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| Playback Singer Chitra |
Tiruvanathapuram: Famous playback singer K S Chitra is all set to launch a fund for unemployed and aged musicians, who have lost their livelihood with the advancement of technology in the music industry.
"The fund 'Sneha' being launched with the support of Kerala based cable network 'ACV' proposes to provide help to musicians with financial impediments and those suffering from health problems," Chitra said.
Chitra, who has sung more than 25,000 songs and won several national and state awards, said advancements in technology in the industry had rendered a lot of prominent musicians jobless.
Recalling her earlier days as a singer, she told reporters here that recordings used to be done with a live orchestra.
"Now technology has replaced the instruments," she said.
"Things have changed now. Sometimes we know the duet singing partner only when one sees the casette of songs," she added.
Senior musicians used to give tips on various aspects, she said adding, "all such things have become a thing of the past".
The Fund would be formally launched here on February 15 at a function organised to felicitate Chitra on completing 30-years in the music industry, ACV executive N N Vivekanandan Nair said.
The musical night named 'Chitrapournami' would bring together singers like K J Yesudas, Hariharan, S P Balasubhramanyam, S Janaki and P Susheela and Sujatha on the same stage, Rajeev Kumar said.
"The fund 'Sneha' being launched with the support of Kerala based cable network 'ACV' proposes to provide help to musicians with financial impediments and those suffering from health problems," Chitra said.
Chitra, who has sung more than 25,000 songs and won several national and state awards, said advancements in technology in the industry had rendered a lot of prominent musicians jobless.
Recalling her earlier days as a singer, she told reporters here that recordings used to be done with a live orchestra.
"Now technology has replaced the instruments," she said.
"Things have changed now. Sometimes we know the duet singing partner only when one sees the casette of songs," she added.
The Fund would be formally launched here on February 15 at a function organised to felicitate Chitra on completing 30-years in the music industry, ACV executive N N Vivekanandan Nair said.
The musical night named 'Chitrapournami' would bring together singers like K J Yesudas, Hariharan, S P Balasubhramanyam, S Janaki and P Susheela and Sujatha on the same stage, Rajeev Kumar said.
