An increase in online retail shopping means higher profit margins for dropshippers. This increase then means that dropshippers should have a reliable supplier, right? In today's video, we're going to be covering the top 16 US dropshipping suppliers that you should be using for your Shopify store. So stay tuned, hit that subscribe button and let's go! Many dropshippers opt to work with Chinese suppliers due to their low cost. However, there are other important factors that we should take into consideration when choosing a supplier for the US markets, such as higher quality products and faster shipping, both of which are included when working with a US supplier and selling in the US markets. So without further ado, let's jump straight into our Shopify US dropshipping supplier list. Okay, so our first supplier is eBay. While eBay started as a platform for online auctions, today it is one of the biggest marketplaces online. Dropshipping from eBay to Shopify opens up a world of trending products to sell. Some of the pros for using eBay as a supplier includes millions of products in various categories always means there's something to find on eBay. eBay enforces its sellers to be highly customer-orientated and provides both buyer and seller protection, so we'll always get what we order and on time. It's also really easy to spy on your competition and to see what's trending on eBay. By simply searching for a product or niche, we can see how many sellers are selling it along with the amounts of sales that they've been making. On the downside, however, eBay is an open marketplace, meaning there are thousands of sellers with various shipping and return policies. Since the competition is so big, it is more challenging to find trending products from eBay to sell on Shopify. So up next, we have Wayfair. Wayfair specializes in the home goods niche and offers everything a home may need. Wayfair offers a large selection of furniture, home appliances, garden necessities, and anything else that is home-orientated. They also offer fast shipping options due to their domestic warehouses. Wayfair also has a My Way program. This program is beneficial for dropshippers as they receive free shipping on any order. They also receive members exclusive products along with free one-day shipping for eligible products. The best part about using Wayfair is that you can use PayPal for your purchases and take advantage of easy and secure transactions. The only downside to using Wayfair is that there is a niche limitation. This is because Wayfair's products belong to the home goods market. Our third supplier is AliExpress. So AliExpress is based in China, but they have warehouses that are situated around the US. They also have a large online retail platform offering various product categories for dropshippers, which essentially means that we aren't restricted to any specific niche. We can also change the Ship2 option to the United States in the right-hand corner. We can then run a search for any product or niche. We can then change the ShipFrom option to the US. Now we're able to see all the products that you're able to ship from and to the United States. Here are some of the benefits that you'll be able to experience when using AliExpress as your supplier. An unlimited product range, meaning you have a wall of opportunities when choosing which products to sell on your Shopify dropshipping store. Not to mention the low-cost and domestic warehouses, which means that we're able to offer fast shipping to our US customers. On the other hand, low-cost often comes with lower product quality, so we have to make sure that we check the product reviews diligently. Another thing is, although there is fast shipping, there are no bundle options, which means that products are then shipped separately, which can be an inconvenience. Lastly, their customer support is not really up to standards in comparison to other suppliers, and this could be because of the language barriers considering that their main location is China. The dropshipping supplier coming in at number four is Costway. Costway has grown to be one of the top tier retailers in North America. One of the most significant benefits of Costway is their free standard shipping on all items. Not only that, but if our customers have received a damaged item, they are entitled to a guaranteed 90-day exchange or return period, which is all conducted through their excellent customer support team. On the flip side, dropshippers can be at a little bit of a disadvantage when the items are shipped out with the Costway logo. There are a few dropshippers who wouldn't like their customers to know where the package came from. Costway also offers an appealing VIP membership program, but unfortunately it's not compatible with the dropshipping program. Our next supplier coming in at number five is Banggood. Banggood is a China-based supplier with various warehouses situated around the US. With low pricing and various product categories, Banggood is another great US dropshipping supplier to use for Shopify. Banggood is dropshipping friendly, and in their dropship center, you'll have access to product recommendations, cashbacks, images without watermarks, and so much more. This supplier also offers dropshippers special programs. This includes professional product videos to optimize from, affiliate programs, coupons, or a refer a friend incentive. At the same time, Banggood's warranty policy is flawed, and there's no warranty on certain products. Along with this, their return policy is somewhat complicated, and there are no free returns. Lastly, they have a lengthy repair process for faulty items, and it is probably one of the top complaints from customers. Coming in at number six on our dropshipping supplier list is Overstock. So Overstock is known for their high quality products, and primarily sells products within the home goods and furniture niche. So not only does Overstock provide high quality products at a fair pricing range, but they also offer a price match guarantee, which essentially means if you find the same product at a lower cost, then Overstock will provide you with that lower price. Another benefit that sets Overstock apart from other suppliers is their club zero program. This program allows dropshippers to opt for free shipping on all orders, along with their 5% cashback on purchases. Along with free shipping, Overstock guarantees fast delivery times. With a shipping speed of one to two days, your customers will be over the moon, and you'll be able to reap the rewards. You should consider adding multiple suppliers to your list if you're looking to sell products that are outside of the home goods and furniture niche. Although if you're new to dropshipping, starting with a specialized niche can help to kickstart your sales. Coming in at number seven is CJ Dropshipping, designed by dropshippers for dropshippers. One of the unique things about CJ Dropshipping is their product sourcing solution. This allows you to put in product requests if you cannot find what you're looking for. CJ Dropshipping also performs quality control for each item before it is shipped out, ensuring our customers receive only the best quality products. CJ Dropshipping offers a POD, Print on Demand solution, which allows you to customize certain products. And even better, with their wide label branding options, we can package our products with our store logos, which increases our brand awareness while scaling our business to new heights. The downside about CJ Dropshipping is that their user interface is not as user-friendly as other suppliers. Also, even with US warehouses, CJ Dropshipping has very limited shipping carriers, which can cause great concern if we're promising our customers quick delivery times. I've added a YouTube video to the pinned comment down in the comments below, and this video entails a full overview of what you can expect when using CJ Dropshipping as your supplier. Next up on our top supply list is Walmart. If you're selling to the US market, then you cannot go wrong with choosing Walmart as your Shopify dropshipping supplier. Walmart is known for its discounts, great prices and overall deals. There will also price match products to make sure that we're optimizing our profits. All we have to do is get into contact with Walmart's customer support service. Once we've done that, we need to notify them that the price I dropped after our purchase. They will then send us a refund for the difference. There is such a vast selection of products that you're able to offer to your customers, and not only that, we can guarantee them next day delivery. The only downside when using Walmart as your dropshipping supplier is that there's a lacking payment options. We're kind of just limited to standard payment methods, and no PayPal payment option. Up next on our top supply list is Etsy. If you're looking to sell vintage, handmade, or custom made products, Etsy is definitely the way to go. So not only does Etsy allow us to choose from a wide array of unique products, but they also allow us a competitive advantage because we're selling on a more personalized note. We can benefit from high profit margins by selling such creative items due to their above average pricing and custom made details. Etsy sellers also offer free shipping within the US, which is perfect for our target audience. However, because Etsy is not our typical supplier platform, we can run into a slight bit of issues. There are over 2 million individual sellers, so return policies can differ from seller to seller. With all of this being said, Etsy is still a relatively new dropshipping supplier. Therefore, it's best to start slow and gradually climb with them to avoid any big issues from arising. Coming in at number 10 is Amazon. With what once started as an online bookstore, Amazon has exploded in its growth and is one of the most prominent e-commerce players out there. It is estimated that Amazon accounts for 43.5% of US e-commerce, making them of course one of the most appealing marketplaces to source from. With Amazon Prime, we can benefit from fast and free shipping. Some products are even offered with same-day delivery within the US. We can also guarantee 30-day product returns without reasoning or restrictions when we opt for an Amazon Prime account. Amazon has 110 warehouses in the US alone. This gives us the opportunity to choose from a wide selection of products whilst guaranteeing our customers reliable delivery. Because Amazon is a selling channel and not a direct supplier, we must ensure that we read the reviews of each product before we decide to dropship it. Our dropshipping supplier coming in at number 11 is Costco. Costco is a large US wholesaler known for its membership club and low prices. Unlike the other suppliers we've seen so far, Costco actually profits off their membership fees rather than their product sales. Being a Costco member means having over 20 product categories to choose from and having access to unique products due to their wholesale business model. This in turn means that we can earn higher profits by buying Costco products at discount prices. Another beneficial thing is that we can offer our customers same-day delivery, especially since our target market is in the US, we even have the option to provide our customers with two-hour deliveries when using Costco. Also, if there are any issues with shipments, returns, or the quality of the products, we can rely on Costco's customer support team to resolve these issues for us within minutes. Although Costco offers fast shipping, the free shipping option is limited to orders over $75. On the same note, if you're using PayPal as your standard payment method, you might want to find a different wholesaler or opt for a different payment method as Costco does not support PayPal. Coming in at number 12 on our top supplier list is Sam's Club. Much like Costco, Sam's Club is exclusive to members only. When signing up to this membership, you can benefit from cashback rewards, savings, and so much more. With specific attention to the US market, Sam's Club is an excellent choice if you're in search of a low-cost and reliable wholesale supplier. By signing up for a Sam's Club membership, we gain access to the following, multiple product categories, free shipping, 2% cashback on qualifying products, and exclusive savings. However, just like Costco, Sam's Club does not offer PayPal as a payment method. Coming in at number 13 is Home Depot. Home Depot specializes in the homes and gardens as well as the home improvements niche. One million out of two million products offered at Home Depot are available for free two-day delivery. And just like the previous suppliers mentioned in this video, Home Depot also offers a price match policy. If you qualify as a tax-exempt shopper, you can save up to 5% on purchases from Home Depot's tax-exemption program. All you have to do is fill in your tax-exempt ID number when registering online and just wait for it to be approved. The only negative side when it comes to using Home Depot as a supplier is their return policies. Their return policy strictly states that customers are responsible for their return shipping expenses. This means that we have to fork money out of our own pockets to pay for these shipping expenses unless, of course, Home Depot is at fault. Coming in at number 14 on our top drop shipping supply list is Target. Target is the eighth largest retailer in the US, offering 45 private labels, ensuring that there's something for everyone. Target offers various niches and is known for their high-quality items with products ranging from fashion to home decor and so much more. If you're looking for exclusive deals, then Target's special Red Card program is definitely for you. So what does this program exactly include? Free two-day shipping and additional 5% discounts and extra 30 days to the already impressive 90-day returns policy. The only negative connotation of using this supplier is that they do not provide any drop shipping perks. So if you're looking for a drop shipping supplier that offers specific drop shipping support, this may not be the best supplier for you. Our second-last supplier is Lowe's. If you're looking for a supplier that specializes in home improvements, then Lowe's may be the supplier for you. The great thing about Lowe's is that they offer fast and efficient shipping, and unlike other suppliers, they also provide customers with the option of three various shipping methods. However, what makes Lowe's stand completely out from the supplier crowd is their unique offerings. With Lowe's business credit cards, you are able to receive a daily 5% discount, discounted deliveries, and so much more. If you're not ready to take on another credit card, don't worry, you can opt for Lowe's pro-loyalty program instead. So what does this pro-loyalty program include? Personalized offers, spending, tracking, purchase history, and specialized tools that help us to manage our business efficiently and effectively. Lowe's also offers a protection plan. This protection plan ensures an extensive product warranty, no additional fees, no deductibles. Despite Lowe's multiple shipping options, many items are not eligible for Lowe's standard shipping, which means we'll probably end up paying higher shipping fees. Last but not least, our final drop shipping supplier, which is Printful. Printful is an on-demand printing and fulfillment company that allows us to design custom products using print-on-demand drop shipping. Print-on-demand is a process where we work with the supplier to create customers' products and to sell them pre-order. Working with Printful means selling products worry-free as they handle everything from the order fulfillment to the shipping process. We can offer more customization options to our customer when working with the supplier. With print-on-demand, the emphasis is on the on-demand, meaning there's no need to lose money ordering in bulk. Printful also takes care of all the technicalities, so there's no need for us to buy printing equipment. However, just like any other drop shipping service, print-on-demand requires us to put our full trust in the supplier. Thus, we lack control in the fulfillment process and the quality control of the products themselves. Seeing that we're working with a third-party service, we need to give special attention to our return policies. And we've finally reached the end of our top drop shipping suppliers list. Don't forget, in order to run and scale your Shopify drop shipping business successfully, you need a drop shipping automation tool. And this is exactly what we at AutoDS are here to do for you. With AutoDS, you have complete control over your drop shipping business with the help of price and stock monitoring, easy and quick product imports, complete order automation, product research tools, free product templates and more. AutoDS supports automation for all the mentioned supplies in this video, except for Printful. Before I say goodbye, don't forget to leave a like if you enjoyed this video and subscribe to our YouTube channel if you'd like to learn extra tips and tricks in order to successfully expand your drop shipping empire. See you next time, drop shippers. Happy sales.


Keep it clean. Keep it clean. Keep it clean. Keep it clean. You too, team keep it clean. What's going on? It's Aang Graven here with another video. And in this video, this is a sort of little mini-series that I'm doing with the championship games coming up, the conference championships that is, where we will be covering each team remaining and talking about the reasons why I feel like that team will take it all. Before we get into it, make sure you follow on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook. Everything is engraved in vids, and feel free to subscribe. It's nothing like it. The first team we covered in this mini-series was the LA Rams. And now, let's move on to the Chiefs. How can the Chiefs win the Super Bowl? Why can the Chiefs win the Super Bowl? Well, whenever you think of the Chiefs, I'm sure, if you're like me and like a lot of other people, the first person that you think of is Patrick Mahomes. And of course, I mean, a dude threw out 50 touchdowns this season and just watching his game and how just crazy good it is, it does not make any sense, man. This guy is, he's amazing. He is amazing and this is, this is his first year starting. I know he started a game last year, but this is his first year starting. Like if you, like, how does it make any sense what he's doing? He is an amazing quarterback, an amazing quarterback. And with the plays that he pulls out like this dude, he's an excellent passer. And he is a patient passer. I've seen this guy make so many plays throughout the year where he drops back. He's looking, nobody's open for a minute, and then the pass rush is coming in. So he scrambles out of the pocket and he's going toward the sideline. And it's like, okay, nine times out of 10, even 9.9 times out of 10. Any other quarterbacks, they're throwing that ball away when they're running toward the sideline.  Just take their incompletion. We have to play another down. Patrick Mahomes. He'll run, run to the sideline, run to the sideline, run, always, eyes are still downfield, run to the sideline, run to the sideline. And then right before he gets to the sideline, let me y'all completion. First down. It's insane. And he does it all the time. He does it all the time. It's like this dude refuses to let a play stay on the field without making it. He refuses to do that.  And even in a game, like even when my team played him, my Ravens played him, even in that game where we were holding him for the most part, he still made some amazing plays, still did. And as annoying as it was to hear about that whole Nola pass for the next six months, and it ain't even been six months afterwards, but he made it. And he's made plenty of plays throughout this entire season.  This Patrick Mahomes let offense is crazy good, man. They have the ability to dink and dunk you, even though their dinking dunks are really like eight, nine yard passes, not no four, five yards. Their dinking dunks are not the regular dinking dunks, man. What's considered dink and dunk to us, like four, five yard pass, there's, like I said, eight, nine yards. Because they get the big plays. They got a quick strike offense, man. They got a quick strike offense. They get the big chunks of yards at a time. Patrick Mahomes, it's so dangerous, man. Especially when they get them RPOs in. Because there'll be times where he'll hold the ball in front of the running back like he's going to give it to him, and he will hold it for a long time. He'll hold it for a long time. So it's like, oh yeah, that's a running play. Then all of a sudden he'll pull it back so fast and he'll, he got a quick release too. He got a quick release. And then there've been times where he'll even put the ball in his left hand and throw it. Just to make a play, like I said earlier, this dude refuses to leave any plays on the field without making him. So him, that's, I mean, we could end the video right now, just based off of Patrick Mahomes alone. We could end it right there. But, because he is the main reason for these chiefs. Like these chiefs for the past couple of years, they've been in contention, but they just couldn't close it out. Alex Smith, he wasn't that deal, poor guy. Because Alex Smith, he just keeps, he just keeps going places and losing his job. Number one overall pick by the 49ers, he hung around for a while, boom, then capping it came along. Then he goes to the chiefs, hung around for a little while, then boom, Patrick Mahomes comes along, traded to the Redskins, then he goes to the Redskins, hangs around for a little while, then boom, the Joe Thysman injury. So anyway, feel for the guy, man. He caught the worst break in his career. Not even being benched, but being hurt, but anyway, seen about Alex Smith. This is about what the team that Alex Smith used to run. But now Patrick Mahomes has taken them to the next level. So just with his skill alone, with his offense, this offense that's with him, Tyree Kill, and Tyree Kill, man, the guy's just, he's insane. He is insane. Tyree Kill open space, game over, game over.  And this dude, he has people shook. I've watched it, I've watched my own team. Number one defense with the Ravens. And I watched him. Tyree Kill, he caught a pass that if he would have been tackled in the back, if he would have been tackled where he caught that pass at, it would have been maybe a three-four-yard loss. But he had Eric Guero in the backfield. It was Tyree Kill, Eric Guero, one-on-one. Eric Guero makes that tackle, boom, three-four-yard loss. Good play by the defense. Tyree Kill runs right past him, ends up being a game. And this guy, he's strong too.  And he can catch. That's the most dangerous part, man. The guy is extremely fast, and he can catch. Those two don't normally go hand in hand. Usually the guys that's extremely fast have drop issues. And not saying that Tyree Kill doesn't drop, but he makes some plays, man. He's not considered a dropper. He's not considered to have bad hands. He makes some plays, man. And they move him around. They'll put him in the backfield. They put him in the slot. They put him outside. They put him everywhere. They'll have him in motion. They'll do their reverses, the ender route. They do all of that stuff. Because he is a weapon, and they use him. Now, another guy who... I was wondering like, I'm like, man, are they gonna mess up the chemistry when they activated him last week with Sammy Watkins? Because I'm like, okay, well, Kevin Benjamin, they had him inactive, but they had Sammy Watkins active. And they've been keeping him on the roster throughout the end of the season, even though he had been hurt. And I'm like, I was expecting them to throw him on end... I was expecting them to throw him on end reserves. I'm like, what are you doing keeping this dude around for? For what? Why? What sense does that make? But in the game last week against the Colts... Yeah, I saw why. I saw it. I said, okay. Makes sense. Got it. Check. Sammy Watkins can still play. And he came right in and picked right up. Now, he did have that fumble, but they made up for it. And it's like with the Chiefs, the most dangerous thing about them what we saw last week is if their defense can actually start clicking, oh, that's it.  Not the Rams after they gave up 51 points to them. The Patriots after they gave up like 42 or 40 points to them. The Saints, who's going to stop their offense? Especially if their defense gets clicking. Oh, man, they could be it just like that. That could be it like that. Because their defense is the weakest part of their team. That's the weakest part of their team. But the way that defense played last week against Andrew Luck and them Colts, they had Andrew Luck just terrible game, terrible game. That pass rush was after him. They were after him because that pass rush is dangerous. But again, if the rest of that defense start clicking, then this team there's no way nobody anybody stops them. There's no way it's impossible. What can you do when you're going against possibly the best offense in the league? And then if their defense gets strong too, you're done. You are done. So with that being said, the Chiefs, they'll make a case, man. They can make a case. They can win the whole thing just like that. And nobody will be surprised. Nobody will be shocked. And another sort of advantage they have, Andy Reed. And some people can consider it an advantage or disadvantage because Andy Reed, the advantage that he has is his coaching experience. But the disadvantage that he has is his coaching experience. And what I mean by that is because he's uncoached. And the playoffs plenty of times.  Even got all the way to the Super Bowl with the Eagles. But his clock management had been an issue. And he just, he could never finish the job. He could never finish the job. He got to so many NFC championships. So many playoff births, but he just, he never finished. And that's something that that's just, once he gets a Super Bowl, then he'll be one of the best coaches to ever do it. But I think that's what's missing from his resume. That's just that that doesn't put him up there. Why are you still kind of up there? But that's what's missing from his resume to be the icing on the cake. He doesn't have the hardware. He doesn't have the hardware. So his coaching, that's why I say it's both, his experience is both an advantage and a disadvantage. An advantage because he has the experience. He knows what it takes to get there. But it's a disadvantage because he's gotten there and he's failed. But at the same time, that could be an advantage because if you get somewhere and you fail before, when you are in that same exact situation, it'll push you to do things differently, to take on a different approach. Or some may see it as a disadvantage because they be like, they may be like, well, he's been there, he failed. So he may not know how to win. Either way, man, Andy Reed is great coach. He just got to finish. And he's got the perfect team to finish now, man. Got the perfect team to finish with. And this is his chance to really cement his legacy. To really, like I said, put the icing on that cake and make it in. This could be it right here. This could be it right here. So will he do it? It's engraving beats, it's engraving beats, it's engraving beats. We'll see, but they got just as much of a chance as they might. It's engraving beats, it's engraving beats, it's engraving beats, it's engraving beats, it's engraving beats. I'm rocking with engraving, deli rocking with the raven, step from phone home with them birds on our helmets.


So since I am taking a React course on Educative, I had to install Get Bash because that's my preferred terminal. I rather use that opposed to Command Prompt or PowerShell. And I also had to install Node and NPM. And I use NPM to install all the other dependencies that I need for JavaScript frameworks like Angular and React. So I'm about to install React and then I'm gonna head to the coffee shop. Yes, this is a classic water bottle. I know, I know. I know that some people like to go kick it. They like to go to the club on the weekend. But you know what, I like to program on the weekend. I'm kidding, I'm kidding. However, on days like today where I really don't have anything to do and I've had a pretty busy last few weekends. So I kind of just want to relax, stay in the crib and brush up on some programming skillsets. And special shout out to Educative for sponsoring this video. That first year, you're gonna learn a lot. Like a lot, you're gonna be programming nearly every day for eight hours. Okay, okay, wait, you're not gonna be programming for eight hours unless you hate people. But you'll probably program like five to six hours a day and you'll have meetings, you'll have lunch and let's be honest. Does anyone productive eight hours a day? How many days you work a year? No, but you're gonna learn a lot. The first thing you need to do is you wanna get a group of friends who are experiencing a similar situation as you. And no, I don't mean friends on call of duty or room escape but actual people who you can interact with every day in our entry level software developers out of college entry level, technical consultants or just friends who are starting their careers out of college just like you. So luckily right out of college at the company I started working at they take training really seriously and at the time it was annoying and I didn't wanna do it. I just wanted to go to my desk and I wanted to start building enterprise web applications and solutions. But now that I'm looking back at it I'm really glad I had that training opportunity. And the reason being is because I was able to train with people that I interned with. I was able to train with other people that I didn't know but were also recent college grads. I literally graduated like a month or two before they started this job and even graduated from the same school as me. So we all were able to become good friends and have that bond and also try to figure out what the heck adulting is together and how to navigate our careers. Had I went straight to my desk I probably wouldn't have had I definitely wouldn't have had the same experience that I had with building relationships with other people right out of college. I would have gotten more programming under my belt but it's deeper than that. When you're working at a job eight hours a day for five days a week, if not more hours than eight you're gonna wanna build relationships with people because they're gonna be like your family. They're gonna be one of the reasons why you're always happy to go and go into work despite the work you're doing even if you don't like the work you're doing you're gonna have a smile on your face because you're like oh I'm gonna have lunch with such and such we're gonna go to happy out together we work together and you'll enjoy it. For your first six months I know you're a young whippersnapper who's excited to program and thinks you can go 12 hours a day on just Red Bull, Coca-Cola and Twizzlers but in reality unless you're at a company that needs you to start doing production programming right away you're gonna be spending a lot of time training because your manager wants to make sure that you can catch up on the latest framework and learn the programming language that you're gonna be programming in.  Educative is an interactive, mobile friendly and browser experience featuring executable code playgrounds and multiple programming languages so you can try to solve problems in browser without the need to set up your own environments. Like that you can take quizzes after a section of the course which reinforces the material you've learned. User experience is great and makes learning fun, not stressful and not difficult although some of the topics covered are difficult to learn. What I especially appreciate about this e-learning platform is that it is dedicated to software developers like myself. I feel confident that I can level up my coding skills quickly and efficiently. Educative also understands that sometimes you need more than one course to achieve your learning goals. So there are multiple learning tracks that arrange courses on a topic in a sequence which will save you the effort of going through their courses finding out which ones fit together and what order they fit together.   And if you're also interested in other programming languages like React, Python, Java and C++ there are tracks out there for you. If you are trying to broaden your skill sets you can try a few lessons as a free preview before purchasing. Educative is giving a coupon code for 10% off to the first 50 users if you select the link below or you go to educative.io slash jossi and 10% will be automatically applied to your order. So my first six months I was like, what the heck's going on? I have no clue what's going on. Do you know what's going on? Does anyone know what's going on? Then I got integrated into a team and I started taking initiative on learning a new platform and at that time it was Angular. So I didn't have any pull requests to do or anything like that. This is like the first three months. This is like after training but I started mocking things up using Angular so not like mocking things up with like a graphic design tool but actually like building a web aesthetic web app using Angular and by doing that that showed people at my company that hey, Jossi's interested in modernization. Jossi's interested in Angular and web applications and that helped me a lot because basically when my team got reorganized, the department got reorganized, they put me on a team that was gonna modernize their product and they felt confident that I'd be able to do that because of something that I built and demoed a few months back. And then after that, I wanted to get my first pull request out because I'm like, oh my goodness, I haven't gotten a pull request out. I haven't done any production programming. I just felt like that I wasn't like, I don't know, like you know how sometimes you just wanna get something done so you can show your worth? That's basically what I was trying to do. So then I got my first pull request out. After your first six months, I promise you'll be more confident in your ability as a software developer. You've built relationships with your scrum team, managers and hopefully others outside of your team and even department. So now you come to work upbeat and joyful for not just the coding, but for the people. Of course, expectations have increased and so has responsibility, but don't let that scare you. Now that you've built a new feature or two, you're comfortable in the code base. And at this time you wanna figure out which part of the stack you enjoy the most. That way when it's time to select stories to complete, you know exactly what you're good at and can complete within the sprint. Thanks everyone for watching this video. Give it a thumbs up. If you liked it at all, share it with someone who you think might benefit from it. And if you haven't already hit that subscribe button and notification bell, all that good stuff. And don't forget to follow me on Instagram to get more of a behind the scenes of kind of my life and how I make some of these videos. As always have a blessed week. And once again, shout out to Educative for sponsoring this video. The video.


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a good day. I'm John Harrison, and this is Conversations with Great Authors. The best thing about being a publisher is helping authors' dreams come true. Those words are from Charlotte Pierce, our guest, a small publisher.  Welcome, first of all, to this event.  What is the process for you? Well, first of all, I would see whether they have a complete manuscript or whether they're just developing an idea. I think the best scenario would be if they're just developing the idea, because what they need to do is consider a timetable, and I would develop a timetable with an author that I take on, but you basically have to have a book finished about three months before the publication date. So, for distribution to reviewers and author review copies and getting just all best case scenario would be three months before the publication date. So a timetable would be the first thing. And then they should have an author platform, and I can explain what that is if you want to. Yeah, briefly tell us what that is, because there are people out there who want to know this. So, I'm a small publisher. I'm not random house with a vast promotional arm with dozens of people working in it. So, the author should consider ways to get out their expertise, even for fiction, but especially for nonfiction, that's a little easier. You need to be familiar with social media, or if you hate social media, which many authors do, you need to hire somebody. It's a free platform with billions of people potentially that you could access. Now, this doesn't mean that they'll all come and buy your book, but you need to be able to leverage that. We told people at our IP&E, independent publishers of New England Conference, somebody was asking about social media, I just hate it, and we said, you know, well, get over it, because either that or hire somebody, which you can do. You know, it's a free platform and you need to be able to leverage that. Start building a platform on the social media website. You should have a website. A blog is a helpful thing. Do speaking engagements? There are so many organizations out there that need speakers or guest bloggers and things like that. So just kind of start building that expertise out and getting known as a specialist in that field. Niche is important, too. So when an author comes to you with a manuscript, you want at least most of these things already done. I would like that. If not, I'll say this is going to take a lot longer than you thought because you need to establish that.  One of the most important things is start right now. If you want to publish a book, start right now building an email list. Those people belong to you. They are your evangelists. They are your street team. You can build all the advice I've gotten lately about book marketing is start with your email list. Make sure you're building that every week, every day you meet somebody, put them on your email list, and ask them, of course, if that's okay. But that's hugely important. I think maybe even most authors are introspective, quiet, and this is not their thing. So I don't know how you get them to do that. If you publish their book and they have that reward of it being published, do you think that would influence them to do more of these things that they haven't done them already because they now have their book in hand, which is a great thing for an author? Yeah, you always have to start where you are. A lot of authors will come to me with a completed manuscript and no social media. And if I find that the project is viable and attractive enough, I'll get them started on that. Yeah, I mean, you just have to do what you're capable of doing. I mean, if it's too stressful to do that social media then you really do need to hire somebody though. And that's possible. There are people who are helping out with that kind of stuff. Editing is a very important part of the process. And when you receive manuscripts from authors, the editing, one of the major problems, I mean, usually a lot of editing has to be done or is it just very, sometimes they're very good, sometimes they're not. It's always more editing than people think. Often people are very attached to their manuscripts and they think they're perfect. And they don't want anything to mess with it. And they'll come and say, well, my Aunt Edith, who is an English teacher, she looked this over and she made a bunch of changes in there. It's great. But Aunt Edith may be the perfect editor. We don't know. But it should come to me as a publisher in really good shape. It should be well organized. You know, you should do some research about what a good manuscript looks like. And that information is out there. One thing you can do is join an organization like the Independent Publishers of New England. And we are also affiliated with a national organization called the Independent Book Publishers Association. And there are tremendous resources in both of those organizations. We take our members' books to major New England bookshows. And IBPA does the same on a global basis. So they'll take it to, you know, Frankfurt or Beijing or whatever. So you can send your book out. It gives you kind of magnifies your reach. And also, just like I said, you can learn what makes a good manuscript. So you attend these events. Do your authors, some of the ones you've published, they attend with you to some degree? It's not required. But it's always a good thing for an author to do that. I mean, we go to New England Independent Booksellers, which is 300-plus bookstores in the New England region. And they want interesting new regional books. You know, they really want them. And the big publishers go to those events, too. But if you can, you know, if you can, I've nabbed a few independent booksellers at those shows just by virtue of being there. We'll take your book and represent it to the best of our ability, but you're the only one who can actually represent your book the best, you know, so.  Out of any 10, what would your guess be? Because I would have no idea what comes your way. That's a really good question. Well, ideas come my way. I'm working with a guy right now who, I'd say maybe half, you know, probably. Oh, so you would take half? Well, yeah, I'd start working with him in some way, so either as a consultant, a book shepherd or a publisher, if I thought the idea was good enough. I'm working with a guy who's been to five Olympic games, two as a coach and three as a rower. And he's, like, he wants to do a memoir. He's really famous. And he's, so I've been kind of encouraging him. It's not quite to the point where I'm actually signed him as an author yet, but he was asking me, you know, do you think people really want to hear about this? And I just, I love the idea. I love rowing, for one thing. I do a podcast about rowing. I just, I love it. And I know that people want to hear his stories. So I, you know, I believe in that. And that's what I... Are most proposals fiction or is it very or is it half and half or nonfiction fiction? I don't do fiction. I do children's, which is, I guess, these books are mine. Technically fiction, but they have a message. They come to have a social message. Ah, that's interesting. So you don't do fiction at all. Someone comes to you with a novel. I send it to Eddie Vincent, who's the head of the independent publishers of New England. He does a lot of fiction. But no, I just don't feel qualified. I just don't know that world. You know, I read more nonfiction than fiction.  If independent publishers can get the message about diversifying the formats, audiobooks are huge. You know, that's a big growth area. You know, e-books. Different, you know, different ways of repurposing your content into blogs. And I don't really worry about copyright. You know, if you have a good enough author platform, you know, you basically, I mean, what are you going to do if somebody steals your book and publishes it? Are you going to spend $50,000 fighting them in court? I don't know. I can't. But usually you would have the digital path that would prove that it's your book, that you had it first. And not only the digital rights manager, but the platform. You've got your blog already. You've got your book cover out there. You know, people will know it's yours. If they find some random copy somewhere, they're going to kind of know. And there's some of that you just have to kind of put up with, I think. I have a good friend in New York who's a nonfiction literary agent. And I tell you this because I didn't realize you didn't take fiction. And her major requirement, if she likes the book, of course she has to like the book and be willing to take it on as an agent. But the second requirement is they have to look good for television. So there it is. But she's told me that several times. And sometimes if she likes an idea enough, she'll have a ghostwriter do it that does look good on television. And the actual author will be part of the plan. Yeah, I do. So the children's, it's mostly like sustainable and social justice and diversity and that kind of stuff. And then I do Alternative Education, which is the major book in that is the Purigaji Handbook, which is a public domain book. So we don't even care if people copy it. You know, we hope people will copy it. But we do sell. You know, we cover our costs by selling on Amazon. Now as a small publisher, do you work with one printer when you have the final book printed or do you have several depending on the type of book and that part of the publishing world? Right. I usually do a 200 to 500 copy what they call short run for book shows and personal sales. I give the illustrators 10 copies. You know, you just need a few copies. Sure. And but I upload to Lightning Source, which is a Ingram company, which is like Ingram Spark is the kind of the self publishers, small publishers one and Lightning Source is the, but they're the same company. Anyway, it goes to print on demand, which is fulfilled to Amazon and bookstores can order from Ingram. It's the largest book distribution company in the world. So I'm pretty well positioned, you know, if a bookstore in Italy wants to order my book, they can or here in New York or Boston. Not a problem.  Yeah, I know that. Yes. I know that deal. I know that feeling. Yeah, so, you know, if you've got the cash flow to do that, you will, and you've got the certainty that you're going to sell the books, then why not do that? You'll have less per copy. You mean sometimes there's a certainty? Is that, where do you get that certainty? I don't know. I'm still chasing it. Is your print a local, like so you can visit them? Yeah. Yeah, well, independent publishers of New England has, a lot of the sponsors of our conferences and so forth have been printers. So King, McNaughton & Gun, HF Group, they're a lot of good printers and they're hungry for, you know, they'll do a pretty good deal on a short run. Oh, that's good to know. Yeah. You know, especially if you're affiliated with an organization, like I'm on the board of IP&E and, you know, we can send them a lot of business.  And I can presume that everything comes into you digitally if an author has a book. Does an author ever walk in with a printed manuscript and that's all they have?  I would send them away to Staples to have it digitized or whatever. Yeah. Yeah, I can't be typing stuff in. I mean, there are a lot of ways you can just feed in into a scanner and there's a lot of ways to digitize it. One of my illustrators, this book, actually, no, that one is a digital illustrator.  And then he scans it himself. So he will give me the high-resolution scanned file that we can then put into. We use InDesign, you know, so we plop it in there. And Lightning Sources and Ingram Spark, too, I think, are both require an InDesign file. Are children's books a great deal of your output mostly? It just happened to be the last couple of books. They're both doing sequels. So, you know, yeah. But children's books, you know, especially, I'll just show you the, you know, it's color inside. So that increases the cost. They're really well done. I love this illustrator, Daniel Fiore. He is so sensitive to the content, you know, he was great. But what was I going to say? Yeah, the color raises the cost, of course. Oh, yeah, sure. But I think today, especially kids, they want color. Yeah. You have to do that. And I don't do too much e-book conversion on these because, you know, it's pretty hard. But, you know, I guess you could have a kid on an iPad flipping through your book. Oh, yeah, sure. So I'll probably go into that eventually. I haven't yet. Do you ever have a really young person that has written a kid's book come in? I would love to. That's one of my favorite things to do is to nurture young people. You know, and I would love to have a young person come to me with a book. Yeah. I would love to do events for our kids' books. And the kids are always very interested and excited about it. And this one has an activity in the back.  So at our launch in Belmont Books, we had, you know, the kids filling out this little form and drawing their characters they would have in their book. And yeah, it was really great. Yeah, well, I mean, kids' books now are including DVDs. I have a friend in Vermont who wrote a kid's book and she's a singer and actress. And she has included a DVD of songs about, related to her book and separate from her book, but with her book. So that's becoming more and more of a thing just like us. And you can even do, like, you can print a QR code in your book. And now a smartphone, if you point your camera at the QR code in a book, it will take them directly to a website immediately. Oh, wow. I know, isn't that great? I didn't know that. Is that a new thing? I used to have to have an app that you would use then, you know, but now it's just like, my Pixel 4 Google phone, I just pointed out a QR code and it takes me right to the website. I know. Wow. So we have, actually all of our children's books have some aspect of like activity guide or, you know, to take it further so forth. Wow, that's great. Yeah, it's fun. It's really good. It's too much fun. And beyond the kids' books, publishing part of it to get back to the adult work and in the nonfiction world, you say you were talking about a memoir and I know that, but what other nonfiction propositions do you get about? Well, I got to know a guy who's the director of the Jane Goodall Institute of Nepal. And he's been asked, he was after me to come to visit him, so I went over to Nepal last year and we now have four books in development. One is for a project that they're doing to alleviate the street dog problem. So there's been a like community involvement initiative. It goes word by word in Kathmandu that is solving, you know, vaccinating and spaying and neutering dogs. Wow. It's just, it's a fantastic program. All, you know, grassroots driven. And they've gotten to buy in from the government too. But then there's three other books, the conservation books. One is Manoj Gotam, who is the director of the Jane Goodall Institute of Nepal. Did a thesis, so we're converting his Oxford thesis to a readable book.  And then a couple other titles about conservation work that they do there. Can you, as a general practice, would put your books, the books that you publish on Amazon and Bonsa Noble or is that, Yeah. Okay, and any other platforms that are generally part of what you do or... Right. Well, these books, these nonfiction books will probably go on to Kobo as well. And I'm going to try and get them into audio because I think that will be, I think audio is a huge opportunity for people, for publishers now. But Kobo is, it's like a kindle, but it's more adapted in Europe and other parts of the world. So it's something to think about. Which is, what is it exactly? It's an e-book platform. So it's like kindle.  At least it used to be. But it's, you know, it's just an opportunity to consider. But is it pretty much the same thing? Yes. So it's not, there are no big differences? No, no big differences. It might be a slightly different format that you'll output from. But InDesign, if you use InDesign to format your books, it will output to a lot of those, you know, different types of formats. After publication from what you've told me already, I kind of know the answer to this, but there is an ongoing relationship with the authors that you have in these group, things that you do in going to the various events, etc. So they become a growing family as time goes on, which is nice and I'm sure gives them more confidence. And how many second books from these authors, the authors that you've dealt with, have you published? Well, we're working on sequels to both of these, or you know, a series. Yeah. So both of these, this one, the next one for Daniel McFly will be about the Saving the Oceans. So that, and then we're going to be doing more. This is like 10 diverse authors. Five of them, or household names, and five are just like African American, Native American, Chinese American, you know, the different, just kind of all on the same equal footing. So she's going to do another set of authors, I think. But a sequel in a series is always a good thing to consider because then, you know, when your new book comes out, people will go back and get, they'll look at your other books if they like the new one. Now what about longer, full, full books, full memoirs, or full, I guess, in the nonfiction world would be more difficult. But how many along the way, or have any of the people have come to you for their first book, written a second book after that, that they've presented to you? Yeah, I haven't had too much of that, although the Piragachi Handbook is now, we're working on the fourth edition of that. You know, it's a collaborative, very much collaborative effort, so I don't think there isn't a particular author. It's like more of a collection of authors. So for people out there who want to be a writer, perhaps have a manuscript, they're looking for a publisher, what advice do you have for them? I mean, you've mentioned a lot of it, but before coming to you, but some absolutely do this, do this, do this, don't do this, don't do this, don't do this, so they come to you kind of ready for what you have to offer. Yeah, well, as I said, you know, with me it's like the authors I carry have made an effort to establish a relationship with me, you know, in an authentic way. You know, so I care about them, and we then support each other going forward, and we're in it together. But if you're just thinking about developing an idea for a book, I would say, you know, maybe just start your email list first. It's an easy thing to do, you know, just Google contacts, you know, get an email list going, get a blog going, and start blogging about it. Make sure you're passionate about your topic. You've got to care a lot about diversity or sustainability to make a book successful. Even to make it happen, a little successful. Exactly. If you're not passionate, there's no use to you. If you're an evangelist for your book, your publisher, myself included, will not be as passionate about your book as you are. You know, so that's a critical thing. I just had some statistics of self-published books, 1.68 million in 2018 and up from 1.19 million in 2017. So it's growing every year. Yeah, so you have a lot of competition. I think niche is important. You have a lot of relationships, leveraging your own contacts and platform. And there are a lot more places looking for content now. So that should make a difference going forward. Yeah, think about repurposing your content. Yeah. Publish stuff before it's in a book. Yeah. Well, this has been very informative, very helpful. Shout out, thank you for coming here and telling us what the small publishing world is all about. I love it. It's been fun. It's all good. Thank you.


What do we have happening down here today? Well, we have the Race for Grace, which is one of our biggest fundraisers for the Grace Newborn Intensive Care Unit. Because one of the great things about the Grace Centre is that now we brought the survival rate of the babies on the unit to over 97%. For those who don't know Grace, we're a part of the Children's Hospital at Westmead. We look after the sickest newborn babies in the state and, you know, as we get better at what we do, we also want to help those babies have the best long-term outcome. I am with a big star, Nathan Highmarsh. Nathan, what brings you here today, mate? Obviously the Race for Grace, mate. Trying to raise money to the Neo-Natal Grace Board. So, yeah, doing everything we can to try and raise as much money as we can for all those newborns that need some help. It's great that both codes can come together today. And, you know, we've got a bit of a rivalry, football and rugby, so it's good that we can come together today.    So, I'll just do all the hard stuff. We'll do the hard stuff like usual, and then we'll just, you know, let you guys do the fancy stuff and roll around on the grass for a bit and, yeah. But no, it is good. It's a great rivalry. It's great for Parramatta. It's great for Western Sydney and all we need now is you guys to win some games as she is, instead of just sitting back and resting on your laurels with the Asian Cup.  Next year, I think it's going to be a competition.   Against the leagueies, we'll get some rugby boys down here and we'll have a bit of a contest. That's gold. Thanks for your chat, mate. No worries, mate. See ya.


all about and greeting the folk music. Thank you. Namaste, bye-bye. Yes, thanks. So let's see who is joining us live right now. Well, joining us here on this platform, one of the most amazing musician, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Padman Bhushan and Gramya Woodwinner, along with him is going to be just be just a singer, performer and actor. Also with them is going to be founder, Amaras Records is Ashutosh Sharma, along with them are non-manganyar folk musician, Ghazi Kanbarna and of course, non-manganyar singer, Mame Khan. And to session the chair, an amazing human being, a dear friend, the one and only Siddhartha Chaturvedi, founder and CEO event crafter, festival producer and director of Telvelia. Hedak, over to you and happy World Music Day. Siddharth, I have to request the host to open my video which has been stopped. Host, please. I wanna see my friends in that quickly. You have to switch on the video now. I can see Ashutosh, Ashutosh, have you? There you are. Hi, Mithin, how you doing? I'm doing good Siddharth, how are you? Very good, very good. Thank you so much for this and you've been hosting a wonderful session throughout the day. And I've been hope to it since 10 in the morning. I've heard some amazing people come and talk. And what a day, I mean what a wonderful day for all of us in the music industry to be celebrating this today together. Lovely seeing you, Dharth. And all the best. I can't wait to hear more about it because you understand the folk music in and out. Of course, Alvedia is the strong thing that you put director and producer off. So let's start it and all of you together. Ask him. Funny with the little. Yeah, I can definitely hear you. Mame, good to see you, Mike. Good to see you, Ashutosh. Hi. Hi, Ashutosh, that's a hi. Panditji, Namaskar, how are you? I'm fine, you've stopped the video. Okay, host, can you just open the video please of Panditji? Request the host. Namaskar. I think, yeah, I'm there, yes, yes, you're there. Yes, yes, you're there.  It's such an honor and a privilege of us to have you in this August panel. I'm very happy also. We're just waiting for just CG to join. I think just see yourself joined. Hi, just CG, how are you doing? Yes. Namaskar, how are you? Namaskar, how are you? How are you? I'm so blessed to be here. How are you? So let me begin, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you all here on Vyasa's August dot end experience for media and for this world and wish you warm greetings on the world music day. This tradition is not very old one, but it started in 18th in France, where the music concerts were organized everywhere in the country to celebrate a day dedicated to music. Here we are today with this August and Elizabeth panels of legends of music industry joining me in celebrating this day and transmuting this section of the day to the purest music law and unfiltered form of music, which has tested through the times and passed on from generations to generations. It is one of the oldest form of storytelling which is referred as folk law, while the term folk came in from a German world book, which means people by large and has been put to use since the 19th century. But mind you, the music it refers to has no records whatsoever for its origin. Some claim that the Indian folk music goes as back as in 1500 BC, where it's referred in Vedic literature. Before I go any further, let me formally introduce the illustrious panel to you all today. None of them needs any introduction whatsoever, as they are stalwarts and legends of music in our country, but still we'll introduce them without being audacious at all in doing so. I will begin with my reward, Pandit Vishwanath Bhatji. Pandit Vishwanath Bhatji is one of the few greatest musicians of our times, who have contributed immensely to popularize the Indian classical music all across the globe. His contribution is most significant as he has created a new instrument, Mohan Veena, having the elements of Gayaki and Tantikari, making it unique. Mohan Veena has given a new scope and possibility for a manifest fusion of Indian classical and western music. Vishwanath Bhatji is born in one of the most respected families of Jaipur, where I come from too. From over 300 years, the Bhats created this new generation to keep the Indian classical music pulsate and prosper. The heritity and environment played an important role in the musical endeavor of Vishwanath Bhatji. However, it is extraordinary that the image of Senku, he developed the guitar, made it into a classical instrument at the end. I request my fellow friends to please keep themselves in view. Please. My pleasure to have everyone in mute. Thank you so much. In the 16th and 17th, when Indian youth was greatly influenced by the western music, Vishwanath Bhatji made an impactful entry in the world of music. In the last 50 years, he has been invited to perform in almost all prestigious music festivals and concerts, being organized in different parts of the world. He has performed in more than 80 countries so far. Pandit Vishwanath Bhatji has been honored with Padma Bhushan. Padma Shree is one of the few Academy Awards winner in our country. And the Sangheet Nathak Academy Award winner, Music Scientist Award winner, Rastreatan Singh Sambhan, Tantri Sambharath, Rajasthan Ratnam, and Global Music Awards to the name of you. I can't, I can keep on going on with Panditji's illustrious career and I'm too small in front of him. But Panditji, thank you so much again for joining in. Okay. I think now we should start the topic. Thank you for introducing so well to me. I'm grateful to you. Let us now concentrate on what we are here for. So Panditji, if you can begin this talk and let us know of the influence in essence of folk music that's coming from generations in today's time. Yeah, see the roots of any music is folk music. We have to remember one thing. Music came from folk, from home, from the women who are working, they sing, from the mother who sings lori. And in every occasion, if you see Jaisalmer, Badami, Jodhpur, all the villages of Rajasthan, you will find the folk musician is so deep rooted everywhere.  One thing is common, that is music. So we get to hear since the childhood, the music, the folk music. Then I would come on this topic that classical music came into existence after a few years where they took melodies and ragas from the folk music.  Means it is very rigid, we have to follow the rule. In folk music and other form of music, the rigidity is not so much. When you are singing any song, you can go from here to there in any other form of music. But in classical, we have to stick to the scale only. And there is the benefit of classical that it remains on one scale. Anyway, the difference between the classical music and folk is this, to apply the rules. Here we have so many good artists. You know, if you go to Jaisalmer, Burmer and these things, you will find thousands of Manga and Maganiars maintaining this art.  We have Mame Khanji here. And look at Anwar Khan Sahib, who got Padmashree and Sangeet Natar Academy Award also. And so many others, so many others. Sagar Khan Sahib on the Kamayacha was the first person to get the Padmashree if I am not wrong. So this music has reached internationally and I would not forget to mention about the contribution of Chiri Kothariji, Komal Kothariji, who took folk music to the world because these folk musicians were very shy and not very organized in the manner. But Komal Kothariji was the person who took these musicians outside their village in big cities, even then to the foreign countries also. So this is something, I mean, we should see this. I give my to Siddharji for further comment. Great, great, Panditji. Thank you so much for revisiting this whole thing. And I now would like to introduce another legend of folk musician from Rajasthan, Shri Ghazi Khan Banu. Ghazi Khan Ji's father, Chukya Khan, was very famous. And Ghazi Sahib, from the age of eight, had started playing this music. And he was very young at that time. He probably did not study art. He then left his schooling and joined music. Ghazi bhai has performed with great musicians. All over the globe, you name it, Pandit Ravi Shankar Sahara, Yahudi Manit, Zakir Hussain Sahab, the famous flamenco, Laka Lere, of course, the Grammy Award winner, Kaleesh Muntaka, who travels a lot with us. Zubin Mehta Sahab, Peena Bose, Siddhar Sahab, Lata Mangeshkar, Ghazi Ghulam Farid Khan Sahab, Ustad Anzat Anzati Sahab, Pandit Hari Prasad Saraswati, Bajarath Bedi, Mr. Siddharji, along with contemporary musicians, Ghazi bhai, I would like to know from this panel that where does the evolution of the Manganiar tradition and the Manganiar community go? What is the record? And when does this tradition of the Manganiar tradition and the Manganiar community go? It goes on for many generations. There are many times when we go to the Raza Maraji's, to ask for their music, to go to the Raza Maraji's, to go to the Raza Maraji's, to go to the Raza Maraji's, and from that time on, our Raza Maraji's, we have never been to the Raza Maraji's. The Raza Maraji's songs are the Raza Maraji's songs. And their Raza Maraji's songs are the Raza Maraji's songs. We used to sing them from the Bakhan's, from the Shubhira's, from their Sadhi's songs, from their children's songs, from the Sadhi's songs, from the Dora Band's songs, from the Mefil's songs, so this has been going on for many years. Ghazi Bhai, your bandwit has an issue. If you want to turn off the video and talk, then there is no problem. No, no, thank you. Would you like to say anything else? No, just that our people, we are very happy that our people, the songs that we sing in the village, that are going on in the world today, are going to be very colorful. Pranidhi Shumar, Rivaar Sabji, Pranidhi Radishwarkarji, Yogi Menonji, Blanka Delre, Wolfram, Slammiko Dancer, Yuyo Mazi, Pina Boss, and Yubi Mehtaji. So with so many great artists, we are doing a folk musician, we have a big family, and many great jazz musicians, Slammiko Dancer, Jyotshi Dancer, with them, the folk music of Rajasthan. From the people of Rajasthan, there is a very famous show, Shingar, and on our traditional folk songs, that concert, they had a successful concert, which was one year old, any show would have been one year old. But they did it with Rajasthan folk music, their concert was 14 years old, the American Worldwide Tour. So what they did, they told us that, we don't want to criticize your music, whether it is Babiji's family, whether it is Loonagar, whether it is Kesshriya, we will dance on your music, we don't have any horses on it. So we are very happy that they have asked us about our music, and our music. In today's countries, the people who work, the words are known as Karachi Gorla, Babiji Ra Banu Ra, all the girls who work in the Marwari world, Babiji Ra Banu Ra, they don't understand this, even then, our music, their good music, the music of the songs, the Rajasthan music, they work very well on it. So we are very happy that today, on this level, there are a lot of people of Komal, and people like Pandit Ji, together with us, they show us a big format, and people like Pandit Ji, like Anwar Bhai, you sit here, we can't sit for a second with them, but they take us in this way, we know how to perform, how to cut, how to pick up, all these words, where did they go? All these people are here, these people have taught us, and we don't want to go ahead with that music, let's try our best. I want to say one thing, if you just permit me, please. Ghazi Bhai recently got Sangit Natar Academy of all, which is a big, big, big honor to this community and for Rajasthan also. So this Ghazi Bhai looks very simple, but what he has done, he has done a great job. In the whole world people are present, I have seen his concerts in France. I had heard about Ghazi Bhai's concert 20 years ago, and it was a long day standing experience, and the rock star style is a theatre, it's a theatre. It's a theatre. It's a theatre. The same thing which is an enthusiasm and a style to present, the whole world is on top of it. I saw his magic in France when many people come to meet him, many girls are also on top of him, they are very much on top of him. And many of his fans like him very much. He has his magic everywhere. Because he says this is the smallest musical instrument I would call, and very simple. Simplest musical instrument which has two pieces of wood there are many varieties and you can produce different kinds of sounds but there is a lack of it. This is amazing in his music. That's why the whole world believes him. Thank you. Thank you sir. Anyone who has seen the golden era of 90s in the country where indie pop scene exploded thanks to MTV and Channel V's of the world and that time when they got to India there was a question to say that that's today Jasbir Jassi his track Dil Legay Kuri was one of the first Punjabi household which was hugely responsible for taking Punjabi music to every nook and corner of the country and globe at that time. With the illustrious musical career both boasting of work and multiple albums Jasbir Jassi is a pop icon of the country with language music. Jasbir I welcome you to this great day and thank you so much for joining us. Jasbir my first question to you would be how much your music was influenced by folk music of Punjab and if you can please take us through the history of which heritage of folk music of Punjab. First of all I would like to greet the Pandit Ji Pandit Ji you have given your music especially the Indian music and you went to a global village and presented it and made us proud of it and not proud of it. So this is Ghazi Khan greetings to all folk music so folk music actually as much as I did I am famous in pop music but there is a lot of folk music in total I bring from folk music and then I present it in pop music. If you will see my heart the tune was the first song of Haryana which I influenced and made that tune then we made a jinduva jindumai jay chaliyon patiali utthon liyami reshmi naali it is a folk dance jinduva is called as bangra it is a jinduva jinduva is our folk dance Ghazi Khan he knows he has done a lot of shows with us we have done a lot of cultural shows so as the priest was saying folk is life as your life is the folk of your region it is the life in folk if we take Punjab one thing we have a saying it is adha pitta laheda paadha shaheda when Ahmad Shah Abdaali was doing a lot of attacks at that time it is said the one who ate the one who cursed is the prophet the rest is Ahmad Shah adha pitta laheda rest is Ahmad Shah your life it is a life it is a life it is different like rituals Ghazi Khan has said there are many rituals when the girl gets married she gets married red bangles or there are few rituals there are many rituals like banna banni maai banna tera baar khada if you want when we bring the girl to the house she doesn't wash the water the mother the mother the mother the mother so we sing the music of every place the music of every place the music of every type the music of every type I mean how should I tell you because I am getting nervous in the band I feel that if I talk like this then there will be a mistake but still I am sorry you will also feel better because you have seen the whole journey from classical to folk music and how many folk musicians you have and how much you have performed if you will tell me then you will feel better I keep going there and I keep listening to their rituals the rituals the rituals they will remember when I used to go to their house they don't tell me that the whole family the whole family the whole family the whole family the whole family the whole family so it is, it is a different kind of it is a different kind of a different kind of scene I do me say that I sing for I sing to folk not only folk Iiminate folk and a few things I have done After few days also my Kumash earlier one was demolished recently two days So history is very old, if you tell Pandit Ji it will be more authentic and it will have more weight in it. Jasveer Ji, you didn't answer, you spoke very well. I would like to say that you are not shy in front of me. You can easily say what you are worried about. I might look much older in my age, but I am only 25 years old. I thank you for your time. They have kept me on the panel with you. It is a great blessing that you get to listen to me. I understand that. I know that classical people who serve the gurus are not in the same tradition. Youngsters nowadays say that they are everything. But I know that you have served the gurus and learned from your gurus. You are humble, you don't tell them. But the sea that you take along with you, I think it should come. We shouldn't say it, you should say it. That is so sweet of you. I will now introduce Mame Khan. Mame Khan is a phenomenon today. He is also known as signature folk voice of Rajasthan. Has taken an ancient music legacy from the Golden Thar deserts to the screen of Bollywood. More than 60 countries celebrating the finest folk fusion in the 21st century audience. Known as an exceptional live performer, a famous Bollywood playback singer. Celebrated for his super hit on Coke Studio. Awarded for his unique compositions and loved for his colourful persona. Mame Khan is a folk star of Rajasthan. He is the new star of Rajasthan from the most prestigious festivals to prominent formats. And to be found across platforms through the world wide web. Rajasthan folk music global recognition. Mame Khan, you had a lot of power here. Mame Khan, you have been, again, I mean, this whole legacy has been passed to you through your legendary father, Ustad Rana Khan. Since you represent the youth of Manganya, you are the youth of the organizing community. How much do you see that this folk tradition is still alive in your community? First of all, greetings to everyone. Greetings to Panditji, greetings to Rajivayu, how are you?   Let's talk about folk music. Like Rajivayu already said, Manganya's music has been running for a long time. So he also asked. He says that he is 15 or 16 years old. But once I had asked my father about his music. I mean, since when have you been doing music? So he asked me the same question. Son, this is the same question I asked your grandfather. So he asked me the same question. So he asked me the same question. So the music of Manganya's folk music, it's not just 15 generations. It's more than 15, 16 generations. It's been running since then. And what's in it? So when it comes to the day, we send Ram, Krishna, Shiv, Neera, Kabir, Shurdas. And I am very lucky. I am very lucky. That I was born in Rana Khan's family. And all these things I got to listen to, I got to see that they are singing. So, my father started with Riyadh and Krishna in the morning at 5-6 am. In fact, when I first, as the priest said, folk music, which is about classical music, folk music, it's a very big thing, it's a very true thing. When a boy or a girl is born, the first thing is the language. The teeth come later. So, of course, folk music is a very big thing. Thank you, priest. Thank you. Just like the people in classical music say, it's a very big thing for us, it's a respect and honor for us. Yes, you have just asked the question of folk music. I will answer it a little quickly, because I think I have to leave in half an hour. Okay, let me sit. If I look at folk music today, in folk music, the folk music of Manganiarsha, Langa, is from Jhangra, but popular songs too. Big songs, small songs. Now, let's talk about the big songs. Like I just said, Loona Gar. I changed it and changed the name. I gave it a name, I gave it a sound. Why did I give it a sound? It starts from the hook line of the song. The hook line of the song comes after Loona Gar. So, I changed it a little. I didn't forget the roots. I stopped the roots with my roots. I mean, the same roots. The same song. The same idea. But like salt in flour, I fused it a little. And that is according to today's time. Because the song has to keep its folk music alive. It has to reach the folk music as well. And to reach the folk music, you have to give a modern twist. So, I am doing that. And as far as I can say one thing, in the NX on, my sleep is at 4.30. So, first I was scared. Who will come at 4.30? So, when we were still in the green room, we had no problem. We had a 4.30 student. And when we make our so-flow, everyone knows Jasmi Rai, everyone knows Ghazi Bhai. When we go and do so, we make a so-flow. The first song will be taken, the second one will be taken, and the third one will be taken. I am telling you honestly, I have put one song in it. Because the one that was sleeping, in the Pune, there was a little challenge in the Pune. How many people will understand the song? Will they understand the song? Will they understand the rhythm? I have put one song in it. And as soon as I went to the stage, seriously, I am telling you honestly, the one that I saw, I told him about my Bawre. I told him to sing for Bawre. I told him to sing for Aitbar. He didn't ask for any of my Bollywood songs.  Because at that time, I released my album, which I had put together. And this album, besides India, Rajasthan's first crowd-funded album by AnyManganiar. It was the first crowd-funded album. And all the songs of that album were ready to be heard. So I, I mean, the folk music that you just said, I mean, I am not singing the same way. Like you are saying, I am so glad to know that if you are performing in NS7 Weekend, and people are demanding from you, then that means, that means the youth is aware. The youth knows what folk music is, and they are following you. You know that. You should listen. So that's so nice to know. Going forward, I will now introduce Ashutosh Sharma. Twelve years ago in 2009, Ashutosh Sharma gave in to his love for music and launched Amaras Records. An independent label, to frontline folk music and musicians. Since then, Amaras Records has released 20 albums, including field recordings of world-class folk musicians in their homes and villages. Many of its albums have received five-star reviews from Songlines UK. They label Amaras Records. It's also at the front front of Vanayal Revival. And the first and only Vanayal Cutting facility in India. So, that's why they bought this machine from Germany. Greg, to have you here, Ashutosh, in folk music, you started a new label. What? What? Triggered a label which is done for music only. Firstly, greetings to the Panditji and hello to Jesse. It's an honour. Thank you, Eema, for putting me on a platform. Till now, I had been listening to both of you on all the shows. Today, I have so many of you here. So, greetings to you. If you make a mistake, please forgive me. So, as a music lover, going back to your question, I started basically by default. I was trying to salvage some artist whose rights were on a record label. It was just purely out of frustration of like there was no music in the country. We used to listen to all the seniors in the classical music. I know the top two in every genre, every instrument or style, but you didn't know from you know, who are the other musicians. The folk scene, we just didn't know anybody. Frankly speaking, they made it to Bollywood. So, I had to contact another record label because his rights were with that label. I've been running a travel agency. So, couldn't contact the other record label as a travel agent. So, he started a record label. I'm Punjabi, so I think much later, I'll do the action first. So, that's how it happened. And even then, it was not about folk music at that time. So, folk music also completely happened by chance through the travel company. We were handling travel work for the Manganiar seduction. So, it was like strange because I used to go with meet my friend, full friend who was moved to US throughout life going to UK to listen to BB King at Albert Hall. You know, plan all my trips based on like, I was very much into Alan Lomax and, you know, old Hindi Urdu girls and Kavali also along with that. So, they used to listen to all this and they used to go to listen to it but then they were frustrated. Why are we not getting any music? So, it just so happened that my colleague had gone to drop some tickets off or the practice was going on for Manganiar seduction. So, we were handling the travel. So, my friend played, called me on the phone. I heard the practice on the phone. So, that's when we just heard it and I was like, what is this? We didn't know about Manganiar still, you can say 20 years. So, that's when we just came out. Manganiar still, you can say 2009. I mean, and I used to consider myself, you know, we know a lot about music. So, and so on. So, and that's when we heard and realize this sound is production and so on. But we realized that this sound is good enough to release as an album as a soundtrack. It was like for us, it didn't require the light and the and the visual. So, so, finally, in 2010 May, that we'll record them properly. So, we booked a shooting floor in Saraswati School of Music because we couldn't come to the studio. So, we recorded it in one take. I mean, there was a break because the beans were cold. So, it was like this because we were logistic. So, we had booked their bus. They came today. For the first time, we met them directly in Saraswati School of Music. We don't know anything about them yet. They came today. They drank tea, sat down, went inside, bought something outside. They went inside, drank tea, sat down and gave one take. They woke up, ate food. They went to the bus. I was zapped. What is this? Who are these guys that they have just come? No practice, no nothing. That's the supreme talent of the company. Each person has this 32nd to 192nd piece in this medley. And that bus means, they came to the spot and went away. The rest of the musicians sat on the sound check for 4 hours. We drank so much cigarettes. You know, people said, this was in May. This was in May. Because I also have been inspired in life in general with the recordings of Alan Lomax. Very much into blues music and him going out down into the Mississippi Delta. I just left behind a couple of friends who used to watch videos. They used to shoot cameras. They just took them and said, I don't know who they are. And what do they really If their 32nd was so amazing what is it that they have actually practiced and played in life and learned. So what was that? And for me always it was always the feeling of recording. So I've personally always been into live recording even listening wise. I've always preferred live. I'm not into counting. I have no clue about anything. Just I know about music if it feels right or it doesn't feel right. I congratulate you of the work which your recording has done over these years. You've been there is a a brand and you've made them travel across the globe. So now let me move forward and ask a question Jassibi what is the secret sauce behind the burst into mainstream and how it has actually become so commercially viral languages to learn from it. What is the what is that Punjabi music has done which other have not been commercially what I'm saying.  Can you just unmute yourself? Yes, yes, yes. First of all, what I will talk about is that in Punjabi music, in every folk music there is one life, but in Punjabi music, I always think that there is a little more variety of life.  When they are happy, you have seen that our Punjabi people are happy about such a small thing that they keep putting bangra. So, and I will tell you that there is a scene of weddings here in Punjab. It is such that in every wedding, one singer or pop singer or especially folk singer, there are many folk singers, they should come, whether they come in 2000, whether they come in 2 crore. As much as anyone has the capacity, they have to come with them. Second, I feel that there are a lot of sounds in Punjab, there are a lot of sounds in every folk. But Punjab is one of those, because every attack that has taken place in Punjab, there are a lot of people, there are a lot of people here, buses also come here. There are Iraqi buses here, Afghanistan buses here. All the sounds of the place, all the sounds of the place, you get in Punjab. For example, let's talk about Gurbani, I remember there was a song in Khan's Film Festival. So there was an Arbi director there who was talking to me, we were talking to him. Hello. Yes, you are there, you are there. Say it. Yes, you are coming, you are coming. So, Arbi was a director, so he was talking to me like sitting there. At that time, I was telling him about Gurbani. He also asked the same question that even in Hollywood, Punjabi is done. So I was telling him that there are a lot of influences in us. For example, in Gurbani, I told him that at first, Allah, Noor, Upaya, all the people of Qudrat, there was one Noor, all the people of Upaya, so he understood all this. He said that at first, this is the word of Arbi. Allah is the word of Arbi. Noor is the word of Arbi. He said that Qudrat is the word of Arbi. So he said that there are such influences. For example, if we take a song of Gurbani, Satnaam, Kartapur, Nirpa, Nirvaira, Kaal, Murata, Juhni, the sound of that is so good. You must have seen how popular the tune was. So they liked the sound.