He started playing the keyboard and singing when he was one and a half, before training in Hindustani and Carnatic music, and finished Grade 8 from Trinity College London when he was just six years old. "Once you learn the keys, you pretty much get a hang of things," says 24-year-old Sooraj Bishnoi, who picked up the guitar, violin and drums while in Lilavatibai Podar High School.

Currently he's studying vocal performance at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, where he hopes to get a break soon and get closer to his dream of winning a Grammy. But, Bishnoi's love for his city is evident in his upcoming LP, releasing on January 4, which comprises 11 songs. It's got a funk track, a stadium rock single, singer-songwriter ballads and hooky pop melodies.