Changing music, changing times…!

With the changing trends of the society, our lives have been altered too. Hitting the malls and spending some Moolah’ is the idea of an ideal Sunday. Bedtime stories have a replacement with Radio Mirchi extending the time limit upto 2 in the morning. Movies no longer need a story line because maybe the mindsets of the common man are altering. After all, there is no hard and fast rule that a movie must have a gist always. Sometimes we find ourselves watching a completely hopeless movie without getting bored. Reason?! Well, the reason may be anything. Himesh Reshmiya adding to the music quotient of the movies, the chances of the movie going flop but famous, is more. Music definitely has diverted its path from ‘sounding good’ to just ‘Sound’! Being a Himesh Reshmiya fan myself I would not want to criticize him because he has proved his critics wrong. With accepting a voice like Himesh in the music industry we have literally accepted the changing like’s of the new generation. Lata Mangeshkar still remains the legend of the film fraternity but with Asha Bhonsale trying her hand at newer versions of compositions, it seems even the singers have learnt the bitter rule of the music industry.
The Rule being: He, who accepts, can still survive.
Then may it be, music directors tuning their chords according to the Hollywood harmony or then trying to create an image of them by mixing their songs in a unique style. Sometimes, remixes make me ponder. Do we actually need a change? What needs to be revitalized is the mindset that remixed music lasts. The last time my father played an old Hindi track all he told me was about some of his sweet memories from the college days. Now when I play the remixed version of the same old track, all he mutters is how the times have changed. Have the times really changed I asked myself a lot many times? The worried look on my fathers face as I walk back home at 8.30 pm tells it all. Times have changed. Just like the music, our lives have been remixed in a fashion that we have long forgotten what we are. Before we lose the synchronization of our life, we need to rejuvenate our senses to find the lost composer in our self. At a point where there is utter chaos around us, being in touch with the inner self can help us stay calm and alert to head any of the situations that emerge. Thus I conclude, music and life go hand in hand.