Mahan Kalpa Music

Q: What is the worst thing that ever happened to popular music? A: The ego.Q: What is the best thing happening right now? A: Love.Q: Who is your favorite pop culture icon? A: God.Q: Bloomington, Ind., is a hotbed of rock and roll. Who do you see as the true gems? A: Secretly Canadian and John Wilkes Booze.Q: Is there a short answer to what led you to becoming a yogi? A: I have always been on a spiritual journey. I did Hatha yoga for a few years on and off but it never did become a daily practice. Freda Love from the Mysteries of Life introduced me to Kundalini yoga and it just stuck.Q: Where does Paul end and where does Mahan begin? A: They are one and the same person. Mahan Kalpa is my spiritual name given to me by Yogi Bhajan, my spiritual teacher and Kundalini master.Q: When you record, what determines the name for which the credit is allotted? A: However I am moved at the time. I like to have fun with credits.Q: What’s the story on Mahan Kalpa’s House of Aquarian Age Transformation? A: Same thing, I just like to have fun. I change the name of my home studio all the time.Q: Of all you’ve recorded, is there a particular project you are proud of? A: I am very proud of Vicious Circle by the Zero Boys, and also The Five Pillars of Soul by John Wilkes Booze. But I really love the day-to-day process of making records. I tend to get into whatever I am working on at any given moment.Q: Are there any particular records you regret making before you found yoga power? A: I have no regrets. It is not a good idea to think much about the past. My goal is to live in the moment. Also, we should not even know our demerits; we should build on our positive attributes. In that way our negative ego gets smaller because it is not being fed.