Shubh Saran
Producer + Audio Editor + Guitarist
I'm a Brooklyn, NY based guitarist & producer. I create original music, edit audio, mix podcasts, and play guitar on the road
Logic Pro X | Pro Tools | Ableton
Music & Production
Being Anybody Else (EP) | 2024 | self produced
Being Anybody Else is a five song EP featuring my five-piece band – guitar, bass, two saxophones and drums. This loud metal-jazz-fusion record was recorded at Studio G in Brooklyn & self produced in my home studio and while on the road. With two music videos shot entirely on film, the EP is about wanting to be literally anyone else except myself, which ironically is the most universal feeling. The first single To Be is a plea to the listener to just be yourself – it's hard, it takes time, but it's worth it.
I've Lost It (single) | 2022
Editor
In 2021, I edited & co-produced I've Lost It, a collaborative single by The NYChillharmonic & Aberdeen. I also play guitar in both bands.
inglish (album) | 2021 | self produced
A multi-layered album that explores concepts of identity, inglish makes use of Indian and Middle Eastern instrumentation while also expanding the role of modular synthesizers. The album is a longform message that pays tribute to the difficult process of assimilating while embracing your own culture.
Yavum (single) | 2020
Producer, arranger
In 2020 I produced Yavum, a single by award winning vocalist and flautist Rasika Shekar. A song that means 'everything' in Tamil, Rasika and I worked on this song remotely during the throws of the pandemic while she was in Mumbai and I was in New York.
Burnett Music Group
Composer, producer
2018 - 2019
In 2018, I wrote music cues and soundtracks for a variety of TV shows including Unprotected Sets, Temptation Island & Page Six to name a few.
Previous original releases
Hmayra (album) | 2017
Becoming (EP) | 2020
H.A.D.D (EP) | 2018
All self produced & original music released over the past 7 years
Podcasting
Mike Birbiglia's Working it Out (podcast)
Audio editor & mix engineer
2021 - present
For the past three years, I've been the mix engineer & audio editor for award winning comedian Mike Birbiglia's podcast. Each week Mike welcomes a different comedian or creator and together they work out original, untested material.
Offstage with Shubh Saran (podcast)
Producer, host, editor, sound designer
2021 - 2022
In 2021, I created my own podcast in conjunction with the release of my 2021 album inglish. I interviewed over 30 musicians and spoke to them about their identity in music, as I learned to define my own. I edited, hosted and scored the podcast, creating a unique sound design for each episode.
NatStrat Conversations (podcast)
Consulting producer
2024 - present
NatStrat is a centre for research on strategic and national security founded by high profile Indian diplomats. Last year I started consulting as a producer and audio engineer for NatStrat's podcast, helping them make critical updates to their recording studio & equipment. Each episode I supervise the final audio and video production before upload.
Touring & Live Tech
Touring & Live tech
I've been touring internationally with my band for the past six years, headlining across the US, Canada, Mexico and India. Earlier this year I built an in-ear monitor rig to ensure seamless live track playback on ableton synced with guitar patch changes on my Quad Cortex amp simulator. I love finding ways to make touring tech more efficient and this rig is a step further in that direction.
Live Performance
Live Performance
For the past 10 years, I've played the guitar all over the world in symphony halls to giant festival stages to rock & jazz clubs. I've been fortunate enough to have played a Tiny Desk concert, Monterey Jazz Festival, toured with two global pop stars, and performed many times as a guest artist with the Dallas Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philly Pops, Buffalo Philharmonic and many others. As a bandleader, I’ve led the same band since 2016. We’ve played major music festivals in India & Mexico along with extensive touring within the USA, Canada & Australia, including three India tours and five North American headlining tours – the most recent one spanning thirteen cities.
Artist Bio
Guitar World’s “The shred chameleon”, Shubh Saran is a New York-based guitarist, composer, and producer who has performed globally with his band. Having grown up in six different countries, his music has been shaped by a mixture of influences. Saran’s songs fuse sounds from progressive rock and fusion with classical and contemporary Indian music. Pitchfork describes his music “a heartfelt exploration of the ups and downs of being part of the world’s fastest-growing floating tribe—part global citizen, part cultural refugee,” and named the album to its list of Best Jazz and Experimental Music of 2021. In September 2024, he released his fifth record, an EP entitled Being Anybody Else.
Press
Guitar World Magazine
"Saran’s guitar approach draws from blink-182 and Allan Holdsworth in equal measure – and his unique solos have blown his shred peers’ minds"
Rolling Stone India
"Shubh Saran navigates culture through sound"
Pitchfork
"Inglish is a heartfelt exploration of the ups and downs of being part of the world’s fastest-growing floating tribe—part global citizen, part cultural refugee."
Pitchfork
Best-of List
"With these discrete elements, Saran forms a language all his own."
Times of India
"An alumnus of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Saran often touches on themes of identity and ethnicity in his music"
For more information on any of the projects above, feel free to contact me!
