Zygnema Guitarist Sidharth Kadadi Turns Author for New Guitar Book

It’s been a while since we’ve heard new music from Mumbai metallers Zygnema – their last single was the devastating groovefest “I Am Nothing” from 2019 – but new material is developing even as members have been busying themselves outside of the band. Jimmy Bhore runs his own chain of burger joints Jimis Burger and guitarist Sidharth Kadadi has been keeping himself busy as an educator.

Even as new Zygnema material is on the horizon for 2022, Kadadi has now turned author with a guitar learning book called The Guitar Journal Volume One, an extension of his work with music academy Guitar Garage Inc. Released via Indian publisher Locksley Hall Publishing, the book was in the works for a few years, until Kadadi took the time out during the pandemic to start on it.

The Guitar Journal Volume One has been pieced together while taking into account Kadadi’s numerous consultations with examination boards, academic schools and private music academies across a decade. “I realized that their biggest and the most obvious struggle is not knowing what to teach. They don’t study the syllabus of these competitive examinations and the students don’t really end up learning music under these instructors.”

Kadadi says, “The main objective of this book is to help schools, instructors and students out with a final solution with detailed information that will make them a solid foundation level musician and more importantly, work as a solid text book for learning.” Covering everything from essential practice tips, theory behind major and minor scales, the importance of tuning a guitar and chord lessons, Kadadi says he’s packed in everything he’s learned his entire life, which includes a study stint at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles in 2007/08.

Buy the book here.