Ak Unplugged

Well dont get any funny ideas that i have become a legendary musician like my favourites and am trying to force you to listen to all the screetching noisious music that i may generate in a bad situation somewhat like what kajol did for ShahRukh in DDLJ.

Well but still i am going to talk about music an inseparable part of everyones lives except for the people who are less blessed by god and my heartfelt sympathies to them.

I have been blessed with one of the most diverse chice of music one can have. I like Classical indian instrumentals (especially string equipments), typical bollywood,ghazals,soft english,rock,some not hindi and english music(i.e. telugu songs for there tune).
I havent yet heard a lot of western classical hence havent developed a liking for that and there vocals (no offence meant but i cant stand).

My dad has a lot to do with the kind of music i listen to. He likes to listen to ghazals and i think i also developed a taste from there itself. He kind of pushed me to listen to classicals and i liked it.

But i feel that developing a taste for music is also a very gradual process like any other. To substantiate if you want to listen to ghazals, and directly listen to mehdi hasan or begum akhtar, you wont survive that long haul of.....one line repeating till you have slept 10 times. It goes on and on...A ghazal in a live performance can last for as much as 15-20 mins. There is no way one can appreciate the ghulam ali's versatility at the first go.

So whats the way out....very simple....start with jagjit singh, pankaj udhas, then listen to older songs by ghulam ali and then his live performances and then if you still like it...then you can listen to the MEHDI hasan......But this process cant be forced on anybody. if it happens in that fashion then you will develop a taste other wise you will fall asleep wishing the ghazal being played in the neighbouring room ends. I am lucky that it happend in the same way for me.....

Same is true for rock in my case....i started with one of the best songs of nirvana...."The man who sold the world" and similiar gradual process followed, today i was trying to find out a few good tracks in hybrid theory of linkin park.

I talked about my choice of music in the britannia interview also and luckily for me the V.P. was also a ghazal fan, so we had a small chat.

Whatever....Music is a part of life and for me tunes are more important so i can listen to songs of any language.

I thank all the great musicians who have made this world a better place generating such great tunes and what not.....especially A.R. Rehman
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