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The music during pandemic

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The coronavirus was first identified in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. Being highly contagious, it gradually spread all over the world. The world is witnessing the biggest epidemic since World War II. So far, 207 million people worldwide have been infected with the virus and 4.37 million people have died. As a result, it has naturally affected people’s personal life, economic, social, administrative, education, culture in all fields. The music industry was not left out either. It can be said that their loss is greater than many, as public gatherings are closed throughout the entire period of the epidemic. Concerts have been closed for a long time, recording studios have been closed. Many people involved in the industry have already lost their jobs. Those who can’t find any other way to earn. There is no active federation in this industry who will show a way out of these situations, albeit to some extent.

According to the World Economic Forum, the coronavirus epidemic has cost the music industry loss 10 billion or more every six months, which is still ongoing. The main sources of income for musicians are the rights to live performances or concerts, recordings, streaming, digital downloads, physical discs and the music used for various TV programs. In fact, all of them are closed during this entire epidemic.
The physical cell, which represents a quarter of the industry’s revenue, has shrunk by about 1/3. Digital sales have fallen by about 11 percent due to the closure of related businesses.

But a unique feature of every human being is to try to adapt to the situation. Those involved in the music industry are also trying that. Many artists / bands are changing their traditional perfume-style to focus on online perfumes and sales. They are doing shows at home, coming in front of the audience, participating in various live programs thanks to social media.
However, the revolution has taken place in online based music streaming subscriptions. Since people can’t go out of the house, most listeners tend to sit at home and listen to music on online platforms.
By mid-2020, online subscription revenue grew by 70 percent. The online media user audience grew to 42.7 million, a whopping 50.4 percent year-over-year! (Reference: WEF)

The idea is that the music industry will recover once the Corona virus epidemic is over, but the changes that music lovers have witnessed in the last two years may remain. And online-based platforms may emerge as the main platform for music professionals. Of course, time will tell.

Dad went to me and said I will go to see your concert today!

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I was in Manosarani, there would be a concert at the photo market in the afternoon. Dad came to Dhaka from the village for a job. He told me to go and see your concert. My condition is very bad, because in the world I am embarrassed to sing only in front of my parents. I said, “You don’t like my songs, you can’t hear too loud.” I went to the concert, misunderstood. We would end the concert with a song called ‘Isolation’, a hullabaloo with a mixture of punk, grange, heavy metal, I would sing while lying down, sitting and jumping; It was as if I was going to die on stage screaming and singing, and the audience was going insane. She is a dionysio insane dance and my sky-scraping scream!

So at the end of the concert I am alone with sweat, and everyone is coming and someone is hugging me, the irresistible joy of the storm in someone’s eyes!


Someone came in and said, “Uncle(my father) is standing at the art gate, calling you”. I’m done! Daddy has seen my insanity! My son will die on stage while singing, I don’t want that, screaming so loud will tear your throat, you can’t talk anymore, and my son will roll on stage like this, it’s impossible for me to accept! “

I said, “No, I can sing these things very easily today. It’s not as difficult for me to sing as it is for others.”
Dad said, “Keep these words, no one sings so loudly! Hemant, Kishore, Sagar Sen would not have sung like this. You don’t have to sing anymore, you go to the village with me, I will arrange for you to sit and eat for the rest of your life. You don’t have to sing. I don’t want my son to die sweating like this while singing. “


He looked at me and said, “Look at the condition of your clothes, what a mess of dust and dirt! Come with the guitar fitter, come with me, I will not let you stay in Dhaka in any condition, I will go to the village and relax, I will write whatever I want, but this I won’t let you sing! “


Then I was taken to a restaurant in Aziz Market, where I was sitting and eating, and a father who did not know rock music, with a sad look in his eyes, was looking at his rock music with the insane child’s stranger, unfamiliar face, and he knew that his child was in love with this Dionysio. Can’t get rid of insanity!

There is no father in the world today, if there was, I would be very surprised that many people are listening to such screaming songs like Hyena Express album! And she was so scared that her son would die on stage while going crazy!

Dad, the people of the world have become so dumb as to endure everything, so deaf they are in fear, I have nothing to do but shout and sing, what you call madness, this is the only way to break the shackles, the inevitable insane dance

A story of young boy to learn music from home

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When I was very young, I was sent from home to learn music. But then I didn’t like to go because the game was crazy in the afternoon. It can be said that they were sent by force. I could play the harmonium fairly well. Then I play harmonium and do 2-3 songs. Later, under the pressure of studying, learning music is no more.

Many years later the school was reunited. The concert is. Some more small bands came along with Avoid Rafa. From there it leans very much towards the song. I told him to buy a guitar at home but he would not buy it in any way. This is the tendency to learn the guitar in the head. Later he sold his bicycle and bought a guitar. Now we need a teacher. I will not give that from home so I started the flame on YouTube. But the flame would not have happened that way. After lying down for a long time, I sold the guitar. Then I used to listen to band songs regularly, which were mixed in the blood.

There will be concerts for college reunions in a few years. Some more bands including Nagarbaul James, Chirkut will come. Very exciting work. On the other hand, I have been singing group songs for two days in a row in that program. Its practice has started about 1 month ago. The first day James is singing. I was on stage to volunteer. James is singing a little farther away from me. After a few songs, Brother James began to sing – “Aslam when I come alone, I will go alone when I go.” In front I see everyone jumping and enjoying the song. There was a twist in my heart. I know why the lyrics cut a line. A question came to my mind. Do those who are jumping in front understand these lyrics at all? Then I forget about it and I continue to enjoy it as before.

Don’t start after a few months. Lockdown was going through a very boring time. At first I did not go to the mosque for fear but later when I went to the mosque on a Friday, I was praying, reciting Surah Huzur but only the lyrics and the tone of the guitar kept coming to my mind. That’s when I realized why music is forbidden, how it leads one astray. I said to Allah, show me the way, I am in danger. I have been praying like this for a long time.

Then some short videos of Mr. Golam Sarwar Sayedee came in front of me. You know some of his videos went viral at the time. His words left another mark on my heart. Even then I continued as before. Listening to music every night was a habit. But suddenly one night I had a headache or for some reason I didn’t feel right, I fell asleep without listening to music. I wake up in the morning thinking there is a purpose to create me. I was not created by chance. I have to obey Allah or hell is inevitable for me. Just a poet we may have to go to hell for sin. There we have innumerable poets engaged in sin and we are at peace. We are engrossed in laughter. In fact, we all understand things, but the person who can realize Paradise and Hell can see the path of light. Not everyone realizes this.