The recovery rate in the country currently stands at 98.38 percentįrom 350 to 961: India’s Omicron tally rises by over 600 cases in just six days But I would wait for something good to happen,” he says.Ĭentre says 90% of adult population in India vaccinated against COVID-19 with first doseĪs many as 7,486 patients recovered in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 3,42,58,778. “I am exploring all the avenues, including Bollywood. Apart from creating increased number of entertaining videos, also on the anvil is providing Hindi tutorial for Ukulele, a niche member of the lute family of instruments.īollywood too is on his mind. Talking about the road ahead, Gladson plans to strategise his profile on Likee. It was sort of a Christmas gift for Gladson from the almighty himself and resulted in the artist rising from the ashes like a phoenix. I was reminded of a picture that I had drawn in school wherein a man was surrounded by several musical instruments,” he recalls. Advised by doctors to refrain from playing any instrument, Gladson was heading towards depression. By the end of Class 10, he was already playing 30 instruments, and currently, he has mastered as many as 45 instruments, thereby constituting the only one-man band in the country.Īs mentioned earlier, his biggest roadblock in the journey was pleural effusion, which led to non-functioning of almost 40 percent of his lungs. He was also a part of the #LikeeDreams initiative, which chronicled his struggles in life, battle against a disease called pleural effusion, and evolution as a musician.īorn in Tirunelveli and raised in Mumbai, Gladson was always a passionate musician and an active sportsperson during his school days. As part of his collaboration with the pioneering platform, Gladson has posted a number of videos on the app.

His journey in the short video domain began with Likee in October 2019. it’s my curiosity, interest and God-given talent that made me the musician that I am.”īut the basic tryst for any artist is finding an appropriate platform to reach out to millions, and this is what led Gladson to the world of short video apps. He taught me how to play guitar and keyboard when I was a kid. Though Gladson never had any formal training, he says, “My dad was my first and only teacher. In the words of Gladson, being a part of the choir helped him “learn and understand music in a much better way”. Hailing from a Christian household, the music prodigy was always a part of church choirs while pursuing his education. As he grew older, his love for music, especially rhythm, gradually turned into a passion. Gladson’s love for music was evident when he was as little as three-year-old and started playing a toy keyboard.

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