Musicproduction EPISODES

Five years after her first appearance on Tapasya Loading, New York-based Dutch vocalist, composer, producer, educator and psychologist Vivienne Aerts returns as our first-ever guest to make a second reappearance. Her new album, Current, was created aboard a tiny wooden sailboat that Vivienne and her husband, Ted Steinebach, first bought during the pandemic. What began with a fascination for the acoustics of open water eventually became a floating studio, travelling from Leiden towards Amsterd...

Uday Benegal is the founding vocalist of Indus Creed (formerly Rock Machine), the Bombay band that that arguably forced the rest of the world to acknowledge the existence of a culture that had always existed inside post-colonial India amidst the crossfire of an East and West not always as hypothetical as portrayed. Rock Music. Indus Creed navigated a global music industry with no label, no budget, and no precedent, and still managed to land an MTV Video Music Award at a time when public in...

In this episode, I reconnect with guitarist, educator, and fellow Effortless Mastery retreat graduate Corey Congilio—a musician whose presence in the Nashville scene is more than skill; it’s a standard. Corey’s work as a pioneering educator has shaped players across generations, with a roster of students that include the likes of artists like Seal and countless guitarists who’ve come to rely on his clarity, precision, and grounded musical wisdom. But beneath the technique and the résumé li...

What happens when social expectations collide with artistic vision? In this episode, vocalist, producer, and founder of Tamil Jazz Collective, Harini Iyer shares her journey of carving out a path beyond conventional definitions of success. With a diverse background including engineering and business analysis, and a Grammy nomination as part of a Berklee ensemble, Harini’s story bridges the worlds of structure and improvisation. From navigating the pressures of tradition, playing the quintessenti...

Fireside chat with award-winning Pianist/Producer/Educator & Entrepreneur Charles Szczepanek. Watch the extended, unedited taping session here (includes additional footage and transcripts).

Multi-instrumentalist & Composer Jens Gebel speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Dr. John Matthias Speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Indonesian Guitarist & Producer Nikita Dompas speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

London-based Mauritian SInger/Producer Rouhangeze Baichoo Speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Iconic British-Asian Singer/Author/Coach Sheila Chandra speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Brooklyn-based Pianist/Singer-Songwriter/Producer/Multi-instrumentalist Jake Sherman speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Grammy-Nominated German keyboardist Bastian Voelkel speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Cutting-edge Swedish Avant Garde / Jazz artist & Visual artist Sophie Dunér Returns to Tapasya Loading

Kolkata-bred Jazz/Avant-Garde musician Bodhisattwa Ghosh speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Kolkata-born, Brooklyn-based drummer, engineer, producer, and entrepreneur Vishal Nayak talks to T.L. Mazumdar

Surviving member of pioneering band D For Brother, Amyt Datta speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

Pete Lockett speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

Berlin-bred, LA-based German Music Composers Award winner Robert Koch speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

T.L. Mazumdar talks to Producer/Musician Lorenz Schimpf aka LO.

T.L. Mazumdar talks to legendary Liberian-German Jazz-Fusion Bassist Kai-Eckhardt.

On his debut solo EP, US-Born, Berlin-based composer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Martin Rott attempts to escape the grid of the producers computer screen and embrace the circles of life’s organic complexities with lovingly crafted beats, delicate ...

T.L. Mazumdar talks to drummer/producer Jivraj Singh.

T.L. Mazumdar talks to founding member and bassist of Asian Dub Foundation.