More Singers, Few Legends Due To Technology: Sonu Nigam
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Technological
innovations
come
with
their
pros
and
cons,
and
the
Indian
music
industry
is
witnessing
it
all,
says
popular
singer
Sonu
Nigam,
who
believes
more
singers
are
cropping
up
thanks
to
technology,
but
very
few
"music
legends" remain.
"Earlier,
singers
like
Lataji
(Lata
Mangeshkar)
and
Ashaji
(Asha
Bhosle)
used
to
sing
their
songs
in
one
take.
The
whole
song
used
to
be
recorded
from
start
to
finish,
and
even
if
one
instrument
went
awry,
they
used
to
start
recording
from
the
start."
"But
now
anyone
can
sing
lines
of
the
song
in
their
voice,
and
you
can
correct
each
note
to
tune
through
the
computer.
So,
anyone
whose
texture
of
voice
is
good,
is
now
getting
a
chance
to
become
a
singer," Sonu
said
at
the
India
Today
Group's
conclave
Agenda
Aaj
Tak
here
Tuesday.
Whether
this
is
right
or
wrong
is
not
something
that
Sonu,
a
successful
playback
singer
as
well
as
live
performer,
wants
to
comment
on.
"I
am
no
one
to
take
a
stand.
Every
new
technology
has
its
plus
and
minus
points.
But
all
I
can
say
is
that
when
people
like
Suresh
Wadkar
and
Hariharan
or
Talat
Aziz
and
Pankaj
Udhas
come
anywhere,
we
still
stand
in
respect
for
them
because
they
are
legendary.
Legends
are
real
singers,
and
they
are
only
few."
"What
technology
does
is
make
'doodh
ka
doodh
and
paani
ka
paani'
(separating
milk
from
water)
about
who
can
sing
and
who
can't,
but
what
it
is
also
doing
is
giving
the
industry
many
singers,"
he
added.