Having performed on stage for 54 years and also having composed for films, I understand that Indian classical musicians need not compete with popular culture.
Even in the West, pop music receives much more hype than Western classical. Yehudi Menuhin is such a great artiste but it’s a completely different story of hype for a Madonna or a Michael Jackson!” says Pt Shivkumar Sharma, when asked how he felt at AR Rahman’s global fame. “But, I believe he (Rahman) is one to have introduced electronic music to films. Other composers rely heavily on programmers,” adding, “Earlier, we used to have arrangers. While the music directors would also compose the interludes, the arranger would garnish them keeping in mind the individual styles. That hardly happens now.” Article : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Potpourri/Im_always_thinking_of_compositions/articleshow/4088207.cms Krish.. Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/
