Article - Part IV:

IV. Listening to ICM

When dealing with making / obtaining copies of the audio cassettes / CDs , I strongly recommend following the legal and moral law.

I presume that we know, by now, that we have serious, sustained interest in Indian classical music. We know the timings of the TV shows and radio programmes which broadcast Indian music.

We know the locations of some good shops where we can buy audio cassettes / CDs of our choice. We have built a group of friends who are all genuine lovers of Indian classical music. We have "wetted our feet", and are ready to take a plunge into the vast ocean of classical music; into that infinite source of immortal melodies, we want to get lost, only to rediscover and rejuvinate ourselves.

We are willing to set aside exclusive time, quality time, to attend music concerts, to enjoy regular listening sessions at home or with friends. In other words, we are ready to spend some well-deserved money!

Our precious little money supply will go towards the following:
(1) Purchase of audio cassettes / CDs;
(2) Purchase of tickets to attend Indian classical music concerts;
(3) Purchase of good audio equipment to enhance joy of listening - and, hopefully, of performing;
(4) Purchase of some books to help understand our music better;
(5) Optionally, to attend a short course in Indian classical music appreciation and basic learning. [Unfortunately, such courses do NOT exist, to my knowledge].

In the next article, we go into the details of spending money wisely and fruitfully.

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part V | Part VI

Haresh Bakshi
The author is the editor of Sur.Aur.Saaz articles and also runs SoundofIndia.com