Museek Mag Museek Mag Sep- Oct, 2017 | Page 13

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