composer / producer / engineer
Official website of composer, music producer, and mixing engineer Nitish Kulkarni.
Introducing a new kind of musical project... in Marathi!
Sung by Shreyas Bedekar and conceptualized/produced by yours truly, "Saptasur" is a song that bridges the gaps between different well-known classic tunes in Marathi, produced in a contemporary setting with the modern listener in mind.
We plan to release the track very soon - but for now, here is a trailer for you all to enjoy!
I'm happy to announce the launch of a new kind of music blog today... one devoted to something I'm deeply interested in sharing with music lovers worldwide.
How many times do you listen to your favorite songs and wonder what instruments were used to produce the sounds that are so familiar to you? Sometimes the answer is what you least expect it to be. To answer these musings, and create a discussion around them, I've started a new website: www.whatinstrumentisthat.com.
What Instrument Is That? will be a place for you to ask questions about your favorite tunes and learn about music appreciation. With it, I hope to expose you to musical instruments you may not even know existed. Just click on the "ask" button to send me a question about a song you've always wondered about! I've got to put that organology degree to good use, right? ;-)
I'm looking forward to hearing all of your comments about this new project!
So, I have a bachelor's degree now... how weird is that?
SYNESTHETIC just got another amazing review from a highly respected reviewer in our fraternity, Michael Debbage from Mainly Piano!
Here's an excerpt from the review:
"Nevertheless all the music is composed and arranged by this impressive newcomer who effectively merges eastern sounds into a western landscape stamping and asserting his own musical DNA to avoid being just a clone. By the end of the year many will be speaking highly of Kulkarni and Synesthetic and assuming he has the ability to follow up this impressive debut watch out musical world."
Check out the whole review here. Thanks Michael!
Sergey Oreshkin from Moscow, Russia, just gave SYNESTHETIC a great review on his blog Ascentor. Check it out here!
Happy to announce that I will be appearing in my first radio interview alongside John Adorney to promote the new record SYNESTHETIC! We will be on DJ Thornton's Sunday morning edition of "The Morning Breeze" at 11am PST on February 1.
You can tune in and listen to us live on the online stream: http://www.themorningbreeze.org/. Click on "Extra Edition" by following the link!
Note: This will be a live interview, and you can tune in from anywhere around the world. 1pm CST, 2pm EST for those of you in the United States.
SYNESTHETIC is now available to purchase on iTunes!
My debut album SYNESTHETIC has been released!
The album is available for purchase on Amazon and can also be streamed on Spotify:
The album is expected to be released by iTunes shortly.
Exciting news to share with you all! I'll be doing my very first radio interview on KSBR 88.5FM. John Adorney and I will be on DJ Thornton's show "The Morning Breeze" and we'll be playing some excerpts from the new album SYNESTHETIC as well as talking about our experiences producing the album together.
You can hear the interview live from anywhere in the world online at www.ksbr.org. To listen, just go to the site and click on "LISTEN LIVE" in the upper right-hand corner. If you don't hear anything, click on the "more ways to listen" tab below that and then follow the instructions for listening on both Macs and PCs. We would love to have you tune in!
Here's what time we'll be on in different timezones:
**UPDATE: This interview was scheduled for January 4, but due to technical difficulties we had to reschedule. An updated date and time will be posted here soon!
I am so excited and deeply humbled to have won New Age Music Odyssey's award for Best Music Album in 2014! Synesthetic was very well-received by them and received an amazing review earlier this year.
Check out the website here.
The album will be released worldwide on Tuesday, January 13th.
My new album Synesthetic is on New Age Music World's list of Best New Album Releases in 2014!
It's an honor to be listed alongside Loreena McKennitt, John Adorney, David Arkenstone, Yanni, and countless other extremely talented artists. Check out the full list here.
The first review of Synesthetic is in, and I am thrilled to say that it scored very highly: 98/100! Only 7 other albums have scored between 95 and 99 on the website!
It is very exciting to be listed next to the greats like John Adorney, Diane Arkenstone, Omar Akram, and 2002! The review also proclaims that SYNESTHETIC is "without a doubt the most promising debut album in the New Age music genre since year 2000"... an amazing compliment indeed.
Check out the review here.
SYNESTHETIC is now available for on EverSound's website!
Check out the trailer below:
Check out excerpts from last Saturday's "Mangaldeep" concert at Houston Maharashtra Mandal's annual Diwali event. I accompanied Padmashri Padmaja Phenany-Joglekar on tabla.
Also accompanying were Mandar Parkhi on harmonium and Aditya Joglekar on guitar.
While we work on finalizing a release date, check out the track listening for SYNESTHETIC:
It's official! SYNESTHETIC will be available on EverSound's website later this month, with a worldwide release to follow in January 2015! So excited to share this music with you all!
I've been meaning to do this for a while... I finally got around to creating a public page for my music on Facebook! Like this page to follow all the updates on my upcoming album SYNESTHETIC and future projects.
Thank you all for the support!
The first review for my new single "Mermaid" is up. Special thanks to BT Fasmer at New Age Music Odyssey for this awesome first review! Check it out here.
If you haven't heard the single yet, you can stream it on Spotify now:
I am bringing a brand-new radio show to WIUX — Pure Student Radio at Indiana University!
Instru-Mentality will be an hour-long program each Sunday morning featuring instrumental music from all around the world. You can stream the show by clicking here: WIUX B-Side Radio.
My goal with this program is to promote underrepresented music coming from talented composers all over the globe. There is such a wealth of material in the instrumental music industry that goes largely unnoticed because of the lack of attention on mainstream radio. I'm attempting to do my part to promote the music I am so passionate about through this broadcast.
Join me at 11am EST/8am PST starting Sunday, September 21! In the meantime, check out this trailer:
