Hi there! Welcome to Episode 7 of the Top Shelf Musings Podcast where we bring you candid conversations with musicians from all walks of life. Going beyond the spotlight, uncovering personal journeys, inspirations, creative processes that shape their music, and so much more!

Episode 7 features a rising star in the music industry, Mansa

Mansa is a SingerSongwriter hailing from Nainital, Uttarakhand who has seen an amazing boom in the last few years. With an inclination to Sufi, Retro, Bollywood, and Folk, she has created a musicality her own. Starting out music at a young age in school with a simple goal of entertaining people around her with silly songs, Mansa over time grew interest to becoming a singersongwriter. With her early influences and learnings lying in Western Music and then adding in Hindustani Classical to her repertoire.

Her up and comings began with social media and covers, with the pandemic as well as her live gigs playing a crucial role in her discovery as a musician. Mansa's music is heavily lyrical based and has led her to opportunities like writing lyrics for movies like 777Charlie & James of the songs titled Hymn of Dharma and Journey Song. Her recent track Taa'biir was also featured in Bollywood film 'Dange.' ✨

A major highlight in her career being her performance in Coke Studio Bharat Season 1, where she collaborated with Osho Jain. Touching upon this she breaks down the nature of collabs in the industry as well as the scope of healthy collabs in today's era. As an artist who has done hundreds of live shows, Mansa also give us insights into what the Live Performance Sphere is truly like and what pitfalls artists face in the current scene.

Tune into our conversation with this brilliant artist as we talk about her musical journey, experience and insights into the live performance sphere, nature of collaborations in the industry, indepth song breakdowns, and more!

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Youtube: @mansamakesmusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FJ5r...
Apple Music:   / mansajimmy  
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mansa_jimmy...
Wynk: https://wynk.in/u/1Tz5V7xFY



Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:32 Song Recommendation
03:08 Discovering Music
05:40 Connecting with music & Covers
08:35 Pandemic & how that helped in discovery
09:25 Live Performance Scene
15:46 Performing at The Piano Man
17:17 Gaining Satisfaction as an Artist
19:57 Social Media
23:11 Performing with Parikrama
26:40 Cover Artist vs Indie Artist
28:36 Coke Studio Bharat & Collaborations
31:15 Social Media Lingo Quiz
36:43 Song Breakdown Taa'biir
41:57 Song Breakdown Kuch Baat Karni Thi
47:13 Advice to upcoming musicians
48:06 Taa'biir being featured in the film 'Dange'
49:19 What's Next
49:48 Surprise Gift!

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