Sean Roldan & Friends

Name: Sean Roldan aka R Raghavendra IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3816487 Skills: song writer, music composer, vocalist, guitarist, synthesizer player Early ages: Drew inspiration from Indian film music and started playing the keyboards. Listened to a Waylon Jennings record, when he was growing up and got hooked on to country music ever since. Guitarist: Found his love for the blues music when he first heard blues legend Robert Johnson’s “Kind hearted woman blues”. Shifted his interest to guitar during this time from keyboards. Major influences: BB King, Eric Clapton, Stevie ray Vaughan, Buddy guy, David Gilmour. Songwriter: believes song writing is about story telling. Major influence: Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison (the doors). He is a trained professional classical vocalist and has several awards to his credit.Has toured all around the world Performing Carnatic Music & Conducting Workshops, Conferences. He has written the original score for the first Indo-Brazilian movie project “O Sonho bollywoodiano” IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606711 Has written western classical music score for the short film “Crying in the dark” which won “best picture” at the earth-spirit-love festival, London. Performed in Many Films including recent Releases – PIZZA, ATTAKATHI. To name a few: “Carnatic Idol 2011”, State award in the performance category, Best vocalist at organizations like “Krishna Gana Sabha”, “Narada Gana Sabha”,etc. Combines Indian melody, folk and the blues. Brings classical music influences owing to his Carnatic classical music training. Influences: Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Eric clapton, Ray charles. Has been on tour with “Toccatta” choir group from UK and Ireland. Has featured in the bands La Pongal, Yodhakaa, Harmonize Projekt, etc. Lack of artistic freedom in the film music pushed him into independent music. Believes every song has a vision and only an artistic stance can justify that vision. Believes in the creator and accepts him as the one who directs all his actions. Believes music is about love, peace and celebration Solo Project of Sean Roldan (aka) R Raghavendra. Sean Blends Indian Classical & Folk Sounds with American Country Music, Blues & Acoustic Funk.