Phil Ajjarapu

It took a near-death knowledge to start Phil Ajjarapu’s single profession. A multi-instrumentalist program musician, veteran of countless rings, and traditional pop aficionado, the Austin-based musician was on lunch time break from his work as helper choir movie director at an area senior high school when he dropped control of his motorbike and plunged 25 foot off a highway overpass in to the visitors below. By all accounts, he must have passed away, however he miraculously awoke five times later in a healthcare facility and started an motivated recovery that could lead the profession sideman to finally make his initial single album. A indigenous of Libertyville, Illinois, Ajjarapu was attracted to music young, feasting on classics just like the Beatles, Big Superstar, as well as the Zombies, while finding punk and indie information at a close by record shop. He trained himself any device he could easily get his practical and eventually transpired a career route of music education employed in Florida, Illinois, and Austin, Tx. Even while, he sat along with countless rings, spent period as the bassist for Chicago acidity jazz pioneers Water Soul, and worked well an array of program gigs doing from jingles to documenting with Bone tissue Thugs-N-Harmony. Relocating to Austin in 2006, he founded himself both like a beloved music instructor and a regular player in the neighborhood indie scene, nonetheless it wasn’t until his horrific incident in March 2012 that his dreams to record his personal music became obvious. Getting a single recording out was an individual statement he had a need to make and it had a need to happen instantly. This quest, combined with the adoption of his support doggie Molly, hastened his recovery and in a short time he was back again at the job at Anderson SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and got hatched an idea that would ultimately bring manufacturer Ken Stringfellow (the Posies, R.E.M., Big Superstar) to Tx to greatly help him make the type of classic pop record he’d always wished to make. Using the periods funded by an effective Kickstarter advertising campaign, Ajjarapu and Stringfellow, plus a fantasy group of Austin local people (including a few of his choir learners), laid down the 11 paths that would constitute his single debut Sing Along Until YOU ARE FEELING Better. Released in 2014, the record sports activities a decidedly vintage vibe, phoning to brain the warm melodicism of Emitt Rhodes, the advanced orchestrations from the Seaside Boys, and a solid power pop sensibility. In the springtime of 2017, Ajjarapu shipped two new produces on a single day time: the 1st featuring a couple of live orchestral and choral plans of tunes from his debut, and the next offering two fresh studio songs, “I ACQUIRED a sense” and “Kimberly.”