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Editorial Almost all the
`awards' have been handed out, the lights and cameras have packed up, and the stages have
been dismantled. The dust, however, will take a while to settle down, because the winners
are still celebrating and the losers cribbing with barefaced impropriety. On the other
side of the globe, the Grammys have also become history. In Raga To Rock this month, we take a close look at the various `music awards' via a number of interviews with leading music personalities. The highs, the lows. The pros, the cons. The rights, the wrongs. Sonu Nigam points out the technical problem of popular awards and their various drawbacks. Lyricist Sameer, in an interview, also points out the various drawbacks in the process of deciding award winners. One thing which is clear is that, predominantly, the awards are limited only to Film music and Pop, with all the other genres of music left out in the lurch, to fend for themselves. The awards, also, it would seem, are largely given to a starry, favoured, few. In short, they are far from representative of the music industry. The need of the moment, to our minds, is a comprehensive music awards system, whereby all those connected with the Indian music industry get their rightful honour. In all the various genres of music which are currently popular, as also the major languages. Awards which will be considered the unanimous barometer of the industry, and which will set the industry standards. One can analyse a problem and make suggestions, but the purpose will be served only if the changes are implemented. We cannot change the way others give out these awards or change the way they look at their own awards and awardees. All we can say is that when we launch our R2R awards towards the end of this year, we would like to avoid all the pitfalls and try and make them as error-free as possible. This we can do only with the active participation of you, the reader, and all of you out there who are a part of the Indian music industry. You can write or call in with your suggestions, all of which will help evolve an awards system which will be universally respected in the industry. Maybe then winning an award would be a more pleasurable experience. |
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