Priyadarshi Baraily lovingly called PD, hails from Darjeeling. He has been a music educator for almost 10 years and is currently working with Furtados School of Music in Mumbai. Apart from teaching, he has been a part of multiple bands since his school days and currently works as a freelance guitarist. He began his musical initiation at an early age and one of his major source of inspiration came from his dad as he played the tabla and harmonium. Even his mother is a singer and mainly focuses on singing bhajans. Another major source of inspiration has been his uncle (Kaka) who has been playing the tabla, madal, congo and octopad at a professional level for a very longtime. Another uncle of his is a sound engineer by profession and one of his aunt has worked as a professional singer in Nepal. So, to sum it up music has been around him since he was a kid. His music teachers has also played a major role in shaping him up as a musician. Other major influences are Shakti with John Mclaughlin, Iron Maiden, John Williams, Robben Ford , Guthrie Govan and a lot more. He is vastly influenced by Indian / local artists and bands like Mother Jane, Indian Ocean, Sushmit Sen, Baiju Dharmajan , Agni, Reincarnation(Darjeeling).
Associated Acts:
Memetomori, Zephyr, Dnous Detinu, Raagini Saptak, Bhasha, Screenshot, Nidhi Collective, Rishav Ishu band.
His first stage performances were mostly in bhajan competitions but as a lead singer in some and as a harmonium accompanist in some. His first major performance as a guitarist was for an NGO where he performed the acoustic version of Hotel California. The praise that was showered after the performance was his first tryst with fame that a musician can get. After that day there was no second thought about wanting to become a musician.
I’ve been taking lessons with Priyadarshi for around 5 months now and I really enjoy his classes. I used to take lessons from a different teacher for over a year who followed the ABRSM curriculum and I found the lessons quite boring and tough because he only used to focus on classical pieces and nothing else.However Priyadarshi’s classes are structured very well and cover a variety of things during a lesson which doesn’t let the boredom set in. He also makes the lessons fun by teaching me how to play different songs and I feel comfortable learning from him because even if I make a mistake he will guide me and tell me how to correct it. This is why I enjoy his classes so much! – Alicia, Student. (UAE)
He has been a music educator for almost 10 years
Freelance guitarist