Arjun Sen

A guitarist , composer and songwriter Arjun Sens professional career span more than 4 decades. 
His work includes music composition for Film and Documentaries ,Compositions for Audio banks, soundscapes for artists and theatre, collaboration projects with various artists from a wide genre of music and his solo work .
!978 to !986: Guitar Player with The Great Society Shillong (Lou macaw,Rudy Wallang,Sam Shullai)(Blues/Rock/Reggae/Country and Western /Progressive)and Kind of Blue (Ronojoy sen/Koko Haralu /Sam Shullai…)Nagaland(Blues/Rock/jazz Rock)
!987- 1994- Bands in Delhi wit occasional trips to Kolkata or Shillong to play the odd gig with GS and KOB. Bands in Delhi- Hotel work with Francis Medes Band-(Jazz/Pop/Rock). Cowboys and Indians(Chris and Ted Mockrish, Deepak Castellino)
(Rock/Blues/Blues Rock). Dont Lose The One (Steve and Kitu Sequeira, Norman Abdallah)
Studio Sessions- 1987 onwards—both western and Indian sessions.
Production work starts around 1989 as composer- Series/ADs/Short Films/Documentaries/Musicals/Theater/Fashion Shows/Art Installations/Art Exhibitions…..this continues till date as and when it comes.
1999- Build s\Studio in rented premises in Delhi- becomes a recording hub for Bands/Artists from many backgrounds and lays the foundation for a few collaborative works.Noted among them Dharma Nada-with Vidya Rao, Universal Language-Aurora Jane,The Moon In the Sky- with Irena and Vojtech havlovi.and a few solo offerings Near East-Solo,,Some Tunes Some Songs-Solo..Some tracks with Ashhar Farooqui and Roshni Jayakrishnan.
2004- HFT (Jazz Rock/Rock/Blues /east West Folk and Fusion/Classical leanings andProgressive Rock)- leading to Album Acquired Senses Produced by ashish Paliwal….
2006 Dec Moves to Himachal- HFT continues and compositions for 
Soundbanks start- Shockwave Music Being the main receiver..this music mostly fusion of some kind is available online through Shockwave Sound and sister companies.
Hft slowly shuts down arpiund 2019- since then working on solo projects. Unrecorded tracks for HFT days and new projects.
Music now released through Tunecore and available on all major streaming sites….link???
INFLUENCEs…His influences range from Robindransangeet to Frank Zappa with pretty much everything in between thrown in.
Top Guitar Influences: Hank Marvin, George Harrison, Rory Gallagher, Jeff beck, Roy Buchanan, BB King,Mike Stern..
Pat Metheny, John MacLaughlin..to name a few.
Other Musical Influences: Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ali Akbar Khan , Pannalal Ghosh, Nikhil Banerjee..to name a few…and beyond the borders…John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Debussy, John Williams, Bill Evans, Frank Zappa, Mike Oldfield,
Oregon,Yes, King Crimson, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles….Mahavishnu Orchestra….various folk music groups from all over…..
Albums: Dharma Nada-with Vidya Rao, Universal Language-Aurora Jane,The Moon In the Sky- with Irena and Vojtech havlovi. Near East-Solo,Acquired Senses-HFT,Some Tunes Some Songs-Solo(unreleased).
FILM And Other Work of Notwe- Music for Khamosh Paani, Honey hunters of the Blue Mountains,IMDB Page Link https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1432420/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Exhibition of Note- Tejas , Indian art and culture from 3rd century BC to 11th century AD at the Bozar Gallery Brussels, 2003.
Category:Indian people
Category:Guitarists
Category:Composers
Category:Songwriters