‘Music not for ears, but eyes’

Amritsar | Friday | 21st June, 2019

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WORLD MUSIC DAYExperts talk about what’s wrong with contemporary musicAnukampa SharmaAmritsar, June 20Without music, life appears to be both incomplete and incomprehensible. Dependent heavily on beats that sound the same, lyrics that have stopped making sense and auto-tuning, the genre of contemporary music has become a sale product. But there also exist others, who are working to promote quality music and retain the authenticity of music along with carrying forward the beauty of music,” she states. This is what sells, so this is what is being made.”Krish Kumar, a city-based music instructor at Six Strings Music Academy, agrees, “Music for the ears no longer exists, what exists is the music for the eyes. Training in classical genre should be mandatory before venturing into contemporary music forms to understand the core value and aesthetics of all music forms,” Gulati adds..