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Baiju Dharmajan is an Indian guitarist, music composer, producer and guitar teacher based out of Kochi, Kerala. A celebrated musician in his own country, Baiju had an extended stint during the 2000s as the lead guitarist of the Indian rock band Motherjane.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Motherjane Official Band profile )〕 Nicknamed the "God of Small Strings" by his fans (a play on the similarly-titled Indian novel), Baiju is particularly noted for his winding, Carnatic-inspired and enduring guitar solos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Baiju, winner Jack Daniel Awards )〕 Baiju Dharmajan, along with Prasanna, are among the most popular Carnatic guitar exponents in India. . ==Biography== Born in Vypin Islands (near Cochin, India) to Thankamani and Dharmajan, Baiju started his musical career at the age of 14. He began with the Carnatic violin but then slowly shifted to the guitar. His father used to play the Hawaiian guitar and his grandfather was a Carnatic musician. His first role as a performer began at the age of 5 as a guitar player in a traveling troop of musicians, giving him the opportunity to play with legendary Malayalam singer Yesudas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Artist of the Month )〕 After relocating to his hometown in Vypin in the 90's, he started playing in a band called Instinct, followed by short stints with the bands Wrenz and Aatma. During one of the practice sessions of the band Aatma, he met John of Motherjane, who then invited him to audition for the lead guitarist position in the band. He has cited his influences as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Reb Beach and Brian May.〔 Baiju is also a big fan of Illayaraja and loves the compositions of other Indian composers like Raveendran, Devarajan, Naushad and R.D. Burman. His father had a vast collection of ghazals by Mehdi Hassan, Anup Jalota, and Pankaj Udhas. He grew up listening to Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film music.〔 Baiju likens his own development as an artist to a journey, one without the compulsion to struggle to make it out but rather a sense of purpose to dedicate himself for the sake of music. His favourite guitarists include Jimi Hendrix , Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, Mattias Ekhlund and Guthrie Govan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baiju Dharmajan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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