1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Ashwin lived in India until he was 12, where he played drums with his mother, before moving to England; dad was a vocalist by profession, but played sitar - he plays sitar in the Beatles movie, &quot;Help!&quot;; Ashwin lived in England until he was 21, &amp;amp; he learned sitar from his dad; at 21, he started at Cabrillo, and his family had a restaurant where Ashwin played sitar every night; the tablas are 2 separate drums, pitched, tuned to a &quot;tonic&quot; (middle C) - the doluk is a 2 headed drum made out of a hollowed log; Bollywood is completely different - more like Indian pop music; but his dad was from Lahore pre-Parition, which at the time was called &quot;Lollywood&quot; - after Partition, the movie industry moved to Bombay, thus &quot;Bollywood&quot;; Ashwin's dad started the first musician's union; Ashwin teaches 4 different classes at U.C. Santa Cruz, including tabla, singing, and raga jazz; Keshav recently completed his Ph.D. in music, playing what he calls &quot;Indo Jazz&quot; melody and rhythms, &quot;Alap&quot;-style - unmetered; the Money Question? &quot;Luckily, yes. Father studied poultry farming, and they had chickens everywhere. If you can steadfastly make a good product, &amp;amp; be omnipresent. Ravi Shankar says you never say 'no.' Always have a back-up...Ashwin's is accounting; Ashwin coined the term &quot;World Beat&quot;, which Shenachie Records took on as a label; tomorrow night's show will include bassist, keyboards, and Ashwin's sister singing. An interview on &quot;The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club&quot; with &quot;Dangerous Dan&quot; &amp;amp; &quot;DJ Spark Plug&quot;, airing Friday mornings on KZSC Santa Cruz, California. KZSC Santa Cruz http://kzsc.fm/talk <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40157540/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/198725700