Manan started his solo career in 2013 with a single, the delicate instrumental, “Dear Mother.” In 2014, he released two more instrumental tracks, “Gratitude for Dad” and “Unity Unify”. On May 15th, 2018 he released his 16-track debut Album ‘Mix Mood’. Manan’s unique playing style not only makes him a rare artist but also offers him a great musical advantage. With his guitar skills, he can arrange a whole song by playing the Bass-line, Melody, Harmony and Rhythm all at once without using a backing track. Manan has performed in over 100s of live shows all over India and Abroad EVENTS: The NAMM Show, Los Angeles, California Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival, Mexico Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Pune TEDxGateway, Mumbai Thomso, IIT Roorkee Pearl BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Stage 42 Sonder Rus, Mysore Festember, NIT trichy Lakme Fashion Week ACHIEVEMENTS: Won the best acoustic guitar category in 6 string theory international music competition and was gifted a hi-end acoustic guitar by Grammy award-winning musician Lee Ritenour Won the Best singer-songwriter in Bandstand revival People choice concert, Mumbai hosted by nh7.in Won the Original music contest held by MDR electronics (MX electronics) Won twice the best guitarist in Most wanted entertainer season 3 and 4 held by Dreamcatchers, Singapore Mentioned by some respected artist around the globe including Kaki King, Jon Gomm, Andy Mckee, Ehsaan Noorani, Dave Stewart and Lee Ritenour to name a few