Unni’s Favorite Music Videos Unni Narayanan has a highly eclectic musical taste. Unni was raised on music and is a tremendous fan of classical music from the Baroque period, as well as Indian genres such as the Carnatic and Hindustani genres that his parents exposed him too as a child. Within the Carnatic genre, Unni enjoys a wide range of artists, chief amongst the Vidwans being M.S. Subbulakshmi and Maharajapuram Santhanam. Though Unni was raised on these artists from his parents, as he got older, he became more inspired and compelled by American music. Unni grew up enjoying MTV a great deal, and was exposed to many music videos as he grew up. As Unni Narayanan entered into Middle school, he was given his first walkman for his 18th birthday. This allowed him to expose himself to a much wider variety of musical artists and bands. Unni’s friends exposed him to many classic rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Mamas and The Papas, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers Band, and many many others. Unni Narayanan became passionate about learning to play instruments, and after he graduated from college in 1989, Unni started taking guitar lessons while working at his first job with IBM. Unni developed a decent understanding and skill at the instrument, and can be seen entertaining others with his guitar playing. Below are some of Unni Narayanan’s favorite music videos from when he was growing up, and from his more recent exposures.