Meet manohar gurung | Himalayan Percussionist (World Musician )

We had the good fortune of connecting with manohar gurung and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi manohar, what makes you happy? Why?
free yourself and achieve a state of transcendent bliss and well-being.
Peace of mind is always brings me back to the happiness life . Living moment to moment make me happy
Because we need boundless love, boundless compassion, and boundless joy
Making me happy if I can make someone happy and strong
Because our mental training should removes negative emotions like hatred and compulsive desire, and by eradicating ignorance..

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
a Himalayan percussionist and composer, whose work has blended the music of his homeland ( Hindustani / Nepalese ) with jazz fusion, funk , world music and Spiritual genres like Bhajan /KIRTAN /Sat Sang/Sufi ,Gypsy. He is one of the most versatile multi-percussionists having immersed himself in percussion and drums from the globe, from Hindustani to The Fusion genre and from Nepalese to Western …He has a number of collaborative projects and has released numerous albums.
You can hear his entire album on !!!
You tube link
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You tube Link :
https://www.youtube.com/@HimalayanPercussionist09
I think my playing technique are same as the other artist well I use the hybrid percussions set up for my entire percussions setting so that is why I am little bit different

I think dedicated time and energy and working hard is the ultimate goal for everyone so that is why I am here today and working with my other professional job responsibility makes me more successful in my art work environment.

It was not easy for me
I always organize my time and schedule for music .
To overcome the difficulties one must never give up and keep doing it until you reach to the summit .

The lessons I learnt being a professional Surgery tech and A Percussionist is that one must have discipline and take responsibilities and move forward with the inspirational wishes from the parents .

I would like the world to know that we should always Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up because you will lose the ability to learn new things. Move forward with your life”

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I just had an awesome time after 35 years I met my best buddy from college , his name is Sukhakar Vaidya

They were here last week visiting Los Angeles from Toronto ( Canada )
We hung out at Walk of fame
Beverly Hills area
Culver City
They were so amazing
It’ make me so happy and feel more strong
We went to dine out at Beverly Hills and Santa Monica third street as well !
It was fun to see many tourist from across the ocean at the Beverly Hills area .
They went to Disney land
Universal studio
San Diego and some of the Hollywood hills by the sign post griffit park
But the parking lot enforcement police gave us the ticket for parking by the hills side for for parking only : 2 minutes
It was fun

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I will like to dedicate my shoutout to my Lovely Mum (AMA )
She has taught me be kind and helpful to people and community .

Blessed credit and recognition to my Dad (Baba ) and my lovely Sister Dolly ( Prativa )
Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end
He is 95 years old now and lives in Nepal Karhmandu with my sister
My sister takes care of him since 12 years and he has been blessed to our family.

Reena GAUCHAN ( Co Founder Kathmandu Boutique)
Kamini Natarajan ( Kamini Music )
The Band Knowledge Free
The yoga and Bhakti Comminity Los Angeles
The Nepalese Community SHREE PASHUPATHINATH AND BUDDHA MANDIR ( LOS ANGELES )

Website: https://WWW.MANOHARGURUNG.COM

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@HimalayanPercussionist09

Image Credits
Himalayan Percussionist
Manohar Gurung
REENA GAUCHAN
KATHMANDU BOUTIQUE