He said all summers since he was 19, every time he went to Iran he would train with Master Mozaffari and Master Shoari in Tehran. He started voice lessons with Mr. Zolghadr when he was 20. Playing the setar by himself has helped him to develop his own distinct style. His setar sounds a little different because he mixes American folk music (bluegrass, a bit of Bob Dylan, or the indie rock music of RadioHead) with Iranian traditional music. Talking about fusion music, he said: “I don’t try to fuse in fusion. My identity is fusion. Golpayegani and Marzieh and Shahram Nazeri and Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Nysrat Fateh Alikhan, tejano music, they are all in there.”