RAAT BHAR TANHA RAHA DIN BHAR AKELA MAIN HI THA
SEHER KI ABAADIYO MEIN APNE JAISA MAIN HITHA.. AUR

KITNE JAZBO KI NIRALI KHUSHBUYE THI MERE PAAS
KOI UNKO CHAHNE WALA NAHI THA MAIN HI THA……..

These are the lines from shri bashir badr from one gazal sung by hariharan iam very found of gazals and fan of hariharan so these are the thoughts which convey the massage the how an upcoming musician have to struggle to shar his feelings i hope u understand it …..

So the conclusion for the condition is that, somehow it depends on one destiny, I have seen many outstanding performers are struggling, and that you told me about ur own carrier, so if one got chances on right time so thier is success for him or her. Thank u for ur opinion Aneesh.

In my opinion, it would be incorrect to generalise – not all senior musicians are irresponsive to the situation and not all young students are dedicated enough.

In fact, many who are performing today (that includes myself) don’t belong to hereditary musician families. We began our careers without any support of the kind that you mention. Perhaps, I got the right opportunities at the right time, but I didn’t crave for those.

I think teachers and students need to discuss initially whether or not there would be some sort of schedule for taleem. I don’t teach on a weekly basis, though this changes at times, depending upon my schedule. But I clarify this with my students before agreeing to teach them. Once this transparency is maintained, there is no room for ill-feeling.

Aneesh, even i totally agree and its great that u gave a proper feedback about this matter, not like other artists that we are doing this and that for upcoming talent, u know i was concerned about ur own area of artisty,
The “Tabla” thier are very few people who are performing (india and abroad) and they have done lot of riyaaz hard work their is no need to tell u that how much riyaaz is needed in “tabla” but even the great musicians have aquired a place for this instrument yet their is no place for the instrument and the students,
U know its like people stick to only one popular name and that is a main problem and what these big names are doing to make new artists, If we talk about the Guru Shishya parmpara,
It was like that in old days that gurus trained their student and they were capable to make a artist, But now the film is totally changed, mostly popular artists dont have time to teach the student and if somehow they take time so thier would be many big breaks between the classes,

And aneesh if we talk about the carrier in music , its totally impossible for a student to get indulge in performance without his mentors support, Even my son, he is learning “Tabla ” From BANARAS,He learnt from Shafaat also, he spend his 15 years with Tabla and he is able to play up to that level which is needed to perform in a concert but he is just struggling in, Its good for him that iam financially capable otherwisw it would be difficult for him to win “bread for his life”
The thing is that thier should be some kind of plateforms for Tabla it is very important thing, while performing in concerts u dont know about the condition of market of music, I mean those big names which are associated with the instrument what they are doing for the sake of instrument and artists, are they just making popularity and fame only or putting their efforts to make new artists from their students……………

I completely agree that there are very few opportunities for classical music telecasts on telly channels, and that young performers find it increasingly difficult to find performance opportunities. However, this was the case even before television ruled our lives. Unfortunately, the importance given to Bollywood stares us in the face and leads one to compare the number of performance opportunities for classical music and popular music.

But, I must point out that while the situation is not encouraging, there are scores of young students of classical music, who are pursuing their study with tremendous dedication and without an eye on performance opportunities.

The problem lies in the fact that we choose to lay stress on performance alone, and not on other aspects related to music that could be as fulfilling. We need to explore these possibilities and also encourage young students to look elsewhere. For instance, students of music who may not be very good at performance but who may want to be connected with music, could perhaps train themselves as archivists, sound engineers, or writers. Of course, students need to have an aptitude and interest for other areas related to music. Encouragement from parents, teachers, and other members of society, will help greatly in enabling them to make choices that are not given secondary status in comparison with performance.

In a country of 1+ billion people, if people can’t produce really innovative work, it is disheartening. Commercialization is necessary, but please lets be reaslistic here. While the news channels try to (so weakly) innundate us with succcess stories of India, we must consider the real fact.. there isn’t much innvotive creative work coming out of India. Something that changes the face of people on a global level! THATs the kind of work I wanna see coming out of India. However the mindset is amazingly cowardly here in India. So if you have a mindset of people who want status quo to remain, which is horrid to me, how can expect things to change for the better? And this is a nation that wants to be a superpower in this century? Puhleez! I don’t think it will happen.

Evolution. Thats what we need. I want to see music evolve on its own in this nation of 1 billion. Hell, I want to see movies being made that are not just designed for immature 6 year olds. But thats another topic altogether.

We have such an amazing history, but we seem to be stuck to the past. We don’t seem to moving forward to evolve our arts here. Future is now. Perhaps that needs to be hammered in to people here.

How? I have no clue…

Well its a sad state of affairs as far as creativity and innovation goes in this country. However, I think a few projects are there to give us cynics some hope. And I am always hopeful. I hope people reading this are as well…

Thanks a ton for your posts. Prachi’s initiative in introducing children to movement and gesture was particularly interesting. I hope more parents take the cue from you and try to organise similar activities for their children. I think it’s extremely important for parents to have frequent dialogue with children on issues related to what is normally considered ‘extra-curricular’.