is bollywood music killing the new breed of aspiring musicians..?
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this is a funny topic.. more celebrated over the years than it should be.
bollywood is a showcase of movies. and the movie director/producer has a vision he wants to achieve. they are not here to promote diverse music per se. sandeep chowta is a prime example of how a creatively inclined musician can get bored of doing the same things in indian movies. so, he makes enough money to sustain himself. goes to different places, finds like-minded ppl like frank gambale and others to share artistic notes/creativity and come up with different kinds of music. it is as simple as that.
bollywood remains “a” money-making platform to a musician inclined to do music as per the visions/whims/fancies of the movie-maker first and then himself. not everybody can dare to be a sandeep chowta or get the creative autonomy of an a r rehman.
and stop holding bollywood responsible for something that was never big on its agenda. :D
aspiring musicians trying to make it to bollywood to showcase their music need to find other platforms too.
would like to reply to vikram first.It indeed is funny topic..thanks for making me realise that..:).The point I was trying to make was simple.i.e there is no other platform to showcase your music except films because try talking to a music company which are obsessed with churning out low grade film music, to release your private album.The company will make you sign such a contract that even if you win in the end it would be a Pyrrhic victory.Undeniably bollywood has a different objective, but the phenomenon has left the music platforms obsessed with just film music.
well.. what do i say? i kinda thank god often that i do not depend on music for my living. if a record company tries to elbow me out of my own creative space, i do not have to take it lying down.
i would probably blame the record companies more than bollywood. but hey.. nobody is here to give out free lunches. record companies are run by the market, than a musician’s preferences. they are not particularly inclined to experiment as long as their bottom lines are healthy.
Few Fatcs Causing the Harm according to me:
1. Music Industry is more of a Person Oriented and Not Music Oriented…
2. It just think of Present…not Future or Past…Offcourse Everyody think of money
3. They dont want to take RISK …they want to stick with big names…No new music means no growth of music…
4. Success of Music is more on the Advertising Campaign than the Quality of music…This leads to Trend oriented music than the new Creations…
5. General Public are less reluctant to listen to new Music…They just dont have time for listening to music…They like something fast but sweet to listen…They dont care about who ? how ? what ? about the song…
6. Bollywood music is more related with the Topic of the films..Now a days more topics are coming up which need Background Score and No Songs…On top of that very few take a look at what is Background music affecting the scene etc.
Etc Etc..To be Continued…
nicely put shashank….well analysed indeed.”Success of Music is more on the Advertising Campaign than the Quality of music…This leads to Trend oriented music than the new Creations…” I fully endorse it because I have been through it.A leading music company released my album titled”behki si iss raat mein”(just google it for details),made a music video for it but didnot do any publicity not even ordinary posters of the album/artiste.Yes the song played on various music channels except mtv for a month or so but radio stations refused to play even a single track on the grounds that they can only play an album which figures in top 10.Now how will an album figure in top 10 if you dont play even a single track from it on air.
nothing kill music be happy love yourself and you will see no bad