A self taught talent!

From finding his way into music with the zeal to excel in the art, this musician has come a long way! We got on a chat with him and here’s what he had to say!

A well-know name in Indian pop Music Industry, Anurag Dixit has created a name for himself over the past few years. He is a singer, songwriter and composer who is known to inspire the youth with his music.

Anurag started his musical journey when he was nine-years-old and says, “When I was in school, there was a group of boys and girls who used to play in a band. Some of them were my neighbours and they used to play guitar in the park. Around the same time, I was listening to some western artistes who used to write and compose their own songs. I think that’s where I started taking music seriously.”

Dixit being a self-made artiste, his love for music sets trends and style in Indie music, he elaborates, “You have to believe in yourself so that you can stick around long enough. During this long journey, you start to know more about the real person that you are! And this is how you develop your own style, your own flavor.”

At the age of sixteen Anurag started practicing with other musicians. However, things were not very clear at that time but finally, he took a decision to take up music as a career and started performing in gigs. “I started composing music for TV shows and FM channels, and news channels started inviting me for performances. Composing gave me a good start but my dream was to do albums. So I went to Mumbai where I met Ashish Manchanda, who liked my work and also produced my first album Sounds Gr8!! It was the first big success that I had. I got a good response from my fans and soon my songs were on MTV. My second album came out on Universal music and many songs were released on MTV. By that time I had developed a large following on my YouTube channel as well,” the artiste says.

One of the biggest challenges for Anurag was to learn music professionally, he says, “In India, the scenario of music education is more or less sill the same. There aren’t many music schools, which offer you a structured, well-organized music education.”