ahem…ahem… mike-testing….

the music of arunachal that emerged in the 60s and the 70s was groundbreaking. the musicians – both lyricists and composers – were young idealists impatient to create a new world out of the ferment in the society around them. they drew their poetry and music from the traditional, and recast it into a new genre of music of the hills. this process was aided by the patronage provided by the AIR.

in the recent years, as technologies have been democratized, making and accessing music have become very easy. however, in the ensuing deluge of the ‘latest’ cassettes of dubious musical quality, the classics in the AIR repertoire are fast becoming just memories in the minds of the generations that used to listen to the radio. this is no less than cultural deprivation for the young people of arunachal.

and i am hoping to profit out of this gap in the market.