August 17
So why should we stop
a keyboard player from
expressing his thoughts in
Carnatic music. May be the
Anuswaram concept is not
that comprehensive and I am
sure that the current artist is
proving it wrong. I don’t play
Carnatic on the keyboard
but seeing guys like Sathya
and Palakkad Sriram who
play phenomenally well in
keyboard. I must say that they
are doing a mind-blowing job
of it. I have been inspired of
them in a lot of ways. Getting
technology into music is
essential at this point. I think
it is a worthwhile effort to try
out a new instrument in a near
class ical genre. It gives a whole
new set of artists and a whole
new way of expressing their
thoughts and creativity in a
classical format.
iPad, the iPad has is beauty
and it has its limitations. I
think that iPad is limited by
no: of apps, available at this
moment. Because it’s a touch
interface, if I can use my
throat to glide I can touch
to glide as well, technically
its possible. I think the iPad
itself is 7-8 years old. It takes
time Carnatic musicians to
become developers. We are
limited by the processing
power of the iPad and the
no: of applications, available
which I am sure are workable
MM: The approach of playing
Gamakam in iPad and how
people react to that. In terms
of Gamakam only which is
very debatable now going on.
Navneeth: Well the debate has
been going on for ages because
so many instruments had
got adapted to Carnatic. And
Carnatic music has evolved
and music also keeps evolving
over time. And regarding the
13
solutions. So, I don’t see a
reason why we should not be
considering taking up iPad
or any touch interface into
Carnatic music.
MM: Do you have specific
things which you wanted to
do with the iPad?
Navneeth: I just wanted to
express my whatever creativity
I have in a classical form of
music to the world. Since
childhood I have always
wanted to play Carnatic music