Hindi Music

Mera jeevan kora kaagaz, kora hi reh gaya; laila oh laila, kaise hai laila; dil chahta hai, ya ali……are songs that have been imprinted in the history of Hindi music forever. Some of these are songs that yesteryears have enjoyed and yet the modern world plunge into them.
Although the music comes from the Hindi movies, the entire industry is termed as Bollywood. So huge is the industry that most of the times it is mistaken for all the movies produced in the country. Including Telugu, Tamil, Bengali etc. This is because Hindi movies take on a huge segment of the film industry in India and the world over. The music of the film is released much before the actual release of the film. This is because producers want to promote the film and create excitement about the film.
The songs go on air - on radio, television, while the cassettes and CDs find their way to the rickshaw drivers and in audio shops. These various mediums attract individuals to them creating a stir of the music.
The music industry is heavily driven by new songs. They consume a colossal share of up to 40% in the music industry. So you can imagine what an impact new movies have in the industry.
The new trend is music remixed. So all the old songs are remixed to satiate the taste of the younger generation who love to disco and party. Hence even songs released today are mostly upbeat with a lot of gusto and drama. Fast beats attract the youth who are a major segment in sales as they purchase maximum number of CDs.
However this burgeoning industry is quite disorganised, musicians, producers hail from various locations and there is no one body they all fall under and follow. Organisations stand individually and are smaller as compared to the industry. Now the industry is striving to bring all the artists under one roof and form one huge organisation so that co-ordinating and following patterns become simpler.
To that effect the India Music week is to be organised, here all members from various segments will be housed under one roof. So from composers, performing artists, marketing, composers, musicians, licences, recorders, radio jockeys, music stores, technicians, equipment manufacturers, engineers etc. will be seeing and meeting one another.
Although India eats, drinks and sleeps Bollywood, the bug has bitten foreign countries too. The Arab world loves Bollywood movies and music. They keep themselves updated with the latest trend in Bollywood, sing the latest songs and enjoy them. You will hear the songs played at homes, parlours, restaurants etc.
Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan are other countries that have taken up a fancy for Hindi music. This is because of the similarities in Hindi and Urdu that are seen in the songs. Also sometimes, lyrics incorporate a lot of Urdu words and so the music is understood and loved in these countries. Fans for the music also include China, Thailand, Malaysia and other oriental countries. So Hindi Music is spreading far and wide giving a natural impetus to the already gargantuan industry.