Alok Maurya

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Alok Maurya, a 20 y/o Delhiite college student. He released his first single "Feel Different" which was completely composed on iPad. His roots go back to Green Day, Linkin Park. With all the new age inspiration from Imagine Dragons & The Score. He explores the vast variety of music with all the passion; young rage-fuelled music and a lot to talk about; he brings you all with the genuine and heartfelt music to audiences and his fans.

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

Music is connection, if you can't relate there's not much you can do with music. I think it establishes a connection and gives us a sense of validation when we feel it.

What is your music dream?

To be able to connect with my audience and give them the most genuine and heartfelt music while performing in front of an ocean of people.

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

By being mainstream and not being shit. It's hard, to be genuine once you've become mainstream so I'd start with that.

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

Wake me up when September ends has a very huge and monumental impact on me and it basically started my whole journey in song writing. I love Green Day.

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Hands down Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) & Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons) and Chester (LP)

What inspires you to make music?

My feelings, thoughts are all a cause but it's just a deep will and such a strong passion embedded in me to make music and let those thoughts out and perform and make others feel the genuine music.

What is the message you want to send with your music?

Keep it real.

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

I feel stressfully free, lmao I know. Nothing better has ever existed for me than to perform for an audience.

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

While the mainstream music has been shit since so long, I try to focus on good music. Everyone is just pivoting to something new. Tech is the new face of music and I just hope that we don't lose track of good music in search of something new.

What do you think of Drooble?

It's a great platform and I hope to find manifestation of my voice here.

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Seeing the right talent not getting what it deserves.

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

I do try to be supportive and constantly take feedback to improve.

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

They need to be organic, vocal about their feelings and be real as to whatever they produce.

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

SoFire, Swadesi, MAURI, Moondrip, Hanita Bhambri, Harshdeep Kaur