And one has to bow in respect to the thousands of enthusiasts all over the world who have converted , tagged , shared this music and the nett result is a magnificent body of work , of which Sangeethapriya is a flag ship . That was an inflexion point , in my opinion . Not buckling down to the whims of a few current day musicians . And how wrong they were in pulling up some enthusiasts .
Hear, hear!
Dr M G Narmada, a leading violinist of the Parur tradition, was gracious enough to acknowledge this in a long panel discussion at IGCAS which was telecast on DD Bharati. I can vouch that musicians, including the obstructionists, have been the principal beneficiaries of this munificence over at least six decades. I can see the insecurities felt by active concert circuit artistes about their music being made available for free almost live around the world. At the same time access to archives and encyclopedic data bases is a boon that only we in the 21st century can boast of or at least dream of.
Here's a lateral thought .. What if each serious CM rasika donates 0.5% of his net income towards collecting (paying royalties) and archiving such a database? If there were 10K rasikas and each gave say 5K Rs per year that would be 50 M Rs per year!!!
I would think even 5 M Rs per year is a worthwhile number.
That means, folks, the Terabytes are taken care of for me by a common body.., I pay an access fee <5K per year for endless CM immersive experience.
It's a mind-blowing thought.
