Teemeer Chimulkar has been a Professional Guitarist and a Guitar Tutor since the late Nineties. He is the Singer-Songwriter and the Lead guitarist for his immensely adored rock band “Teemeer and the CirKle”.

 

He was the first Indian Guitarist to be endorsed by ESP guitars when they started their India operations.

 

His professional musical career began with forming the legendary Mumbai based Thrash/Heavy-metal band “Sceptre”, which toured all over India, headlining shows for more than twelve years. He was the Founder, Singer-Songwriter and Lead-Guitarist for the band. They released their debut album "NOW OR NEVER" with Counter Culture in the summer of 2008. With more than a decade of experience in the music business; Teemeer draws inspiration from popular rock music. He is as passionate about teaching Guitar as he is about playing it. His lessons are tailor-made to suit the musical taste, age and learning pace of his students.

 

Not surprisingly, his star students include National Award winning singer Mahalakshmi Iyer, popular actors such as Suchitra Pillai, Adhyayan Suman, Sonakshi Sinha, Sarah Loren and popular Singer and TV host Aditya Narayan.Many of Teemeer’s students are rocking India today with their respective rock bands; Sahil Makhija aka The Demonstealer (Demonic Resurrection, Reptilian Death and Workshop), Siddarth Kadadi (Zygnema), Prashant Shah (Scribe and Exhumation), Abhishek Dasgupta (The Cirkle, Shor Bazaar and solo artist cum studio musician currently performing with Shreya Goshal), Arman Menzies (Goddess Gagged) and Shezan Shaikh (Providence and Sceptre) to name just a few.

 

Teemeer has also been a Guitar and Music instructor at Tata Consultancy Services for eight years. He has recently taken up teaching music at the Oberoi International School for ECA. Going forward, his largely popular jam band The Cirkle which has played regularly at popular Mumbai clubs like Not Just Jazz by the Bay, The Hard Rock Cafe, Firangi pani, The Stables, Door no. 1, Sin City etc. for the past 10 years are now performing at weddings, high profile elite functions and corporate events of companies like ICICI, TCS, PWC, etc.

 

Teemeer is also jamming along with popular Bollywood singers as a lead guitarist, electrifying packed crowds with his passion and skill. He has peformed live with Mahalakshmi Iyer, Adhyayan Suman and Aditya Narayan among others. Teemeer’s goal is to pass on his knowledge and experience of Music to anyone with a passion for learning, regardless of age or profession.