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Suresh Peters
Music Composer | Rapper | Singer | Sound Engineer | Electronic Music Producer
Website: www.ilovemondays.in/
An award-winning Music Composer and Producer for feature films and j in five-indian languages (Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telegu) spanning 20 years.
Proficient and versatile Arranger and Programmer in various music genres.
Proficient in and reputed for producing in Logic Pro.
Commenced musical stewardship in 1993 as assistant to A.R. Rahman (current Golden Globe winner for composer - best motion picture soundtrack and double Oscar and Grammy award winner) and have progressed to independent and well-established Music Director in music and film industry in India.
Experience and Portfolio
INDEPENDENT MUSIC DIRECTOR- FEATURE FILMS, 1984- CURRENT
From composing original musical score to programming; from arranging, tracking live vocals and instruments, engineering to post production finishing on mixes and masters. Completed 18 feature films (linked) till date e.g.
- Punjabi House
- Runway (2004 film)
- Thenkasi Pattanam
- Independence
- Mazhathullikilukkam
- One Man Show
- Ravanaprabhu
- Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam
- Aparichithan
- Pandippada
- Twenty 20)
- Love in Singapore
- Colours
COMPOSER AND PRODUCER OF ORIGINAL SOUND-TRACKS FOR SEVERAL COMMERCIAL AD FILMS, 1992- CURRENT
Retained and Commissioned by various advertising houses in India and UAE.
Composed jingles for more than 500 jingles till date. Composed musical scores for top consumer brands like Coca Cola, Pepsi, Lakme, Ford Motors, GM Motors, Honda and Airtel.
VOCALIST, DRUMMER AND MUSICIAN- PLATINUM HIT SINGLES AND BREAK-THROUGH ALBUM
In 1994, A.R. Rahman introduced me as a vocalist in his feature film 'Gentleman' with my debut song 'Chikku Bukku Railae' selling more than a million copies.
Have sung more than 700 songs in various feature films in various languages with singles subsequently going platinum e.g. 'Pettai Rap', 'Chikku Bukku Railae', ' Hum bhi hain josh main' and 'Take it Easy'.
Composed, produced, performed and programmed four successful Tamil albums in pop and R&B which were released worldwide: 'Kaathiruppaen', 2000, "Yengirindho', 1998, 'Oviyum', 1996 and 'Minnal', 1994. The latter went on to sell five million copies and is still considered a break-through pioneering musical trend-setter in an indian language.
LIVE PERFORMER - ROCK/JAZZ DRUMMER
Performed in live acts across the world as part of a band performing with award-winning artistes like Grammy award-winner Vikku Vinayakram, A.R. Rahman, Balumurali Krishna and Nemesis Avenue
Technical Skills and Experience
PROGRAMMER/PRODUCER
Possess 20 years of cumulative experience using Logic Pro as my preferred DAW for the majority of my productions.
Hands-on experience on various other DAWs, e.g.. Cubase, Reason, Ableton Live, Nuendo and Pro Tools.
Also have extensive working knowledge on third party audio units and plug ins like Native Instruments -Komplete 5, Spectrasonics -Stylus RMX,Trilogy and Atmosphere, IK Multimedia Sample Tank, Sonic synth, Miroslav Philharmonic, ReFx Nexus and Vangard, ...and third-party audio units.
And post-production plug-ins like Dynamics, Delay, Modulation etc. available in Logic Pro and third party effect plug ins.
Broad-based knowledge of Rewire Applications like Reason, Melodyne and Ableton Live.
Awards
KALAIMANI, 1998
Received Prestigious Award for Creative Arts in the field of Music. Awarded by the Tamil Nadu State Government, 1998.
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR, FILMFARE AWARD, 2000
Received Prestigious Award for Malayalam feature film 'Ravana Prabhu'
Interests
Scripting, Lyric-writing, Live-sound recording, Training, Teaching.
Referrals
A.R. Rahman, Chennai, India. Reference's contact information available on request.