Jayen Varma Explained
Jayen Varma (born 3 February 1961) is an Indian electric bass player.[1] [2] [3] [4] He is known for developing tabla and mridangam style finger technique on bass guitar to play slap bass.[5] [6] [7] The style developed by him is widely known as Indian slap bass,[8] [9] [10] which won him fans around the globe and accolades from some of the great names in bass guitar like Jeff Berlin, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten etc. He belongs to the State of Kerala in India. He performs with the band Trinaad consisting of Indian classical vocalist Aparna Panshikar and French drummer Jean Davoisne.[11] [12] [13] He is also a member of the bands Afro Tala and Firefly.[14]
Film
He is also a playback singer. The single named 'The Country Song' in the Malayalam movie Koothara composed by Gopi Sundar was sung by him.[15]
Personal life
Jayen was born to Kerala Varma and Thankamani in 1961 in Ernakulam district, Kerala. He is married to Kala Varma and has two daughters: Athira Varma and Aswathy Varma. He was working as a gazetted officer in Cochin Devaswom Board and later he took voluntary retirement to pursue a full-time music career.[16]
Equipment
Jayen was using Indian hand made Stelsie bass guitar with Kent Armstrong pickups since 2008. In 2018, he switched to Sire bass guitars.[17] He is also an official artist endorser of Gruv Gear FretWraps[18] [19] and Soundbrenner .
Notes and References
- https://www.thehindu.com/arts/On-the-trail-of-a-bass-guitarist/article16554592.ece On the trail of a bass guitarist
- http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/features/151209-top-bassists-india Top Bassists in India
- http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-slapping-the-guitar-1268169 Slapping the guitar
- http://forbassplayersonly.com/interview-jayen-varma Interview
- Interview Web site: Welcome to nginx . 9 September 2011 . 17 February 2013 . https://archive.today/20130217213941/http://www.gibsonguitar.in/News-Lifestyle/Features/hi-in/Jayen-Varma-Talks-Bootsy-Bollywood-and-Bass.aspx . bot: unknown . Gibson guitars
- https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/indias-leading-independent-musicians-show-how-to-think-and-live-music/article25297042.ece Teachings of the sensei
- Experimental Artiste Web site: The experimental artiste . 19 February 2012 . 19 October 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065458/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/the-experimental-artiste/155410 . bot: unknown . Mid Day
- http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2010/10/slap-bass-and-indian-slap-bass-the-evolution-by-guest-writer-jayen-varma/ Slap Bass and Indian Slap Bass the Evolution
- Unconventional slap bass Web site: Watch: Jayen Varma's 'Unconventional Slap Bass' > NH7 | Discover new music from India and around the world . 25 February 2022 . 18 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101218161110/http://nh7.in/indiecision/2010/09/20/watch-jayen-varmas-unconventional-slap-bass/ . bot: unknown . NH7 Weekender
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHO1n3TtS0 Indian Slap Bass Technique
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140512214448/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article231955.ece An equal music
- http://www.sudouest.fr/2013/04/16/l-inde-en-invitee-1026650-2539.php L’Inde en invitée
- https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/03/12/1032816-le-duo-inedit-d-un-indien-et-d-un-armagnacais.html Le duo inédit d'un Indien et d'un Armagnacais
- https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/jan/19/fireflies-reunite-to--entertain-1758956.html Fireflies Reunite
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/Koothara-music-review/articleshow/36597923.cms Film Music Review
- https://archive.today/20151217030002/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130610/entertainment-tvmusic/article/thumbs-drummer Thumbs up drummer
- https://sire-usa.com/blogs/sire-friends/jayen-varma-india Feature
- https://gruvgear.com/blogs/artist-family/jayen-varma Feature
- http://www.rsjonline.com/features/in-conversation-with-bass-guitarist-jayen-varma-at-namm-2016-los-angeles.html Interview from NAMM show2016,CA
