channel at YouTube

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