especially after playing with
legends like Rajesh Vaidya
& Bombay Jayshree. I had
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a slight desire in me that
one day I will also be able to
express what I think in my
mind as a Carnatic musician.
So, there was a little musician
who was developing in my
head. But unfortunately, I was
not playing the instrument
which was not conducive
to Carnatic music. There
are killer players like Sathya
and Palakkad Sivaraman
Sir but I am not that kind
of player. I struggle to
convey my thoughts to
singers in the studio. I come
up with a Carnatic heavy
thought or something. I
had to communicate that
to the singers or audience
it is impossible because I
cannot express it through
my fingers on the keyboard
at least I cannot do. I am
a very bad singer when it
comes to Carnatic, I can sing
western like stuff but I cannot
handle Carnatic Sangadhis.
I was desperately looking
on something where I could
express my thoughts, the
Sangadhis that were coming
in my head. If I was becoming
a more of a creator than a
performer, at some level
you have to communicate
what you come up to the
audience, that was the reason
why I took up iPad. It is still
evolving, I won’t say that am
completely satisfied with how
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I am conveying my thoughts
but it’s a start, I have made
a start and I hope with time
things will evolve.
MM: What was the moment
you decided to do Carnatic
stuff with the iPad app?
Was it because of the app or
something else happened in
your life?
Navneeth: The moment
I played on the app and
decided am going to use this.
The moment I downloaded
the app and heard a glide,
I thought I was going do it.
This is probably what I was
looking for days. Suddenly
flashes of memories, I
just felt like a child. I just
wanted to try it out and do
something, I was so excited.
Its more about fascination
and inquisitiveness to the
technology and the music
itself. So that was exactly I
became like a child trying
to play an angry bird, I was
trying to play the app and
trying to figure out the app
and what I could do with it.
That’s how I chanced upon
whatever ability I have to play
Carnatic music on the iPad.
It took a while for me to get
show/performance ready
completely. There are still
limitations whatever an iPad
can do or at least what I can
do. There are some other great
musicians with the iPad like
Mahesh Raghavendra who
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are also superb stuff on the
iPad. But I think we will all
collectively work for the fact
that it is still evolving and it
will evolve over time because
the iPad is itself is new.
MM: You do so many work
like “Phool Hai Chand”, Is
there any specific reason
do these kinds of various
things using your iPad
as a consistent entity and
changing the other orchestra
members. Is there any agenda
or approach or a plan to do
these various kinds of things?
Navneeth: To be honest,
I was going with a flow.
Chandrajith asked me if we
could collaborate to do this
iPad concept some months
ago. So, it just happened
and things came together at
this point and we got a good
camera guy to work on this
Cover. I always wanted to be
a Collaborating musician and
I think the iPad has probably
opened up certain avenues for
me to be able to collaborate
with internationally as well
which I am still exploring
how to go about it. At least I
have made a start.
MM: Do you think that
is there any music for
television?
Navneeth: There is no
such thing called music
for television. It just works