Deepak Ram grew up in South Africa, discovered music as a teenager, studied bansuri (bamboo flute) with the masters in Mumbai, and found his "thing" as a globally-recognized musician.    As he shares his journey with us, we touch upon:   School vs. Education Studying with the Masters The Role of Practice and Intention Finding Your "Thing" Heroes and Zeroes.   We close the episode with some of Deepakji's sublime playing.   References: Deepak's website: https://www.deepakram.com/ Deepak on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IRHoIb1ZFEVrwdm0SzPh5   Musicians mentioned: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vijay Raghav Rao, Shivkumar Sharma   Call of the Valley (album) https://www.allmusic.com/album/call-of-the-valley-mw0000174667   Technical information on Ragas mentioned: Raga Lalit: http://www.tanarang.com/english/lalit_eng.htm Raga Bhopali: http://www.tanarang.com/english/bhoopali_eng.htm

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