THE JOURNEY
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Fun Fact: Lokesh won the coveted ‘Mr. MSM’ title while graduating from school in 1996.
Lokesh started singing at the age of 4 for the school assembly at Mount St. Mary’s School, Delhi. Over the years, he was invited by his teachers to sing for the class and eventually went on to perform and win numerous inter-class, inter-house, inter-school and inter-college music competitions.
He started playing the acoustic guitar at the age of 13 and picked up the bass guitar when he was 15. He was part of the school band and went on to win inter school competitions including Youthquake (Bang Club), Celesta, Cornucopia, Beats (Mater Dei School), Anchor Fest (Naval Public School) across different categories (Solo, Duet, Group and Instrumental).
The home environment was musically rich with his mother listening and singing spiritual music & punjabi folk songs while his sister was an ardent Bollywood fan. This laid the foundation for music across genres and languages.
Canzona
'Eka' Band (2010 - Present)
Started singing at the age of 4
Lokesh Madan Live
Corporate Career (2000-2010)
Lokesh Madan's Studio
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The First Band - Canzona (1996 to 2000)
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After completing high school, Lokesh formed Canzona with his school band mates. The band won a number of All India competitions including Rendezvous (IIT Delhi), Rocktaves (Oasis, BITS Pilani), Mood Indigo (IIT Powai), King George’s Medical College (Lucknow) with Lokesh winning the best bassist at many of these events. Canzona was primarily an English rock band that played originals as well as covers. It was perhaps one of the youngest gigging bands during its time, performing at college fests and wooing crowds across the country.
Musicals
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Lokesh played for a number of leading music & theatre productions and had the privilege of working with directors such as Mr. George Pulinkala, Mrs. Madhu Sagar and Mr. Stephen Morarzi.
The Corporate Career (2000 to 2010)
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Lokesh started working for a media house in the year 2000 and in 2002 he moved to Bangalore . He worked in the ITES sector in pre-sales, business development, client relationship management and sales. This phase of his life also included pursuing a postgraduate program in Marketing and attending several leadership training programs at leading institutes including IIT Madras and Symbiosis Pune. His last role was that of General Manager for Business Development & Client Relations, Asia, for a leading multinational.
During his business trips to Mumbai, he started jamming with an old school friend & band mate,
Raghav Sachar (Canzona) and writing songs together. It was another such jam session in Delhi much later that made him realize that with over 10 years of corporate experience behind him, it was time to get back to his first love - music. When the trio now known as Eka met and jammed together, they realised the potential of their musical chemistry. The rest as they say, is history!
Eka Band (2010 - Present)
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Lokesh is the founding member & frontman of the Delhi based band, Eka. Eka is the winner of the Best Group award at ArtistAloud Awards, two years in a row. The band came together in 2010 and has been performing across the world ever since.
Lokesh Madan's Studio
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Lokesh has a cozy home studio in Gurugram where he writes, produces, records and arranges all his music.
During the Covid 19 situation, Lokesh has been performing online from his home studio on a regular basis for audiences around the world.
The studio is well equipped with some top of the line gear for music production and recording which he has put together over a period of time!
Lokesh has also been doing projects as a voice over artist for various brands and digital platforms.
The studio is available for hire on a project to project basis for recordings and production.
Lokesh Madan Live
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During the pandemic, the world has gone virtual. Lokesh has been performing online for various corporates and private events from his studio. Lokesh Madan Live is a brand new offering for virtual events and it continues to develop and grow during the Covid 19 pandemic and offers a unique and engaging audio and visual experience. The response to the virtual concerts has been very encouraging with multiple repeat shows. Virtual events are a new reality and Lokesh Madan Live is a compelling entertainment offering for virtual events.