Ravi Krishnaswami plays guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, and works as musician, composer, producer and engineer.
Influences
Bands & Artists:
Charming, The Smiths, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, The Beatles, George Harrison, The Kinks, Sufjan Stevens, Belle and Sebastien, Wilco, Stars, The Slackers, The Magnetic Fields, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Bjork, The Dansettes, The Positions, The Doves,, R.E.M., My Bloody Valentine, Pulp, Suede, The Wedding Present, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Pavement, Fountains of Wayne, Ted Leo, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Sugarman Three, Lee Fields, James Brown, Dusty Springfield, Big Star, Booker T. and the MG's, Asian Dub Foundation, Cornershop, Talvin Singh, Junior Vasquez, Satoshi Tomie, Johnny Cash, The New Pornographers, Jens Lekman, I'm from Barcelona, Alms for Shanti, A.R. Rahman, Ravi Shankar, Poole,
Composers for Film:
Jon Brion, Gustavo Santaollalo, Thomas Newman, John Barry, Alexandre Desplat, Nino Rota, Michael Brook
Producers:
Stephen Street, Tony Visconti, George Martin, Phil Ramone,
Ravi Krishnaswami, aka Ravi Marr, is a NYC-based musician, composer, producer and engineer. He spends his days scoring advertisements and his nights collaborating with a wide range of artists, lyricists, documentary and indie directors, and old friends.
His music has been used by companies such as Coke, GE, Verizon, AT&T, Pontiac, Volvo, Cadillac, Sears, Burger King, etc. He has collaborated with people such as Spike Lee and The Magnetic Fields. He recently contributed music to Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq, an HBO documentary feature.
You may catch him on stage with his current project, The Sons & Heirs, a tribute to The Smiths, and occasionally with his long-time original pop project Charming. He'll soon be joining his friends Black Swan Green on stage as they begin to promote their debut, produced by Krishnaswami.
New music up! All music now available on iTUNES Thanks for Listenng!!!! Shows posted...fourteen more to come The chance, the bitter end, the lions den, Kennys Castaways ect Keep checking
ravi - greetings from bombay, where i'm still forging ahead unabashedly. great to see your page and to hear again your sublime alms for shanti remix - muy excelente!
