IS IT NOT POSSIBLE TO GRADE ANY SINGER AS SOON AS THEY APPEAR IN THE MUSIC MARKET AS DONE FOR THE CAT ASPIRANT? GOVT MUST COME FORWARD FOR THEY CAN BRING LOT OF FOREIGN MONEY THROUGH CABEL.
Classical no doubt.. its fantastic.But its exposure is limited to a particular class. There is no support, no interest from mass.
Now the world is being such a smaller, people want to try something which is easy to learn, easy to understand. Indian youth will enjoy rock, but not classical.Because to listen rock, u don't require any knowledge about it. Just dance as if you are in hysteria, thats it. But for classical, you need to have concentration, you need to know types of ragas, Now we are living in fast food era. Who will spend time to learn Classical? Tell me guys,How many metro city youth knows about what "raga" is? If a metro city youth doesn't know abt it, then no question about rural youths.
Bias is everywhere. Whenever carnatic music is mentioned, people only talk about the artistes from tamilnadu. There are such excellent artistes from karnataka that I want to list below.
RE:Bias is everywhere
by shivayogi hiremath on Oct 01, 2007 01:05 PM
You are absolutely right. They have to do the research properly, There are so many people, who are masters in there own music and got recognition. Please consider these gentleman also. Its happening like cricket, forgetting other sports.
Where are the corporate world sponsors of culturally important events? Absurd news items like Shilpa Shetty-Richard Gere incident holds public attention & news for months while people who continue and create Indian traditions subsist on a pittance! Where are the Mittals, the Ambanis,the Narayan Murthis,the Premjis,the Tatas,the Murlis,the Rams etc; of the corporate world & the Manmohan Singhs, the Lallus, the Gandhis, the Karunanidhis, Jayalalithas, Thackreys, Advanis etc; of the political world when it comes to supporting Indian culture? Aren't these the people who should dedicate themselves to assure Indian culture and traditions do not die? Aren't these the people who should share their wealth and influence to give back a little to their country? Or is India only good to plunder from and not contribute to? Haven't these representatives of India a responsibility towards their homeland? Wealth is fine, but how much can one man eat, drink & in how many houses can they live in their lifetime? How many cars can they enjoy, jewels & clothes can they wear? And how much music can theu listen to that gives joy, peace, inspiration, soothing calmness and uplifts the spirit, not only to one person but millions at little expense? The west falls over its feet to support classical orchestras, operas that our own Indians attend eagerly often not understanding a word! Yet our millenary art crumbles to dust from indifference and disdain. Millionaires corporate or politicians learn the vices
RE:Classical music
by ashok leyland on Sep 30, 2007 02:37 PM
contd from above:
The west falls over its feet to support classical orchestras, operas that our own Indians attend eagerly often not understanding a word! Yet our millenary art crumbles to dust from indifference and disdain. Millionaires corporate or politicians learn the vices but not the virtues of the West. Luckily among the billion Indians someone unknown is still creating and continuing tradition despite all odds. God bless them everyone.
RE:Classical music
by Dare Devil Dragon on Oct 01, 2007 09:48 AM
no,no, no for inviting politicians for this classical musics. They will start implementing 'Quota/Reservation' in this classical music too. So, classical music will be better of without the interference of these stupid politicians.
Record labels, electronic media are hand in hand in killing this genre of music. Otherwise both Carnatic and Hindustani and well and truly alive and the younger generation is going great guns in keeping the tradition alive.
Well if people give 5% of the importance they give to Shahrukh Khan, Indian Idol and cricket, then classical music will never die.
Hype, fantasy and false stardom is whats trying to kill this form of music.
There are enough people in India and some medias like RAVE Magazine, The Hindu doing their bit in keeping this alive.
RE:Dead or someone killing it?
by Sitarama lakshmi on Oct 01, 2007 08:58 AM
Your Grand mother is also boring. Dont you treat her in a corporate hospital if she is ill for her speedy recovery or leave her to her destiny. - M. S. Srinivas
RE:Dead or someone killing it?
by Sheetal Kaur on Sep 30, 2007 11:46 PM
It is not boring Rajneesh ChandraMohan, it is just that you don't have brain to understand classical music. for you music is the western rubbish.sit down peacefully and try to listen to a thumari.I bet you will not turn back. NOTHING BEATS Classical. Just like BBC Prom of classical music. which is attended by at least a Million music lovers and broad cast to the world to another 10 million listeners just in seven days. Indian broadcasting authorities such as Door Darshan should take iniciative for such a concert once a year keeping classical Music alive. Remixes should be banned.
RE:RE:Dead or someone killing it?
by ashok leyland on Sep 30, 2007 02:43 PM
Classical music is profound and requires culture to understand it, it is not superficial stuff like pop music that you listen to now and forget ten minutes later. It requires concentration and effort like anything of substance and meaning. What you are saying is mathematics is boring, you'd rather just see two digit numbers! The magic is in the complexity, not in the appearance.
RE:Dead or someone killing it?
by suchhando chatterjee on Sep 30, 2007 12:41 PM
abe gadhey......... Have you ever listened to classical music..... that can go so fast and rythmic... these rockstars 14 fathers can't imagine.....
RE:Dead or someone killing it?
by on May 02, 2008 02:26 PM
Its the youth of India that will carry the flag of our musical heritage forward.I believe that roots always beckon a individual, some time or the other. Look at the case of Utsav Lal, India's Piano prodigy who having trained as a Western classical & Jazz painist today performs "Ragas" on Piano all over the world. he has endeared the stark, western classical purists who hear Beethoven, haydn,Mozart on Piano to the sound of "Raga Piano Music " creating a universal appeal for indian Classical Music on Piano,in fact even earning the nickname of "Raga Pianist in international critic circles.
Re: RE:Dead or someone killing it?
by Guest on May 10, 2009 05:35 PM
Its a real pity that we Indians are not aware of our heritage.We blindly ape the west,love the new found mall culture,enjoy all that is becoming oboselete in the western hemisphere but do not teach our children to respect our elders.Being a practising professional vocalist of the Kasur-Patiala Gharana,I am really afraid thinking about what the future holds in store for us.No particular individual is to blame for this situation.All that is classical and requires patience and a certain level of intellect to imbibe is dwindling.Its swan song for Hindusthani Shastriya Sangeet or even carnatic.....I am petrified!
