{"id":174920,"date":"2017-06-13T19:43:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/?p=174920"},"modified":"2017-06-14T09:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T03:41:08","slug":"guy-proves-rejections-can-indeed-step-towards-zenith-meet-singh-sings-kabir-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/guy-proves-rejections-can-indeed-step-towards-zenith-meet-singh-sings-kabir-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"This Guy Proves That Rejections Can Indeed Be A Step Towards Zenith! | Meet “The Singh that Sings”, Kabir Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jairaj Kabir Singh Manchanda<\/strong> a.k.a. Acoustic Singh<\/strong> is a 17 year<\/strong> old from Guwahati studying in the 12th<\/sup> Standard at Don Bosco School, Panbazar<\/strong>. Better known as Acoustic Singh, he is a YouTube based singing sensation with over 113,700 subscribers<\/strong>, which he has acquired over in just about 11 months. With this huge and fast growing subscriber base, Kabir has got himself an audience that loves him already. He is one of the youngest people in the city to have such a fan base.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hardly go to school, attend a lot of shows and perform. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll make it to my graduation, but Mummy says, \u2018anpadh singer nahi banega tu, graduate to karna hi hai\u2019 (You will have to graduate, you can\u2019t be an uneducated singer).\u201d \u2013 Acoustic Singh.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The idea of a YouTube Channel :<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

I was in Delhi for a long time and my cousins used to tell me, that since I had the talent why don\u2019t I try showcasing the same to the people? People should know about me. Based on that, I started off on Instagram<\/strong>, doing cover, making short clips. I brainstormed with my cousins for a long time and after coming up with terrible names like Punjab B-Singer Boy<\/em>, The Khalsa Boy<\/em>, we finally fixed on \u2018Acoustic Singh, The Singh that Sings.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It was after that, people started following my channel, loving my content and made requests, one of which was for me to come on YouTube and get a YouTube Channel started. Just one and a half months into it, and I started getting requests about covers.<\/p>\n

How hard is it for him :<\/b><\/h4>\n

With the camera, it is a little difficult, but once I\u2019m set, there\u2019s nothing holding me back,\u201d says Kabir. A semi-finalist at the Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa Little Champs<\/i> at the age of 10<\/strong>, Kabir was famished, hungry and tired when performing, which he says, could be why he forgot a couple of lines.<\/p>\n

“Naam lamba hoga, toh kaam bada karega”\u00a0<\/i>(If you have a long name, you\u2019ll do good work in life) is what my Mom tells me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His start to singing :<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jeet Kashyap, the music teacher of Sanskriti \u2013 The Gurukul, in Guwahati<\/strong> is one of the first people who recognized and brought out Kabir\u2019s talent. He was his guide and mentor. Kabir has learnt and picked up a lot of learning from a lot people in his journey so far. Kabir soon plans to shift to Mumbai to further his dreams because \u201cBollywood is Life<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In talks with Kabeer Singh :<\/em><\/h4>\n

Ques: How and when did you discover a singer in you?<\/h3>\n
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Ans : I discovered the talent in me when I was 4<\/strong> (according to my parents). I never used to have food without listening to songs. My personal favourite were Gurdas mann and Adnan Sami at that time. I first sang in my school when my music teacher discovered the talent in me too .
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Ques: Where Do you see yourself 5 years down the line?<\/h3>\n

Ans : I see myself as a playback singer in Bollywood if everything goes right and if my fans keep supporting me. At the end of the day it is about luck and destiny and 100% of hard work.<\/p>\n