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At the age of 11, it all started with the fun of buying a keyboard with my savings. I had zero knowledge of music back then. I learned on my own to play some Tamil songs on the keyboard that I bought with the help of YouTube of course. I used to watch the tutorial of each songs, jot down the notes on a notebook. I practice by listening to the original song to get the rhythm and melody while referring to the notes that I jot down. Then, I stopped!

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Even if I stopped playing on my own back then, I was always eager to learn by getting myself a tutor to teach me to play. Years went by, at the age of 18, I joined music center in my hometown to learn piano. That's when I started to learn the theory and practical part with a proper guide. In two years time, I managed to finish until grade 5 as I wanted to apply for music course in Uni to explore and to learn more about music. I practiced as much as I can to pass the interview and then I got into UPM for the course I wanted, Bachelor of Music.

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I thought things would start from scratch. But this level was higher than I expected. I had no musicianship skills or more than a grade 6 theory to cope up with. I had to change my major from piano to percussion as I was just a beginner in piano. This is where it all began to getting to know more about music, learning instruments, getting more exposure in my musical journey.

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I learned percussion in my university for first time. I was just a beginner. With the help of my lecturer I learned how to play marimba, snare drum and more instruments. We have to perform a few pieces with our major instruments for exams. Whenever I play my instruments, there's always nervousness as I have to perform. I always had to practice most of the time as to get better at it. I also learned to collaborate with my friends who play piano to perform even better in this.

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I think everyone will have fear to perform in front of many people surrounded by you just to watch you perform. LTR was a great platform for music students to overcome our stage fright and to gain confidence while performing on a stage. Whenever I need to perform, I really had to start at least 4 weeks earlier to make sure I give my best and to make sure make no mistakes while performing on stage. Rehearsing over and over just makes me to play better in each pieces.

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It was my very first experience in university to take part in orchestra and choir. Through this I learned a lot. Taking part in choir and orchestra to come out with a perfect structure needs lots of practice and rehearsals. With this experience later on, I took part in an Indian concert that was held in Dewan Besar UPM to do a live performance. It was a duet performance of violin played by me and piano by my friend. This performance was how it was with choir and orchestra it takes a lot of rehearsals to give out the best performance.

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Being in this journey since my childhood as whenever we have a family gathering or while having fun with friends. Unplanned musical singing, playing and clapping turns out to be a memorable one always. It always gives energy and emotion with a unity through music as a group. The most memorable one I ever have is when me and my friends set a campfire like setting on the beach and without any planning we played the musical game between us by forming into 2 groups. With just a guitar, using a water bottle to replace shakers, our hands and our vocal we played a game named called "antakshri".