Growing up in Brooklyn, my grandmother was the life of every family gathering. She played the piano and sang and everybody loved her. So… I inherited the music bug!
My mom, a piano playing Brooklyn public school teacher did her best to instill “DLE” (doctor, lawyer, or engineer) in me, however I felt compelled to pursue my passion for music and studied music theory and composition in college.
I honed my performance, guitar, and vocal skills playing the club circuit and I got my intro to performing at concerts, events, and weddings when a musician friend who worked for for one of the “big offices” (“big office” is musician-speak for agencies that hire freelance musicians for multiple bands and performances), told me the company he worked for was looking for a guitarist who sings.
Fast forward… as I moved from freelance to full-time live and studio guitarist/vocalist, and then graduated to freelance band leader for the agency it became apparent to me that unfortunately business and numbers often overtook the importance of music. I decided it was time to organize and lead a band where music and performance was first and foremost. I rounded up the best players and singers in town and started my new band New York Edge with lead vocalist Shanti Rajah… who has since become my wife :)
Not long after, as the popularity and demand for live performances by New York Edge (the band) grew, word got out about our “music-first” approach to ALL performances. Musicians, bands and ensembles reached out and New York Edge Music (the full service music and entertainment company) was born.

I was the kid who stood on a dining room chair and belted out a song for anyone who would listen :)
I was born and raised in Manhattan, the mixed-race daughter of an Indian-Sri Lankan dad and an Irish-American mother. Despite my dad’s best efforts to steer me towards doctor or engineer I fell in love with music and performing.
For my 8th birthday I begged for a guitar and a book of chords and I proceeded to teach myself to play songs that I wanted to sing. At 10 I put together my first band… of course I was the lead vocalist :) I studied voice, dance (ballet, tap, Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance) and acting, and by high school I started doing studio sessions and playing the club circuit.
Comprehensive and amazingly eclectic is really the only way to describe the incredible diversity of music that I was exposed to growing up. Gospel and traditional Indian-Sri Lankan music courtesy of my dad; pop and rock courtesy of my Brooklyn-born and raised mom; and an incomparable array of concerts, shows, and clubs courtesy of my home-town New York City.
Working as a freelance musician in college, I was quickly hired by a “big office” (“big office” is musician-speak for agencies that hire freelance musicians for multiple bands and performances) where I met Rich and tons of musicians, and sharpened my performance skills at 100’s of concerts, events and weddings. I became aware of the all too prevalent business over music focus that dominated at the “big offices” so when Rich approached me about starting New York Edge with him I jumped!
I constantly draw on my unique and diverse music perspective to help drive my creative and sometimes surprising but recognizable music selections. I LOVE to perform and I deeply feel that music is all about the shared community experience of performer and audience so I am SO thrilled that our reputation for music-first has grown into New York Edge Music.