Sai Shravanam

Sai Shravanam is an Indian music producer, recording and scoring engineer. He is a self trained tabla player [1] and one of the few classically trained sound engineers in the country.[2] He is the owner and founder of Resound India in the city of Chennai.[3]

Sai Shravanam
Sai Shravanam
Born (1981-06-25) 25 June 1981
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Record producer, audio engineer, musician
Websitesaishravanam.com

Early career

As a child music prodigy and ardent devotee of Sathya Sai Baba, Sai Shravanam showed signs of great talent from the tender age of six.[4] While he was watching a TV commercial for tea featuring tabla wizard of Ustad Zakir Hussain creating magical notes, Sai Shravanam imprinted those notes in his mind. The impact of it was so profound that his parents got him his first tabla set. Four years later, he was spotted by maestro Zakir Hussain. Early percussion lessons from Hussain and his brother Fazal Quereshi showcased his talent and got him the opportunity to work in various cross cultural and experimental music endeavours with composers and artists.[5]

He is considered by the Times of India[6] to be a rare engineer who has dedicated his career towards concentrating on recording, archiving and producing classical Indian music. Since 2004, Sai has been an active musician, sound engineer[7] and producer for various film projects, classical music albums, documentary films, and dance theatre productions. In the Indian film industry, Sai has performed exclusively for the legendary music composer A.R. Rahman, both in his soundtracks as well as live performances.

Main works
  • His first commercial album as a musician, music director and music producer, "Confluence of Elements,"[8] was released in the year 2007. Sung by Bombay Jayashri, this album is regarded as one of the most uniquely executed music album in the country.
  • In the year 2012, his versatility fetched him commendable recognition as a Sound Recordist/Additional Engineer for the Academy Award winning film Life of Pi by 20th Century Fox, directed by Ang Lee.[9][10]
  • In the year 2015 in The Man Who Knew Infinity directed by Mathew Brown, Sai Shravanam was credited uniquely as Indian Music Producer, arranger, Musician and Sound Recordist.[11]
  • Music production and sound design for the dance theatre production, Thari- the Loom, is the work of Sai Shravanam.[12] The 75-minute programme explores the design and play of thread in the Bharatanatyam language of dance. Sai Shravanam recorded the sound of the silk and cotton looms in Kanchipuram India,[13] the most famous temple town. Using these sounds and the rhythm of the weaver, he composed an exclusive soundtrack with the loom sounds specifically to the sound of Classical Indian Dance, Bharatanatyam.[14]

Awards

Discography

References
  1. "SAI SYMPHONY INFORMATION".
  2. "Indian music is dynamic, needs sensitivity while recording".
  3. "The sound of infinity".
  4. "Education World Young Achiever".
  5. "Percussion Lessons".
  6. "Morsing makes its debut in Hollywood".
  7. "Meet sound designer Sai Shravanam".
  8. "Confluence of elements".
  9. "Chennai to LA: how the sounds of Pi were recorded".
  10. "Oscars sound was made in Chennai".
  11. "When math met ragas".
  12. "Rich visual tapestry".
  13. "Weaving a sari story".
  14. "Yards of imagination".
  15. "Meet sound designer Sai Shravanam".
  16. "Confluence of elements".
  17. "Confluence of elements".
  18. Dhee ft. Arivu - Enjoy Enjaami (Prod. Santhosh Narayanan), retrieved 7 March 2021
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