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What’s your name and where are you from?
I am Vamsi Kalakuntla and I am from Hyderabad, India and currently based in Dallas,TX.
Why do you love music?
I have loved music since my childhood and I was passionate about it ever since. The music from Indian films and radio had a huge influence on my music and that inspired my love for this art. That love for music has helped me to get trained in Carnatic music at a summer camp in Hyderabad. In 2013, I was introduced to Indian Music composer Ajay Patnaik. The meeting helped me to work for him for a brief period and sharpened my songwriting and composing skillset.
After moving to the US I started working for an NPR radio station for 2 years that experience has helped me move closer to the music scene here in the United States. Also in the year 2019, I ended up meeting my current Co songwriter and producer Jonathan Camacho, and working with him has also leveled up my skill set toward the art of songwriting composition, singing and Djing
What makes you unique?
My music is unique because of my western music influences like Drake, The Weeknd Chris Brown, and many more and I believe in blending those influences with Indian music influences like AR Rahman, Harris Jayraj, Ilayaraja, SPB…
