T.L. Mazumdar
Musician, songwriter, and educator with thirty-plus years inside the industry. Berlin-based.
Still recording, still performing, still teaching what most of this business refuses to teach.
Thirty years in. Still here. Still making the work.
I am a musician, songwriter, and educator with more than thirty years of professional experience as a touring artist, recording artist, and collaborator. I have self-produced and released four albums, written under a Warner Chappell publishing interest, been signed to 4 labels in 3 different countries and been nominated for the Bremer Jazzpreis and Future Jazzsounds Award.
Some say I wasn't supposed to be here.
I have overcome a serious health crisis that became a turning point instead. The way I work now — with my own art and with the artists I coach, was shaped by what that period taught me about sustainability, identity, and the difference between performing a career and actually living inside one.
I built the Holistic Musician Academy to pass on the things the industry leaves out of the conversation.
I am based in Berlin, and I still perform and record.
Three things worth saying plainly
Your art
is valuable.
Your voice
is irreplaceable.
Your journey
means something.
The long way around, and why it mattered
I walked away from a permanent tenure as an educator with the German government at a conservatory where I founded the music production and songwriting department— the kind of position most working musicians would consider a finish line.
For me it was rich in experience, but not the only work I was here to do.
In between, I navigated bureaucracy across borders, built a career as an international artist and educator, and learned several languages well enough to teach in them.
I also broke stereotypes about what an Indian-German musician was supposed to sound like, look like, or be allowed to do.
The health crisis came and went along the way. Morbid obesity, heart disease, repetitive strain injuries, eating disorders and a mental health collapse that nearly ended things.
I came back from it without medication and without surgery, through training and a serious reckoning with how I had been living.
I made a promise to myself somewhere in that period. If I made it back, I would teach others to swim.
The Holistic Musician Academy is me keeping that promise.
The paper trail, and the real work behind it
If you are asking whether I am qualified to coach you, good. You should ask. Here is what is on record.
Education
- MMus in Music — London College of Music (Research & Performance, Critical Thinking & Songwriting)
- BA — Pop Akademie BW, Mannheim (Songwriting, Production, Music Business & Artist Management)
- Higher Diploma — JRSF Freiburg in partnership with Berklee (Jazz Piano, Ensemble, Arrangement)
Coaching & Practice
- CTAA-certified Diploma in Psychotherapy
- CPD-certified Psychotherapeutic Coach
- CPD-certified Fitness Trainer
- Peter Crone Mastermind Graduate
Industry Track Record
- 30+ years as professional musician, songwriter, touring artist
- Four self-produced, self-released albums
- Co-songwriter with Warner Chappell publishing interest
- Bremer Jazzpreis nominee
- Former coach and tutor, Mannheim Music Conservatory
- Founder, Holistic Musician Academy
- Host, Tapasya Loading podcast
- 17 articles ranking in Google Germany's top ten
What they actually said
"I've done a lot of work on myself but T.L.'s insights and questions bring a whole new dimension to it all."
"T.L. is a magician. Every session was filled with profound insight, information and expansive perspectives."
"T.L. addressed aspects of being a musician that no one really talks about."
There are a few ways to take this further
Free training, self-study course, or mentorship.
Mentorship
I'll guide you from where you are now to where you actually want to be.