{"id":9644,"date":"2023-04-10T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T08:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asef.org\/aecfest\/?p=9644"},"modified":"2025-05-21T19:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:59:50","slug":"aecfest-podcast-series-2-vignesh-melwani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asef.org\/aecfest\/aecfest-podcast-series-2-vignesh-melwani\/","title":{"rendered":"AECFest PODCAST SERIES | #2 VIGNESH MELWANI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9644\" class=\"elementor elementor-9644\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8b73f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b8b73f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6bd155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6bd155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE AECFest PODCAST SERIES CONNECTS YOU WITH THE TALENTED ARTISTS AND ARTS PRACTITIONERS BRINGING THEIR PERFORMANCES AND WORKS TO THE FESTIVAL.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f2f47e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36f2f47e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e04f17 singlepost-body elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e04f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"singlepost-body\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"isPasted\"><p>In our second episode of the podcast, we speak with musician Vignesh Melwani, about his experience being a child of Indian heritage but growing up in Barcelona, Spain and how his music-making reflects this blend of multi-cultural upbringing.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6e899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-creative-button\" data-id=\"8f6e899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-creative-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-creative-button-wrapper\">\n\n            <a class=\"eael-creative-button eael-creative-button--default eael-cb-icon-position-\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6i7JlRKNgAu5FQVtNCWhPl?si=RlGLuaM8QI-541uuieYGHg\" data-text=\"\">\n            \t    \n                <div class=\"creative-button-inner\">\n\n                    \n                    <span class=\"cretive-button-text\">Listen to the episode on Spotify here!<\/span>\n\n                  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Molinari.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oew-gallery-item isotope-entry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"oew-gallery-item-inner no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/asef.org\/aecfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Catarsia-La-MerceAntiga-Fabrica-Estrella-Damm-Barcelona-26-09-2022_44.webp\" data-width=\"1500\" data-height=\"1000\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oew-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/asef.org\/aecfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Catarsia-La-MerceAntiga-Fabrica-Estrella-Damm-Barcelona-26-09-2022_44-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"&#039;Improvisuals&#039; performance at AECFest 2022, Belgium \u00a9 Ray Molinari\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oew-gallery-overlay oew-gallery-transition-fade\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5pRkxBTcxFUvpe2qvfUSTU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pa dha ni dha ga pa<\/a>&#8216;<\/span> by Vignesh Melwani featuring Carla Gonz\u00e1les Ferrer was featured in this podcast.\u00a0<br \/>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5YTcKbbccp5Uj131ChsDRk?si=HVNyHnRrSPCsOnxkle4bmQ&amp;nd=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify link to Vignesh&#8217;s album, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improvisuals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><br \/>3. Podcast opening and closing audio credits licensed under Creative Commons via Free Music Archive:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a id=\"isPasted\" href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/contact\">Podington Bear &#8211; Melow Rays<\/a><\/span><br \/>4. 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