They have really outdone themselves which is little shocking because we are churning out more music than they are,” he added. “So, if you compare the two ‘Coke Studios’, you can see a stark difference between what we have created here and what they have created over there. Independent music is given a lot of importance there,” he said. “Probably because every artiste is an independent artiste in their own right and successful.
So, by the time the music is made by the music director to the release time, there are multiple changes made to the song and it ends up losing soul because too many cooks spoil the broth.”Īnd that’s something that doesn’t often happen in Pakistan, he believes. It’s basically the producer who is putting in the money and then the label. Even the director is probably not much involved in music making. “In Bollywood, what happens is that you are making a song for a film which is directed by a person. They attempt songs and give them a different light because there is lesser ‘bastardisation’ of a musician.” Raghav Sachar In his career spanning about 15 years, Sachar has composed for Bollywood films like “Kabul Express” and “One Two Three” apart form doing his independent projects.ĭrawing comparisons between Indian and Pakistani music scenes, Sachar told IANS over phone from Mumbai: “They (Pakistan) have a very big independent segment. Raghav now plays more than 33 instruments.New Delhi– Pakistan has a very big independent music segment and its musicians are much more evolved as there is lesser ‘bastardisation’ of a musician in the neighbouring country as compared to Bollywood, says composer-singer-multi-instrumentalist Raghav Sachar. He has performed live for over 2000 public, corporate and private shows since 2003.
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He was termed as a Born Genius and featured in National Geographic’s Worldwide Television Series titled “My Brilliant Brain”. His crowning glory was being awarded the Golden Key Award and Earnest Award for academic excellence in 20 at Monash. He gave solo concerts while visiting India and worked with Viva and Shubha Mudgal on albums apart from recording for jingles for advertisements such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Sony Walkman etc. Raghav has also done affiliated courses from the Berklee College of Music, Boston and Trinity College of London. It was during this time that Raghav toured as a “One-Man Band” to countries in South East Asia including Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He studied Music & Composition and Performance with the main instrument, the Saxophone and minor instrument being flute, and did his majors in Jazz at Monash. before proceeding to Monash Conservatory of Music, Melbourne in 2000 to study music. He also formed a band, Canzona, with some friends where they toured all over India and played at key places like the IIT institutions, BITS Pilani etc. At the age of 15, he was chosen by the government of India as their representative in Russia for a cultural exchange program. He won the Best Drummer Award at the Pepsi Cornucopia contest in Delhi in 1994 besides being adjudged the best keyboard player at the BITS Pilani Festival.
Born into a family of music lovers, Raghav was interested in music from a very early age. Every year since then his parents have given him an instrument. He started playing his first instrument, the harmonica, at the age of four. Sachar, and mother, Usha Sachar in Calcutta. Raghav Sachar is an Indian singer, composer and film scorer.
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