As promised, here is the second part of my fireside chat with the Prince. Prince talks about his passion for different kinds of music, Opera, Arabic etc. He feels that those who stick with only one kind of raaga or music only enjoy Idly and Sambar, they are not willing to try Pizza or Fajita.
He discusses how he was the tortoise in the tortoise and hare story when it comes to Carnatic vocal. He had to work very hard to get a hang of the basics. Students will benefit a lot from listening to this part of the interview.
I enjoyed listening to the Prince sing a composition of Dr. Balamuralkrishna in a raaga that has only 3 notes, very beautiful. I respect people who push the envelope, don’t settle for things as they are, constantly challenge the widely accepted notions. It is very nice to hear him sing a western classic that he used to listen to (mandolin piece) when he was a child, he hummed pretty much the entire song, hear it in this interview for the first time, he has never hummed this in public!
“We really appreciate the value of things when we don’t have access to them” said the Prince, just as I thought the interview came to an end, we chatted for 20 more minutes! It just goes on to say how the Prince makes it so easy to conduct an interview with him. Ever since part 1 of my interview was posted, I have gotten a lot of good feedback on the interview, the style and casual flow. Thanks to you all, I am sure you will enjoy part 2 of my interview as well.
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