ENGINEERS BY PROFESSION AND MUSICIANS BY PASSION

THE ALGORHYTHM DUO knew each other from school days but we never had a jam session, nor did we have any discussions about music before. It was our engineering entrance exam where we first talked about having a jam session together. We started j a m m i n g a n d w e w e r e enjoying it. We made multiple covers on Instagram and we got a pretty good response.

By Rajesh Ghadge

“We studied in the same school, Bhatikar Model High school. As we were in different classes, we ended up just being acquaintances during our school days. We did participate in various extracurricular activities held within the school But there was something about music that fascinated us. This was the time we started realizing our interest in music,” said Misaal.

“ T h e e v e n t s t h a t w e participated in school and c o l l e g e a d d u p t o o u r experiences and encouraged us to explore more about music. To tell you more about our individual backgrounds, I a m M i s a a l R a i k a r (Vocalist/Guitarist) and I have 3 years of Indian classical training and he is Rohit Naik, a self-taught percussionist. We

So we thought why not take this to the next level? This was the time when tried open mics.

The two talented performers, Misaal Raikar and Rohit Naik have come together to form the band called “The Algorhythm Duo”. Born and brought up in Margao in south Goa, they have grown up together and studied in the same school and while participating in various school competitions, they realised that their destiny lies in music.

T h i s o p e n e d u p m a n y pathways and gave us a ton of opportunities to showcase our talents. We started getting recognition due to which more and more people got to know a b o u t u s a n d s t a r t e d approaching us for the same.”

“The events gave us more and more exposure and we performed gigs at private events as well as corporate events such as wedding ceremonies, engagements, haldi ceremonies, award functions, after-parties, inhouse parties, occasional events and much more. In this j o u r n e y , w e a l s o g o t opportunities to meet a few experienced people in this field who guided us with their p r i o r e x p e r i e n c e s a n d knowledge which provided us with a wider perspective about our future goals,” he added.

The most difficult part of following your passion is dealing with academics at the same time which becomes quite challenging at times “Following your passion along with studies that too in engineering is not easy. Managing your time is one of the biggest hurdles that we still face at times. We did come across people who scammed us, as in, we were called to perform but we were n o t p r o v i d e d w i t h o u r commercials. Through this, we learnt some life lessons.” They are currently pursuing their education in Computer Science Engineering

“Our first open mic at which we performed was organized by the Crio community where we got a kick-start followed b y m u l t i p l e o p e n m i c s organized by Sir Saidutt Kamat which gave us the recognition that we needed at the beginning of our journey. Back in the beginning, we never looked through a commercial point of view. We were doing this because we enjoyed it and the passion behind it was our only driving force. After getting into it, we got to know about the commercial side of this field.

O u r d e c i s i o n s s t a r t e d becoming more precise and planned with respect to business. We also learnt about ways to do business. Our main goal was to follow our passion.”

Their future plans are basically based on keeping the work going. “We are trying to explore new skills within the field and find ways that can make our work more creative and unique,” he said. “We would like to advise budding talents to just believe i n a n d w o r k h a r d o n t h e m s e l v e s I f y o u a r e passionate, dedicated and hardworking towards your goals then life will bring opportunities to you We conclude this by saying that w e a r e e n g i n e e r s b y profession and musicians by passion.”

BRISON FERNANDES