Sep 20, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
In this episode, I’m speaking to Gnarly, a British-Sri Lankan music producer, finger drummer, live performer, educator and content creator, who is now based in the West Midlands, having previously…
Yeah, I think that's actually like a really good point with the fact that I think a lot of people are forced into the classical side.
I suppose music technology is kind of something that's seen as, oh, it's not proper music, but it very much is.
And people can go down this route, even if they do play like a classical instrument.
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, I think we're starting to see the changes now.
Like I've been working with ABRSM who like one of the main like grade grading bodies in the UK.
And yeah, I've been working on some like course, like supplementary course stuff for them.
uh on their new qualification which is creative music tech so it's way more about like songwriting composition music production stuff like that which is really cool because there was nothing like that when i was younger and i think if you want to do music like you don't have to just do the classical stuff the traditional stuff there's like so much range out there just do what resonates with you and then that's how you keep that passion alive
yeah definitely i mean i know um kind of a prime example is uh my dad did gcse music hated doing the classical stuff but now he's seeing me go through music tech he's thinking oh if only this was available to me yeah so if things yeah it's really good how more is available to
keep passions alive definitely right with that
so yeah Cool.
Yeah, I think that's actually like a really good point with the fact that I think a lot of people are forced into the classical side.
I suppose music technology is kind of something that's seen as, oh, it's not proper music, but it very much is.
And people can go down this route, even if they do play like a classical instrument.
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, I think we're starting to see the changes now.
Like I've been working with ABRSM who like one of the main like grade grading bodies in the UK.
And yeah, I've been working on some like course, like supplementary course stuff for them.
uh on their new qualification which is creative music tech so it's way more about like songwriting composition music production stuff like that which is really cool because there was nothing like that when i was younger and i think if you want to do music like you don't have to just do the classical stuff the traditional stuff there's like so much range out there just do what resonates with you and then that's how you keep that passion alive
yeah definitely i mean i know um kind of a prime example is uh my dad did gcse music hated doing the classical stuff but now he's seeing me go through music tech he's thinking oh if only this was available to me yeah so if things yeah it's really good how more is available to
keep passions alive definitely right with that
so yeah Cool.
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