Sonu Nigam

I just downloaded AaiDilMutRoClassicallyMild.mp3 from “cooltoad”. After listening it, I can say that it is a pleasant effort on part of Sonu Nigam and his team. In the era of mind-blasting/ear-bursting stream of popular music, it gives a bit of relief as well as some hope for the future. The lyrics are too, different from that of the present line.
But when it comes to the classical music, it cannot be included in the category. Although the composition is excellent, but it is not based upon any of the given Ragas. Neither is it composed in one particular scale. The rhythm is also somewhat jazz-oriented. It is not based upon any Talas although we can call it “Kaharwa”. Classical music on western drums comes in the purview of Indian fusion or Jazz. Many musical bands are performing upon such kind of music. In fact, the discourse about the classical/nonclassical music is not very old. It gained momentum during the reformist’s movements in the world of music in the nineteenth and twentieth century as our musicians came out of the patronage of Durbars. Many westerners also wrote extensively on the topic and thus came the idea of classical/nonclassical music. Before that, we did not have such terms.
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