Dity Maharaj (Coridian) - Written By Wolves Podcast

This episode, Oli's joined by Dity Maharaj, lead singer and founding member of New Zealand-based progressive rock band Coridian. We discuss the origins of Cordian and how Dity came to meet the Raven brothers, as well as his R&B roots, and how he grew to become a rock frontman. His early inspirations, Taylor Swift and his love for cars. He shared his advice for aspiring vocalists as well as a few horror stories from performing live.  Stream Coridian's music and videos below: https://linktr.ee/coridian Dogs with Stories by Mardo El-Noor: https://beatnikpublishing.com/products/dogs-with-stories-capturing-new-zealanders-with-their-four-legged-best-friends 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Watching, listening to & reading 9:37 - Spirituality, roots & inspiration behind Coridian's themes 12:19 - Coridian's approach towards writing music 17:03 - Origins of Coridian & how the band formed, Mile High & Chuck Norris Trio 20:10 - Rock music and performing live 22:16 - Fitness, training & F45 23:56 - Dity's signature wooden mic 25:31 - Star Wars, Sherlock, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter & Bipolar 31:50 - Spiderman Enter the Spider-Verse 2 33:36 - When Dity knew he could sing, joining Mile High and R&B influences 37:05 - Taylor Swift 39:17 - Other influences and inspirations growing up 42:09 - Advice for aspiring vocalists 43:39 - Live show horror stories 46:50 - Touring (Pull Down the Sun Tour has already taken place) 48:00 - Being the support act 50:53 - Writing lyrics, and the story behind 'Lost Heroes' and 'Reflections' 53:13 - Performing emotional songs live 55:35 - Upcoming projects 56:33 - Rock Monsters with Northlane 57:03 - Music videos 1:01:13 - Cars, racing and sound systems 1:07:05 - Closing words Do you like our music and want to see more? Subscribe to our channel ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/c/WrittenByWolves/?sub_confirmation=1 🐺 Welcome to the Official Written By Wolves YouTube Channel! Home to all of our Official Music Videos, Live Sessions, Secret Sessions, Interviews and so much more! Become a part of the Wolfpack and subscribe now to be the first to know about all of the exciting news and releases that are coming very soon! 🐺 LISTEN 🐺 🎧 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1j55zNwCQ3jhbNsnmrOrwr 🎧 ITUNES: http://itunes.com/writtenbywolves 🎧 APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/written-by-wolves/991129408 🐺 FOLLOW 🐺 ⚡️FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/writtenbywolves ⚡️INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/writtenbywolves ⚡️TWITTER: https://twitter.com/writtenbywolves ⚡️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@writtenbywolvesofficial ⚡️WEBSITE: https://writtenbywolves.com/ 🐺 MERCH 🐺 👕 https://writtenbywolves.com/store