About Aditya

Professionally, he’s a singer, podcaster, talk show host, and artist manager – however, Aditya Veera would rather be known as someone who ‘gives life back to music.’  Through his podcast - Stalwarts Of Music with Aditya Veera - where he interviews Grammy-award winning musical virtuosos from all over the globe, he’s trying to share the musical experiences of these maestros with the people of India and other parts of the world. With a strong listener base tuning in to his live interviews on Instagram and the radio (Big Fm Shillong & Aizawl), Aditya is on his way to being one of the first Indian music podcasters focusing exclusively on interacting with internationally-acclaimed musicians of Western Music, with his unique interviewing style that brings out honest & insightful conversations. In just a year, he’s interviewed legends like the best-selling instrumental guitarist of all time Joe Satriani, American jazz and rock drummer Cindy Blackman Santana, R&B Hall of Fame inductee Phil Perry, American jazz keyboardist and four-time Grammy award winner Bob James, acclaimed American jazz guitarist ‘Captain Fingers’ Lee Ritenour, guitar extraordinaire and songwriter Doyle Bramhall II, the legendary Eric Martin from Mr Big, and many more.  

With a passion for music that started at a very young age, influenced by the diverse musical tastes of his family, Aditya started out as a singer-songwriter, forming the incredibly successful funk-blues band Thayirsadam Blues that played around 200 shows in Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune. When he’s not working on his podcast, you can find Aditya hosting and managing the best-and-upcoming indie artists of India, providing them opportunities to tap into the international music market as well. As much as he loves music, he’s also a big techie with a day job as a software developer/coder for PricewaterhouseCoopers (one of the Big Fours).

Passionate, purposeful and a little bit of a perfectionist, Aditya finds music in all the turns and corners of the cities he visits; he also has a penchant for discovering undiscovered talents in people and helping them channel them the right way to create something wonderful---a skill he puts to good use as a PR-relations builder. With a love for music that’s bigger than life, Aditya is on a mission to make sure everyone gets a chance to listen to and interact with their musical heroes – just as he is right now.