AR Rehman Wins the Oscar :) .... time to pull up our socks

Bollywood music has come of an age finally …. From a time of hiding musicians following the actors during the shooting of a song to this current era of fast song with techno beats and chorus done by a couple of rappers . There were various stages our music went through in this journey to Oscars. Initially actors had to sing their scores themselves there were no back ground singers. After most of the hiding musicians got hurt due falling in pits or rolling over stones while running behind actor, came an era of sound recording. Recording brought the idea of background singers. But because of technical limitations they had to get a song right in one go. So the music didn’t have much of variations. Then came an era where music could be recorded separately and then came lyricist to write lyrics that go with the music and then came in the singer to fill in his/ her sweet voice. That’s when we got the idea of adding background score to a movie. The music you hear in songs today goes through many-many iterations. One for base music, then for chorus, then to pitch in the techno, then rapping then singer and then remixing it again …

Toady AR Rehman winning two Oscar has not just proved that he is a good music maker. It also proves that bollywood music is ready to be liked by the world. Rehman has been making awesome music all while long it’s just that world has taken notice of it just now. And with this huge acclamation there will be huge traffic of music lovers looking upon bollywood music. So it’s time for all the other music makers of India to pull up their socks.