Hello, I'm
ALLY BATY
Professional Musician and lead guitarist with Sundara Karma
Experienced recording artist with two studio albums and multiple festival and international tour appearances
Passion for photography, visual arts and digital design
2022 AB
this is a work in progress
about
me
Music
I am the lead guitarist of Sundara Karma. We have been a band for over a decade. It has taken me to four continents, and created some amazing life experiences. Our first studio album has gained silver status from the bpi. Playing the main stage at Reading festival, headlining Brixton academy twice, and playing the industry showcase, SXSW, are a few personal highlights.
Web Development
I'm new to this. I am interested in developing my skills as a full stack web developer. This site it my first attempt at launching, from scratch, both the front and the backend. I have an interest in blockchain technology. Particularly how desterilised apps are going to change the way in which music can be streamed, via a transaction directly between the user and the artists.
Photography
My first Job, other than pub work, was as a nightclub photographer. I would shoot multiple venues five nights a week. My shutter count at the time I moved on was well into the millions. Once Sundara Karma started touring globally, it allowed me to photograph some amazing parts on the world. Most notably, many US states, Japan and North Korea, all be it from the Southern side.
2022 AB
this is a work in progress
Projects
At the outbreak of the pandemic, with no previous experience, I converted the van into a fully off grid campervan.
GitHub/allyb95
Here is my GitHub. The source code for this website in there as well as a few other projects.
AB portfolio
This website is my first attempt at a full stack website. The backend is on sanity and the front end is React.jsx.
AllyCoin 👀 🚀
Just for fun, and to gain a deeper understanding of how blockchain technology works, I decided to mint my own token on the Solana blockchain.
DIGI
Digi is a streaming service idea I am hoping to develop in the near future. But for now here's the Figma Demo.
2022 AB
this is a work in progress
CV
2014-present
Sundara Karma - Lead guitarist
I signed to Sony/RCA in 2015. During this time I helped to create and release two albums under the label, which have gained, in total, over 250 million streams on Spotify, and similar numbers on other streaming platforms. We are currently releasing music under independent label Chess Club Records. I have toured these albums across 3 continents since 2016, and have played upwards of 20 festivals every summer since. (Reading main stage and SXSW in Austin, Texas being a couple of highlights. Our first record 'Youth is only ever fun in retrospect' gained silver status from the bpi in 2020.
2013-2015
“thirsty network” - events company
As Sundara Karma began to gain some traction I set up a monthly club night in Reading hosting multiple bands in 100-350 cap venues. This required me to develop branding, commission or make posters for each event, and design and print small runs of merchandise. It gave me an early understanding of managing staff as I would hire in, sound person, ticket taker etc.
2013-2015
Photographer - Freelance
In my final year of six form I set up as a freelance nightclub photographer in Reading. After I finished school, I made it my full time job. During this role, I would take photos of events across multiple Reading night clubs/student nights 5 nights a week. I would then deliver 100 photos for publication from each venue, per evening. I then edited, selected and uploaded photos to relevant social media pages, with tags for the following morning. 
2022 AB
this is a work in progress
allybaty@gmail.com
2022 AB
this is a work in progress