Dhani Fact
He tried to avoid becoming a musician, but it was a futile effort.
“My dad and I were similar people,” he says. “My love of music is rooted in blues, gypsy jazz, Indian classical music, the psychedelic music of the ‘60s. I was in the studio in nappies watching him and Ravi Shankar playing together, and I was versed in tape and then Pro Tools. Getting away from music for a while, it was my way of making sure that I really wanted to do this. I didn’t want to do it blindly. Then I was finishing off some music for my dad’s last album when he died [in 2001], and finally, I just had to face it: I’m a musician. It was obvious.”
