Earl Edgar, popularly known by his stage name URL, is an Indian singer, performer, composer, rapper and music producer.He is known for his ability to create music, create voices andcreate various performances with the keyboards, guitar, harmonica, drums & percussions. These niche qualities give him a strong standing in the Bollywood, Tollywood and Hollywood music scenes.“Music is a universal language. In India, music industry provides a good platform to the youth and youth related issues”, says URL.
Composing comes naturally to URL, he creates simple "hindesh" lines and 'verses' to entice the listener and even gets them to sing along. Phrases like "Magical India 'outaf a hat, Desi style yaara, is where we're at" , "Feel the dholbajao baby" for High School Musical 2, and of course the international "Your my love, my love, Janeja you're my love" from the movie Partner, are just a few of his innovative creations. He has done the rap and voices-overs for Ads and jingles for Nokia, Sony Ericson, Parry's Butterscotch, Kenstar, Kelvinator, Pepsi, Mtv. He has done a lot of music programming and arranging for the movie Dhamaal, remixes for Bollywood and Tollywood. Currently, he is working on a number of projects, shows and albums that are in the pipeline.
Born in the Gulf , URL is an Electronics Engineer by profession. He studied engineering in Nashik, Maharashtra. He spent most of his childhood in Bahrain. His parents had to move back to India during the Iraq-Kuwait war. Due to this sudden move his family faced struggling times.He had to work and study together. To support the family he sang for parties and weddings. He helped his mother in a small catering business by packaging and supplying, sandwiches and burgers, to shops in the city. Later on he started to teach in a Mumbai based school and conducted his own private music classes. Apart from this work, in the remainder of his available time he wrote jingles and recorded albums, along with performing at a night clubs, restaurants and bars. Working as a part time music teacher in a school he grew to love working with children and simultaneously completed his degree in Electronics Engineering.
When all seemed impossible and even solutions to the flimsiest problems seemed like an uphill task, something happened suddenly, that changed all! In his own words, URL says, "There were moments when everything went wrong, but I knew it wasn't gonna last too long. If I have to recollect, it was a casual call to compose a remix with originality for Jalwa 3 (Times Music), and I was supposed to do the song "Bar BarDekho" from the 1962 film China Town. I wrote and sang the Hindi and English vocals and also did the Jamaican rap with the chorus. In total 3 different voices in one song. From then on there was more work, and there’s been no looking back. Nothing is stopping me in giving my best inputs to whatever I pursue ".
He believes in a supernatural power that hovers over us and is always around. That supernatural power is not partisan to any religion, it is in possession of the entire creation. Even though is a Christian by birth, yet he does pooja on Diwali, lights up a tree on Christmas and eats a lot on Eid. He says that for everyone to be so perfectly made, and this universe to be so well set, there must be something out there that's keeping it all going. It couldn't just be a BIG BANG theory. A person’s personal life experiences have a strong influence on a person’s belief in God.
In the future he wants to start an Institution that helps impart his knowledge of music, instrumentation, audio and sound engineering to all. At the same time entertain special people such as the aged, orphans, children and adults. Add music in the life of all those who connect with him.