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Satpal Singh
Satpal Singh (born July 23, 1982, in Mumbai India) is the guitarist, composer, music teacher, recording engineer of the Indian Industrial metal band "PSYD FX" pronounced side-effects.
 
Biography
 
Early life and family
Satpal was born to a North-Indian Sikh family. Early on Satpal was introduced to the traditional Sikh classical music based on the Indian Hindustani classical music.

Born into a family of engineers, Satpal could not justify his passion for music and career. There was also the social pressure which considered engineering or medical profession as the only career that defines a person successful. Motivated by his elder brother, who experienced the same pressure, Satpal took a brave step and left the choosen path and decided to create his own.  

His first instrumental song "Illusion Injector" defines his out of the box approach with a steady set groove, that resembels the social pressure mixed with the out of the space, Psychedelic guitar effects, that motivates him to define his own path.
 
Early Career
A graduate in Commerce, Satpal worked for IBM as a executive in their credit card department. Then later he moved to Marshall that allowed him to play guitar while inspecting amplifiers.
 
Birth Name:         Satpal Singh
Born:                    July 23, 1982 
Genre(s):            Industrial metal,
                              Rock
Occupation(s):   Musician, Student
Instruments:       Guitar, Processors,
                            Special Effects
Music Influence
Heavy metal bands like Metallica, Megadeth influenced Satpal to form a heavy metal band called Metal Messiah in 2004. The band performed primarily in Mumbai and ocassionally in different parts of the country.
 
After playing metal covers and original compilation Satpal realised that he could not fully expresess himself and looked beyond the predefined music styles. Knowing what is does best, he looked beyond the idea of set rules and was immediately impressed with the band Static X.
 
Soon he diverged from the heavy metal scene and formed a band "FSYD FX" pronounced side-effects. The music was influenced from Industrial metal, disco beat, heavy distortion, electronic keyboards, pounding bass riffs, and fast-paced, aggressive vocals. Songs generally apply heavy use of synthesizers and insertion of samples.
 
Current Life
After forming and performing in two bands, Satpal decided to go beyond his style and wanted to learn and understand music from a different prespectice. In 2008 he came to the US and was interviewed and auditioned by Berklee School of Music. The school instantly like his style and passion for music.
 
Currently he is planning to join the school in 2009 and is in the process of fund raising for his education.
 
Personal Life
When he is not composing or playing or teaching, Satpal enjoys a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, riding and working in his garage customizing motorcycles. At times, he also practice yoga and is a vegetarian.
 
Satpal has also trained some 300+ guitarist in Mumbai and Boston.
 
 
Equipment
Guitars
Processors
Effects
 
 
 
Awards
Have played with the International Rock Band Rasmus in 2005.
First runner-up in the India level of the all Asia rock band competition organised by Yamaha Roxx in 2007.
Shared stage with acclaimed Indian drummer Shiv Mani who plays for the Oscar award winner A. R. Rehman for the movie Slum Dog Millionaire.
Toured South and East India and have won many college and university level competitions from 2005 till 2008.
Have been in the judge panel for many rock competions.
 
 
Songs