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Teji Toko Drummer
Teji Toko from Assam Valley School played drums in the fourth episode of India's Got Talent - Khoj 2.
First Runner-up of Grand Finale Season 2 - (TOP 2)
S****: Drumming
Who: Teji Toko
Place: Arunachal Pradesh
18-year-old Teji is a class 12th student who started playing drums when he was in the 9th standard. "I don't have a teacher, whatever I learnt is from instructional videos on youtube," he says. "My friends know how crazy I am about music. I even irritated my teachers with my constant foot tapping in class. Now, they are happy that I got selected," he says. In fact it was Teji's teacher who told him to send a demo to IGT.
So does he have a band?
"I don't have a band as such but I do jam with musicians, and do small gigs at restaurants and malls." Asked if he is disappointed with the not-so-good comments from the judges during the semifinal round, Teji says no. "I completely agree with the judges because it's time for me to take music lessons from a teacher. I couldn't impress the judges because I barely had a day to prepare myself for the semi-finals but that is no excuse," he smiles. Teji says he joined the show because of the exposure it provided. "This is a good platform to showcase by talent but my aim is to form my own band or join an international band. I am planning to go abroad and study music at Berkeley, California. I don't want to be solo drummer."
Teji Toko
A rights group from Arunachal Pradesh is drumming up support for Toko Teji, a self-taught drummer, who, like the Shillong Chamber Choir, has made it to the grand finale of India’s Got Talent Khoj-2.“It is my humble appeal to the brethren of the Northeast to extend support to Teji and make the region proud. It is time to show that the region is not all about violence but also about talented youths who need exposure. We must encourage such young talents to prove their mettle at the national level,” the chairman of Arunachal Citizens Right, Bamang Tago, told at a news conference here this afternoon.
Tago appealed to the people of the region to unite and vote for the music prodigy by sending an SMS to 56882 after keying in TT from their mobile phones.
The voting lines for the reality show final on a private channel opened from 10 tonight and will close 15 minutes after the final act in Mumbai on October 2. Teji, an 18-year-old music prodigy, is a Class XII student of Assam Valley School, Balipara and hails from Naharlagun near Itanagar. Teji’s accomplishments are commendable given that he has had no formal training and learnt the art simply by listening to audios of legendary drummers.
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