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I am an aspiring audio engineer and musician looking to build a career in the industry. A variety of artists and genres profoundly influences me. The mix of multiple genres and techniques is of massive interest as most of the projects I work on are fusions between rock, metal, Indian classical, Hindustani, and Carnatic songs.

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Quincy Jones is a huge inspiration for me as an aspiring audio engineer and artist. His experimental way of working with music and creating unique soundscapes shows how powerful technical skill combined with creativity can be. From his work on albums like Thriller, I learned how essential it is for music to be both precise and emotionally resonant. Jones’ career highlights the value of adaptability, collaboration, and embracing unexpected sounds and ideas, all of which motivate me to stretch the limits of my own creativity.

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As a musician and aspiring audio engineer, I find myself greatly inspired by the Indian rock band Agam. Their unique combination of contemporary rock and traditional Carnatic music shows the incredible possibilities of genre fusion. Agam’s complex compositions and skillful ways of layering sounds and instruments have greatly influenced my own approach to creating immersive audio experiences. Their music fuels my passion to learn and create music that merge cultures and styles, showing how Indian classical elements can seamlessly integrate with modern sounds.

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Quincy Jones said that he had a close relationship with Ray Charles and he felt the man’s influence both musically and at the personal level. Their meeting happened in Seattle during the 1950s, by which time Charles had already a relatively strong influence in the music scene, and Jones was learning bass from him. He opened up for Jones to Jazz, Blues and the many sides of Arrangement. Charles also kind of encouraged him to work on fusions of styles, which, by the way, became characteristic of Jones.

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Frank Sinatra had a great influence on Quincy Jones's career and style of music. They first worked together in the late 50s when Jones arranged for Sinatra’s album called It Might as Well Be Swing in 1964. The unique personality, thus discipline and self-demand that was seen in Sinatra helped to influence Jones to grow an appreciation for workmanship and versatility in music. This trust also made history for the period, where Sinatra hired a Black musician to arrange for a white singer.

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Avial has had a notable impact on Agam’s musical style, especially in their mix of traditional Indian elements with modern rock. Recognized for being pioneers of "alternative Malayali rock," Avial merges Malayalam lyrics with a mix of folk and alternative rock, resulting in a unique sound within Indian rock. This creative style has influenced Agam, who also fuses traditional Indian music with rock, but from a Carnatic fusion perspective. While Avial brought attention to using local language and regional themes in rock, Agam built upon this by using Carnatic classical music, appealing to a wide audience with their complex and melodic arrangements. Both bands have made major contributions to the regional rock scene, enhancing cultural sounds to the forefront of mainstream Indian rock (India Art Review, 2024; Rolling Stone India, 2018).

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Dream Theater, a prog metal band, has had a profound influence on Agam. Looking at Dream Theater’s compositions, using complex time signatures, and complex patterns. Agam, In a similar way as Dream Theater, combines progressive rock and classical music, Agam is inspired by the preciseness and depth that Carnatic rhythms, ragas and vocals put into progressive rock, while adding their very own twist to the indian music scene. They're able to merge these styles and stand out on their own in the indian music scene.

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Agam blends Carnatic music elements into their progressive rock sound, creating a unique style that combines classical music with rock's distinctive tone. By combining traditional Carnatic ragas and rhythmic patterns, they bring an added layer of complexity to rock. Harish Sivaramakrishnan, the band’s lead vocalist, sees Carnatic music as essential to Agam’s identity, enriching their music with the genre’s improvisational depth and rhythmic intricacies. Their songs frequently feature multiple ragas and layered polyrhythms, skillfully uniting progressive rock and metal with classical structures (Indulge Express, 2023). This seamless blend has attracted a broad fanbase, appealing to both classical enthusiasts and rock fans, and highlighting Carnatic music's versatility within contemporary genres (Rolling Stone India, 2018).

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Duke Ellington had the greatest impact on Quincy Jones with regard to both the development of the musician’s sound and his creative personality. This aspect of Ellington’s work and his flexibility in introducing younger musicians to brand new forms of music influenced Jones to genres of music such as Jazz, pop and even classical music. Jones's interest in music was initiated in his childhood, when he got acquainted with Ellington’s work and dreamt of becoming a composer and arranger. Duke Ellington, on his side utilised the team work with his musicians and this was a strong influence that remained closely apparent in Jones. Lastly, there is a clear connection between Ellington’s innovations and many of the things Jones continues to explore in his work to date (Jones, 2001).