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I am not a completely digital man, I believe in human interactio­n: Mithoon

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soundtrack out. So, I was almost ready to tell them that I won’t be able to deliver. But then, I thought about it and I spoke to my team, and we thought that this is probably the best message we can give out as human beings that things will get better. So, we connected with people and found softwares that helped us work from our respective homes. This madness happened, and God is great that we were able to produce an album that was made entirely during the lockdown.”

The composer agrees that while digital may not be the ideal way to work, for now, it is the only way to do things. “We do not have any clarity on what the social norms are going to be in the coming days. But I am not a completely digital man, I believe in human interactio­n and that’s one of the reasons why I don’t have a bank of songs. But under the present circumstan­ces, until people have a cure in place for the virus, and permission­s from authoritie­s are given, we will definitely be working like this,” explains the Chal Ghar Chalen (Malang) composer.

Adding that digital concerts don’t do justice to the experience of listeners, Mithoon says that nothing can match the feeling of standing in front of a stage and watching your favourite artiste perform live. “It definitely takes away from the experience, but mankind has always fought and survived the greatest calamities and adversitie­s and that is because of our ability to find solutions. So, we should not be narrow-minded. As a musician, I am also encouragin­g a lot of my colleagues to do digital concerts, and I think it’s pretty cool if people can sit back and listen to an artiste at home, let’s just see the positive side of things for now,” he concludes.

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