If it's not broken it doesn't need fixing.
When was the last time you as an individual sat back and listened to some Classical Indian Music? Perhaps a folk song?
I'm sure that many Indians today would respond by saying that they haven't. Not since they sat with their parents and listened to it, possibly grumbling as it played.
Indian Music in the traditional sense has been observed to have belly-flopped when it comes to being used in a modern, commercial sense, and that too, on a global platform.
Indian Music can essentially (in my perspective, please forgive and correct me of any mistakes) be divided into Classical Music, Bollywood Music and Fusion.
Classical Music is really where the magic is made in my opinion, I find that the singers are so in tune with the concept of making a balad that the work immediately is given life that cannot be matched. The artist places their soul into the music, something that you won't really see in Bollywood Music.
Bollywood, the Indian derivative of Hollywood, this is where the popular songs come from. The songs that are written to win awards and give a Hindi movies a soul. (forgive me, but I can't help but laugh writing that Hindi Movies have soul. If one does, it's truly a rare case!) These songs are stolen, from Hollywood, from Western Artists, and others; truly, Bollywood is where the most basic work of art will be copied, twisted and defiled before being smacked onto screens across India.
Fusion is the main objective of this post.
Recently, I've come across a show that is run by MTV called Sound Trippin, the show involves a crew that travels across India, recording sounds that might seem random to any of us and turn it into a song. Yes, there is a great deal of sound mixing and 'autotuning' of the sounds to make them more rhythmic, however, after listening to their first seasons soundtrack, I am amazed, just because it really affirms that concept that there is music in everything, and that fact is one which (if I am correct) was essential in Indian Classical Music, that the sounds would represent something from life.
The songs are amazing - yes, there is a great deal of techno and bass drums that has been put into it, but it's not necessarily a remix as it's still random sounds.
Another show that is known for a similar theme is a show called The Dewarists. I haven't seen it, however, I believe that it looks more at classical music and renewing those tunes.
Reverting back to the quote at the start, I was asked a question, more than half a year ago, about what Indian Classical Music was lacking, why wasn't it popular with the youth today. I thought about it, and realized, that we would still find it moving and amazing if we sat and listened to it, however, it's hard to do that when literally the entire global thought process is to idolize computer generated tunes and to love the artists that can make a 'kick ass song' but be unable to perform on stage (you know which artists). Music has been commercialized, that part is very much certain.
I remember that my response when a little along the lines of encouraging some degree of fusion. There are good things to the computer tunes, just like how there are amazing things about Classical Music. The only way to revive one when the other is supreme is to mix it up.
You never know what might happen, but if the Music is Good. People will Listen.
When was the last time you as an individual sat back and listened to some Classical Indian Music? Perhaps a folk song?
I'm sure that many Indians today would respond by saying that they haven't. Not since they sat with their parents and listened to it, possibly grumbling as it played.
Indian Music in the traditional sense has been observed to have belly-flopped when it comes to being used in a modern, commercial sense, and that too, on a global platform.
Indian Music can essentially (in my perspective, please forgive and correct me of any mistakes) be divided into Classical Music, Bollywood Music and Fusion.
Classical Music is really where the magic is made in my opinion, I find that the singers are so in tune with the concept of making a balad that the work immediately is given life that cannot be matched. The artist places their soul into the music, something that you won't really see in Bollywood Music.
Bollywood, the Indian derivative of Hollywood, this is where the popular songs come from. The songs that are written to win awards and give a Hindi movies a soul. (forgive me, but I can't help but laugh writing that Hindi Movies have soul. If one does, it's truly a rare case!) These songs are stolen, from Hollywood, from Western Artists, and others; truly, Bollywood is where the most basic work of art will be copied, twisted and defiled before being smacked onto screens across India.
Fusion is the main objective of this post.
Recently, I've come across a show that is run by MTV called Sound Trippin, the show involves a crew that travels across India, recording sounds that might seem random to any of us and turn it into a song. Yes, there is a great deal of sound mixing and 'autotuning' of the sounds to make them more rhythmic, however, after listening to their first seasons soundtrack, I am amazed, just because it really affirms that concept that there is music in everything, and that fact is one which (if I am correct) was essential in Indian Classical Music, that the sounds would represent something from life.
The songs are amazing - yes, there is a great deal of techno and bass drums that has been put into it, but it's not necessarily a remix as it's still random sounds.
Another show that is known for a similar theme is a show called The Dewarists. I haven't seen it, however, I believe that it looks more at classical music and renewing those tunes.
Reverting back to the quote at the start, I was asked a question, more than half a year ago, about what Indian Classical Music was lacking, why wasn't it popular with the youth today. I thought about it, and realized, that we would still find it moving and amazing if we sat and listened to it, however, it's hard to do that when literally the entire global thought process is to idolize computer generated tunes and to love the artists that can make a 'kick ass song' but be unable to perform on stage (you know which artists). Music has been commercialized, that part is very much certain.
I remember that my response when a little along the lines of encouraging some degree of fusion. There are good things to the computer tunes, just like how there are amazing things about Classical Music. The only way to revive one when the other is supreme is to mix it up.
You never know what might happen, but if the Music is Good. People will Listen.
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