 I'm just checking on. She sent me a question mark, so I said, well baby, you okay? He's 50 years old and talking like a child. I'm child-like, not childish. I think you're a little both. Who the f**k are you? Thanks for your stupid reaction, it's I'm Corbin. I'm Rick, and you follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Is that childish? Yes. We're reacting to a funeral speech. You wanted to take it to a place where it was going to be something auspicious. We're reacting to the most sacred of Hindu songs. Yeah, lies and propaganda. Anyways, today we're actually reacting to an A.R. Ramon interview with Leighton, the prodigy piano player, the kid. Apparently they sat down and had a little chat, sweet, and talk, so I'm guessing A.R. Ramon is probably one of his idols. Well, I would assume. Me too. I don't know for sure. You think they're going to talk about music? Here we go. So Leighton, he's believing already. I'm feeling really good on this. It's not ordinary job, right? Actually, there was contestants from 195 countries, and there's only one winner, and I won. Your age actually paid a good factor, and of course you're an extraordinary talent. You're playing drums when I first met you. I think the first time I met you was in Kavita level audio release. Yeah, yeah, thanks. And then you came to KM, I didn't know about the story. Tell me about it. First I met you at the audio launch, and then you called me, and you made me sit next to you and took a picture. And then I joined KM for Tabla. Tabla, and I studied for like six months. And then I was very impressed with it. So you came and lived in this room? Yeah. You lived and you saw Charity's students playing? Yes, so that was awesome. And I asked my dad to join this Russian piano, and I got him trusted in the piano. So I started to play piano, and I started to learn under Chatterjee master. Wow, great. You're a famous teacher, Mr. Chatterjee. Yeah. What do you want to talk about? He's a very great teacher, piano teacher. He not only teaches piano, but he teaches all the emotions and how to play. And he often tells that piano should sing, so like that very much. And when he plays, I really admire him. And he plays with a lot of fields, so he's a great master. And he plays in the Russian style, so I really like this. Great. So it's just the learning from here. When I started KM, I started as an inspirational institute. Because in a place where there's no nurturing Western music, we have our own amazing tradition of Indian classical music. And we were nurturing. Because film music needs Western music, notation, harmony, everything. I felt the need of starting something like that. I'm so, so proud and so glad that you won. You're like a flag bearer for KM music, KM Conservatory. And for all of us Indians, Chennaiites. So, Tani, what do you do, and how long do you practice? I practice five to six hours a day. Five to six hours. And no PlayStation? Not sure. No PlayStation? No PlayStation? No, I don't know. That is why you're winning. No PlayStation, rather playing piano. Okay. So, another thing that's very important is, you know, because even I started at the same age, we should not miss on sports. And we should not miss on the kind of conscious about it. But practicing like that is very, very important. I think we are all learning from you to be so passionate. Because in the world of distractions, you know, today all the kids are distracted. And your father, your family, and you have just focused on music. Focused on, you know, becoming extraordinary in what you're doing. And so it's a great example. You set a great example for our, you know, generation, our future generation. Not only music in many things, just to be focused. Because we have so much of, I'm repeating it again because so much of distraction. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, this, that, Netflix, movies. And a ton of things which comes, and then what you got and what you achieved is because of this undivided attention. Tell me more about your father. My father is a musician and he plays flute and he composes and he also sings and he plays keyboard. And he sacrificed a lot of things for me. Like he always cares about me and also my sister. And he teaches me more and he also advises me a lot of things. Like how to, like, you know, how to be. So when you played, what did you prepare for the world's best? When you went, what were your expectations? My expectations, I just practiced the flight of the bumblebee for the first episode and I went. And I had, honestly, I had no plans. So after going there and depends upon situationally, I planned and practiced everything. So you learned all those pieces, you mentioned the pause and everything? Yes, I know the tune. And after going there, I learned the arrangements and everything. How long were you taking that? Learning one piece like half an hour. Half an hour. And then they suggested something for you? Yes, they also suggested. And when they said you can go whatever you want. I think the presence of mind is very, very important. Going there and going with a very open mind and learning to adapt, that I think is what I appreciate. You can practice something, you can prepare. But at that point, what will click and what your brain thought would work, that is amazing. That's why you won. You know, anybody can learn, work hard. But you need presence of mind, you need a gift to understand what is necessary, what to talk. And even your interviews, you've really spoken very well. Thank you. What do you want to do in future? What do you want to become? I want to become a music composer for Hollywood. Good. You know, you're talking to the right man right there. I want to be the moon and play the moon. That I saw. Just moon, not Jupiter, Mars and beyond that. Yeah, also that. I personally feel becoming a composer is very good. And I think beyond Hollywood is what you should think. Hollywood is fine. It's not the ultimate destination in music. Because movies are made for the masses. And sometimes they force you to become something which you're not. They'll force you to, you know, they'll give you music and say that you sound like this. Your identity is very, very important. From now, if you get an identity, they will follow you. You don't have to follow them. It's good advice. And in my opinion, I should not be forceful about it. If you're a musician, I feel like you are like an aspiring ambassador for Indian music, for Indians. And what Lang Lang did for China, you know. Then you will see Lang Lang play the piano. You will see that China, the amount of respect China gets. Through Lang Lang, his music, his musicality and his persona. And I think you should become that for India. Yeah, I should. You know, like a Lang Lang Paul. As a... As a concept pianist. As something taking musical to the pinnacle, you know, that kind of energy. And not be limited, not only with film music. Of course you can do it. But then film music is a trap anyway. For a person like you, who can really go somewhere else. You should think of the future. You don't think about what is present. Future will open to you. Thank you. As a start, I would like to do for Hollywood animation movies. Yes. Actually, I... I think it's an art. And you can learn that. It's very simple. And I think the way you're learning is really perfect. I think the way you go deep into things and being it can be done. But it should not limit you to just a composer. Because you're an amazing performer. You've proved that to the world. You're the world's best now. So, play. Expectations are now... Every step has to be careful. You have to go beyond. After the world's best? Yeah. Practice and learn more. Yeah, that's true. I think you have your father to guide you. You have a great family. And very, very important thing is... If a family is integrated, they're functional. I think it helps people like you to shine. Your family is your support. Emotionally, they are the backbone for you. I can see that. And that's very, very important. When a kid needs to come up in life, I feel like watching your family is a beautiful experience. How your father, your mother, your sister, all of you together in music and aspired for higher things. And my tips would be to be very careful. Because now it's only 13. When you're 16, there will be a lot of distractions. And of course, I think the way you are shaping up your future is great. And I hope, just like how you've been now, just constantly on what you need to achieve. And all the rest of the things, it doesn't matter. And find... In my goal of life, after getting all this international awards and everything, my goal was to see what I can inspire. And because you see the world, there's war. There's this thing, there's negativity. There is so much of negative things. And you are beyond that. So you are like a shining star. You can tell the world that there's something beyond. Look up to higher ideals, excellence, and beauty, love. So you brought all that stuff to us. Right? Do you believe all that? Without really knowing, of course. And so when we see you, we see hope. We see there's still beauty in life. We see there's still magic in life, miracles in life. And you are a miracle. Thank you so much. Definitely, you need to be set to stage for the game from now on. Super sweet. Yeah, you could definitely tell. Obviously, he's an admirer of Ereman. Of course. Can you not be? Of course. But you can also tell that Ereman, this is not his arena. No. Either. It's kind of like watching most directors do something like this. Correct. They're not all, but most, they're very behind the camera people. And many actors. Yeah. They're not very personable. No. They're just really good at their job. Correct. They don't really, they're like talking in front of people is not their forte. They can do it obviously. And I thought he did a really good job. Yeah, he did. He gave some great advice. But yeah, how long would it take you to memorize a... Okay. So like Flight of the Bumblebee, I would, you know, knowing that song in advance. I've already got it in my head. Flight of the Bumblebee would take me and again, it would just be by ear because if I tried to read the notation on it, I wouldn't forget it. That would take me the better part of probably, if I did two to three hours a day, would probably take me five days to get that. Micah? Probably get it within an hour. Micah's a freak. No. Yeah. Micah, Micah, literally one of Micah's favorite things to do would be dad name any song. And if he knows the song, like I could say, okay, do, uh, start playing. It's a little bit funny. He starts playing in the key. This feeling inside. I'm not one of those. Again, have you heard this song before? Have you done this Micah? No. And he would know it. He'd just start playing it. Yeah. Oh, one of those ears. One of those ears. And obviously this young man is just, just off the charts gifted, but you can see the discipline in his work. Yeah. And I, I do hope, um, it was funny. I found it to be really great that, uh, Air Ramon was dissuading him from being a composer of scores. And then the very next thing that came out of his mouth was, so I want to do scores for animation. Yeah. And so I, I do, you know, of course be open to other possibilities, but I can see in that young man, I think since his earliest thoughts, it's been, I want to score motion pictures in Hollywood and I want to do animated film. Yeah. You know, so. Yeah. Go for it. Go for it. Everybody actually wants to do it. Yeah. And I don't think this is the case. I'm just, it's always your hope when you see a kid that they do what they actually want to do. Right. As opposed to the parents pushing because that's where they're, all their money has gone. Right. Or they have a vision for the kid. Yeah. I'm not saying that's what, what's happening. I'm just opening, you know, I don't know them. So I'm just hoping. Yeah. No. This child, if that's where the avenue he wants to go, he goes that way. If he wants to go into gymnastics and when he's 18, go. Exactly. Yeah. He might at 18 go, you know what? I'm not interested in it anymore. I don't think he will. I don't think he will. I think we're going to see a lot of this young man. Yeah. I think he'd be a very talented composer. I see, I see in him the passion for the art form that isn't going, and the giftedness of combined. So he's not going anywhere. Yeah. Yeah. Every video we've seen of him has been one incredible. Delightful. The dual pianos. Insane. And then get to talk to your idol as well. Aira Ramon, we'd love to talk to you. We would love to talk to you. No, this is not, this is not like a preview. I have no connection to Aira Ramon. No, nothing's going on stupid babies. This isn't a hint. I have no connection to Aira Ramon. But if any of you do and would like to send them our way. We would love to speak to them. Man, am I just talking an hour about Jai Ho? No. Yeah, that was a joke everybody. So Jai Ho, tell me all about it. Although that was a great song. Have you done anything other than slumdog? I mean, it's a joke guys. If there's more videos of Leighton that we need to see. Yeah. Please send them our way. And obviously I remind them. I don't need to tell you that. Here we go. Thank you.