{"id":5877,"date":"2021-12-23T17:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalmusicinstitute.in\/?p=5877"},"modified":"2021-12-23T17:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T12:21:59","slug":"artist-spotlight-shubh-saran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalmusicinstitute.in\/v1\/artist-spotlight-shubh-saran\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight: Shubh Saran"},"content":{"rendered":"

The artist spotlight series aims to dive deep into the world of contemporary musicians to learn about their stories. Through these conversations, we explore their humanity, personality, musicality, and artistry. The first feature brings to you our conversation with New-York based guitarist, and composer, <\/span><\/span><\/em>Shubh Saran<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning that which gives your life worth, meaning, or purpose. What\u2019s your ikigai?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve actually thought about this a lot as a musician\u2013 especially in the column\u00a0 of what the world needs. It is difficult to think about the work you do as a musician in terms of what the world needs and how you fit into society, what role you have in society. The only thing I land on is that artists, musicians and creative people sit outside of society, and you have to comment on the rest of the world as an observer. That goes for how we get paid and how we work because it is so different from everybody else\u2019s work life and financial life. Everyone has an inherent need to feel a sense of purpose and I have been thinking about this a lot in the past two years in COVID when I didn\u2019t have any work. I found myself needing to be obsessed with something and I needed to do something that was objectively hard. The idea of creating things is exciting. It drives me and gives me a sense of belonging and purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

How would you describe your connection to music? What does it mean to you? What do you value most about music?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

When you ask me this question, I think back to when I was a kid because that is when I was most innocent. Back then, it was a way for me to find my thing. I wasn\u2019t sporty, or studious, so music was the thing that I could do. I started making music immediately and at the time I was making stuff that no one else had made, even though it wasn\u2019t all that great. The idea of doing something that no one else had done was exciting very early on, and through that I created a little world that I lived in\u2014 a little space that I exist in, according to my sensibilities. Through that I have created a whole life of incredible friends, a massive community and my day to day is surrounded by music and basically playing more music. My connection to it now is many fold- it\u2019s my whole life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n