The Electronic Pop Revolution

Welcome to this week’s Indie Artist Music Hustle with me, Blonde Intelligence, where I always seek to give you exquisite cranial repertoire . What happens when a software engineer from India decides to follow his musical passion to Los Angeles? For Atul, it meant creating a unique blend of electronic pop that defies traditional genre boundaries.

This week, we dive deep into Atul's fascinating ten-year journey since relocating to LA, where he's been performing along the Sunset Strip and developing what he calls "ecoustic electronic pop" – a distinctive fusion of acoustic instruments, electronic production, and catchy pop sensibilities. Atul shares the inspiration behind his upcoming releases, including a freedom anthem encouraging listeners to break free from life's constraints, and "Dancing in the Moonlight," a carefree track celebrating living in the moment.

We explore how his background in computer science unexpectedly led to music, and how performing alongside musicians from various genres has expanded his artistic horizons. Rather than chasing mainstream success, Atul focuses on creating meaningful connections with listeners who truly resonate with his sound. His approach to music distribution reflects the modern streaming landscape – choosing to release singles every few months rather than traditional albums.

Whether you're an aspiring musician looking to find your unique voice or simply love discovering fresh sounds that blend cultural influences with contemporary production, Atul's story offers both inspiration and a glimpse into the evolving world of independent music. Listen now, follow @AtulMusic on social platforms, and stream his music on Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube by searching "Atul Music" or "Atul Emotions." Follow me @BlondeIntelligence

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's Indie
Artist Music, hustle with BlondeIntelligence.
I'm your host, ms Ronnie, whereI always seek to give you
exquisite cranial repertoire.
I would like to first give ashout out to Feedspot for
placing Indie Artist MusicHustle with Blonde Intelligence
on the Top 35 Indie MusicPodcast.
This week we have a veryspecial guest.

(00:27):
We have Atul, which is anelectronic pop artist.
He is from India but hasrelocated to Los Angeles, so
take a look at his interview andI'll be back with you in a
minute.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
I'm originally from India.
I moved to LA to pursue mymusic career and my music is
mostly pop and electronic, andit has been an exciting journey
so far and I'm really loving ithere.
So, yeah, so how long have youbeen here?
I've been in Los Angeles forthe past 10 years.

(01:06):
I moved here in 2012.
And, yeah so I've been playingaround in the different places
around LA the sensory strip anddifferent clubs with my friends
and all.
Yeah, so 10 years I mean itjust passes by really quickly so

(01:28):
what attracted you to do musicin the first place?

Speaker 1 (01:34):
I guess, um.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
so when I was, uh, I was originally a software kind
of a guy like I was learningcomputer science in college and
I got this really um, startedplaying guitar in college and
that's how I my interestactually built up from there,
like song writings andperforming was really what I

(01:58):
enjoyed eventually.
So after the college I decidedlike that's what I want to
pursue, because that's what Ienjoy.
So basically that was the mainreason I actually moved here and
then trying to do somethingdifferent, come up with some
different songs and ideas ofmixed songs with different

(02:19):
ethnicity, and to make somethingnew, and that's why I'm working
here.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
Okay.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
So tell me about your latest project so I am working
on uh three new songs.
Actually it's pretty ready, butuh, it's.
One song is about uh freedom inthe sense like people are stuck
in life, uh, and with somethingright.
I mean, they have uh boundariesdefined in life because of,

(02:49):
let's say, job or relationshipor whatever, and you want to
break, break free.
So it's kind of a sound thatkind of you know, gives you a
little more uh enthusiasm or uminspiration to break free from
your current scenario and try toachieve what you really want to
achieve.

(03:10):
And then I have like a dancesong, really cool dance song.
It's called Dancing in theMoonlight.
It's pretty much people justdancing together.
It's like a fun, loving song.
It's like, do not care, justenjoy the current moment, live
in the moment and just dance.
That's my second song.

(03:33):
And then I'm re-releasing acouple of old songs as well, in
the sense re-recorded them,remastered them.
One of the songs is I ReallyLove Good Meal, which is it has
been the most popular song, thatmany people have heard it on
the Spotify, and I'm justrecording that and releasing

(03:54):
that kind of a fresh, modernvibe, fresh tunes, and it's
pretty fun song.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
So how many projects have you completed
professionally On your own as anindependent?

Speaker 3 (04:10):
Independent, mostly album-wise.
I had one album with 10 songson it.
I released it in 2015.
That was quite long ago andsince then I've been mostly
mixing songs with differentgenres and working with other

(04:33):
artists.
I think this is my the secondalbum that is going to come out.
I'm not going to call it as analbum, but this is basically.
My plan is to release thesesongs uh kind of uh every two
months and have the ideas outand not even call anything,
because nowadays like albumdoesn't even make sense.
People just care aboutlistening to singles.

(04:54):
So yeah, that's my.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
Tell me this out of all the genres that you have
worked with, what is yourfavorite genre to actually make
music, to be a part of thatgenre?

Speaker 3 (05:12):
That is a great question.
So I actually sometimes reallyit depends, but I really like to
mix some acoustic sound withsome electronic music, and kind
of mix of that vibe brings mesomething different, some

(05:34):
different excitement.
In a sense, it just gives youlike a feeling of really like,
oh, you know this thing, butit's also like something new.
So I really like mixing, youknow, let's say, acoustic guitar
with some electronic synth orpads or something like that.
That and then come up with areally cool like modern beat,

(05:56):
that that basically like uh, youknow sounds great, um, I think
that's.
That's pretty much where Iexperiment with like very modern
um areas.
I don't go like a jazz or bluesor anything like that.
I really enjoy listening to it,but I don't go like a jazz or
blues or anything like that.
I really enjoy listening to it,but I don't really like.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
I don't write on those genres.
Ok, so tell me this I askedartists to describe their sound,
and once you describe yoursound, if you had to create a
new genre, what would you callit?
So I'm going to ask you todescribe your sound, and if you
had to create a new genre, whatwould you call it?
So I'm gonna ask you todescribe your sound, and if you
had to create a new genre, whatwould you call it?

Speaker 3 (06:39):
very, very good question again.
I guess I would call this ascomplex.
Look we like complex yeah, so Ithink I would call it like
stick electronic pop.
Maybe that probably would bethe main three combination.

(06:59):
That would be maybe the easierto understand for the people who
doesn't know.
If I just call it like, hey,this is a tools genre, no,
people would not know that.
So, yeah, I guess this mightwork will not know that.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
So, yeah, I guess, uh , this, this is my goal.
So tell me one of your bestlearning experience working with
an artist in a genre that youwasn't really familiar with.

Speaker 3 (07:39):
Great.
So I think the best learningexperience I had when I was
performing live a lot.
Usually when you perform liveyou meet with different people
who have played in differentgenres, right, I mean, you could
have a jazz drummer justplaying the pop stuff and then
they bring out that element,that dynamics of different music
.
That makes it a littledifferent.
So I guess in that sense I'velearned like different beats

(08:04):
when I'm performing, Iunderstand some beats are a
little different and then on thesynth and pad side, let's say I
have some keyboard personperforming with me and that
person has a different style.
You know like it's a differentstyle.
So you basically learn playingwith all these people and you
kind of take that inspiration inand maybe try to come up with

(08:27):
something new that, uh, thatpeople can relate to.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
Eventually, so I'm gonna ask you this question how
do you feel about looking atyour career virtual versus live,
I think I'm here to, basicallymy goal is to.

Speaker 3 (08:55):
I think I'm here to basically my goal is to perform
major live events and to breakinto the market where I can be
like proud of saying that, okay,I want a group that really says

(09:15):
like, I want to have thosegroup of people that say, oh, my
favorite song is from thisartist, right from atul atulza,
and I think I doesn't have to bevery large, even like very
small group of people say that Ithink that's that's how I focus
my um content and if I can findthat group of people that
really, really love my song, Ithink that's how I focus my
content.
And if I can find that group ofpeople that really, really love
my song, I think that's whatI'm looking for right now and

(09:36):
then eventually do theperformance around and yeah the
performance is great, Like it'sso much fun like doing the
performance and it's a wholedifferent process that you go
through all right

Speaker 1 (09:52):
well, I thank you for coming.
Is there any last minute andwords of encouragement stories
that you want to tell?
Anything your social mediahandles or anything about a tool
?

Speaker 3 (10:05):
all right, I think thank you for having me roni.
You guys can follow me onInstagram or whatever social
media you have.
It's on Atul Music and, yeah,I'll see you guys there on the
social media.
And where can I find your music?
You can find my music onSpotify, itunes, youtube.

(10:27):
Just search Atul Music or Atul,let's say, emotions Maybe
that's the first album name.
So if you search Atul Emotions,you'll find the complete album
right away on Spotify.

Speaker 1 (10:40):
I hope that you learned a lot about Atul from
his interview and want to streamand buy his music.
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I got some new shows coming up,some new interviews scheduled.
So it's the summertime, readyto have some fun.
So I'll see you next week.
Bye.

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(11:40):
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