On the contrary,i find...barring a few ,if someone is hellbent to prove her point...people from the classical music genre are the most humble people in any profession...unlike their counterparts from popular industry with their craze for name, fame & currency .
Often you will find performers, judges & Gurus with 30/40/50 years of life into music very humbly declare that they are still learning from their gurus...they don't know anything elsein this world ...giving clear message to youngsters ...to be a master you got to be humble...hardly people know what all lifetime efforts & sacrifice go into mastering these renditions over the generations and how little is paid or appreciated by audience...
Indian classical music is a great tradition ...it was not intended to be an industry...it is upto the society to decide whether they want to keep it alive or throw it to market forces & their salaried critiques to decide the "break even"...world over societies preserve ,protect,promote & pay for what is your identity ...they do not allow fusion,adaptation,rationalisation ,modernisation to sell it in CDs & cassettes...retention is the key not the transformation...with changing times...where desi pop,remix,vulgar folks sells like hot cakes ...
Repackaging is a good solution for soaps,shampoos & potato chips...to promote sales...what has survived over hundreds of years ...without music industry will continue...if treated as tradition & cultural identity ...and even if it is r
RE:Repackaging V/s immortal.
by sunil mulye on Sep 29, 2007 12:49 PM Permalink
rooted in religion ...better not to temper ...because may be inspiration came from there ...and more importantly ...it's message is humane & beautiful...
And clasic music is classical music...and india is not the only country to have classical music...so comparing them in terms of north v/s south...indian v/s western will be only foolish...enjoy the difference ...relish the beauty...south is better than north or otherwise is visible sign of narrow mindedness...people writing such comments prove that they are from audience (not from practising community) who crowd classical music concerts to tell others they attended such program...and bask in that publicity.
