Siddharth Srinivasan of Los Angeles on Life, Lessons & Legacy

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Siddharth Srinivasan. Check out our conversation below.

Siddharth, it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?
Playing guitar makes me lose track of time. It’s the best way for me to get out of my head and instantly shift my energy. I go from being serious, in work mode, to being playful, imaginative, curious, and creative.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hi, I’m Siddharth Srinivasan, a music artist, luthier, and guitar educator based in Los Angeles. I’m currently working on music for licensing and sync. Earlier this year, I released a beginner guitar course that is aimed at making guitar playing easy as pie. I work as a luthier and production manager for one of Southern California’s best guitar custom shops, LSL Instruments, where we hand-craft boutique guitars; all made with love and care right here in the United States of America.

Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. What breaks the bonds between people—and what restores them?
The most common theme in broken bonds is betrayal. But more often than not, the bond just needs a little TLC. A lot of it comes down to communication, setting clear intentions, being able to take a step back and recognize one’s own shortcomings, and owning up to mistakes. A lot of people act out of fear, judgement, a lack of self-love, and just plain old misunderstanding.
The best remedy (and this is going to sound cliche) is love. Having a relationship that has unconditional love is a real gift. The more love you have for yourself, the more you’re able to love other people in your life. That’s as far as I’ve gotten.

What did suffering teach you that success never could?
The biggest lesson from suffering has been empathy. It has opened my senses to other people’s struggles; the ability to recognize signs that another human is suffering through something is a superpower. Choosing how to approach them is another subject altogether because not everyone wants to broadcast the fact that they’re struggling.
It also taught me about my “inner circle”; who amongst my friends are trustworthy and whom not to rely on. And finally, suffering unlocked inner strength I never knew I had.

Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
One of the biggest lies the music industry tells itself is that it can continue to “manufacture” pop culture movements based on plastic, insipid, trivial, and altogether unimpressive music acts that barely scratch the surface of what it means to be a music artist. Audiences grow weary and burrow deep underground in search of honesty, truth, substance, resonance, and beauty. There is a fundamental schism between the state of young people in the US today and the kind of music major labels expect us to relate to. I think they’re shooting themselves in the foot by not stopping to consider that the audience isn’t stupid. We see the farce, we see the tasteless gruel they’re attempting to serve up, and we’re slowly but surely turning away.

Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. What will you regret not doing? 
I would regret not traveling and seeing the world. The world we live in is such a vast, beautiful place; I think we all owe it to ourselves to see as much of it as we can before our time here comes to an end.

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