Dream Out Loud

DreamOut Loud
DOL in a concert
Background information
Genres	Indie rock, Bollywood Music
Members	Suraj Jagan Chandresh Kudwa Sheldon Dixon Melroy Coelho

Dream Out Loud (DOL) is a contemporary indie rock band that has emerged from the Indian Rock scene. DOL, as it is often known, was formed by two men from totally distinct backgrounds and the only thing that connected them was music. Suraj Jagan and Chandresh Kudwa, formed the a band. They had a 3-minute appearance in the Bollywood blockbuster movie Rock On.

The two key players in the band Suraj Jagan and Chandresh kudwa are from varied backgrounds. Suraj, the lead vocalist of the band started his career with an album with Milestone Entertainment Pvt Ltd, which was a licensee for EMI Music in India. The first solo album ever called Musafir. Musafir was released in 1999 and included songs like "Musafir" (title song), "Baadal", "Phir Aaye Teri Yaad", "Hamesha" and "Dil Se". The album was also compiled in Tamil and did average performance in the market. From here Suraj moved into the more hard core rock scene with important contributions to Bollywood. His popular OST numbers include:

Suraj Jagan has also sung the catchy and popular Hutch (Vodafone) ad jingle.

Chandresh, the lead guitarist of the band, brings a lot of depth to the band with his out and out feel oriented guitar solos. He started out playing with various bands including THOR (the first Indian Rock band interviewed by BBC), Freedom, Nexus (Jazz-Rock outfit), Vedic Chant, and now Dream Out Loud. Chandresh is also the co-founder of Allegro Institute of Music, an institute dedicated towards nurturing future guitar geniuses. His online guitar school, Theguitarthing.com offers lessons to budding guitarists, beginners and advanced acoustic, lead, and rhythm guitarists.

Dream Out Loud came into life in January 2006 with several gigs and one album called Human Race. Most of the songs in the album are influenced by Audioslave, System of a Down, Linkin Park, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. The band gave a small performance in a concert in MMRDA Grounds, Mumbai, India on 31 October 2008. The concert called "Rock on for Humanity" concert was the brain child of Farhan Aktar and raised funds for relief to Bihar Flood victims. The bands and performers included Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Pentagram, Pindrop Violence, Raghu Dixit Project, Rabbi, and Farhan Akhtar.

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