Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Super excited to release my first ever podcast! 🎙️✨
Had such a lovely conversation with the amazing Ramana Balachandran 🙌

We spoke about practice, voice, manodharmam, emotions and also answered a few audience questions. It was honestly refreshing to see his broad minded approach and how openly he shared his process and experiences.

There are so many takeaways here for students and rasikas, with some nice light moments too 😊

00:00 Intro
01:52 Initiation & early days
06:09 Advice to young parents
08:53 Practise techniques & first concert
14:15 On-stage mistakes & overconfidence
20:46 Pitch, aesthetics & maths
26:00 Consistency & stage presence
31:26 Music as a career & voice type
38:10 Teenage voice break & exercises
41:13 Can manodharmam be taught?
45:29 Manodharmam tips & handling praise
51:23 Emotion, spontaneity & co-creation
59:10 Bhakti, competition & USP
01:05:58 Listening without judgement
01:11:04 Embellishing compositions & ragas
01:16:37 Teaching approach & final thoughts