its all about giving good music in a traditional public performance says singercomposer shankar mahadevan as he gears up for a live concert with contemporary and classical notes and some nostalgia too the show titled shankar mahadevan live in concert will be held on december 3 at the shanmukhananda hall in the earlier days when an artist performed in an auditorium people used to pay money to buy tickets to listen to the musicread alsomumbai music scene set to brighten after 2 yearsconnoisseurs have reason to break into a song as the citys music scene is set to shed its twoyear covid inertia a harvest of music fests and sammelans is on its way to mumbai culture chroniclers said on sundaywe wanted to try out traditional regular public performances the concert is in a few days and it is already sold out its about giving some good music to people the singer told pti in an interview heremahadevan will perform popular songs including bollywood marathi folk fusion and devotional genres the concert will feature 32 musicians in the live strings section there is going to be a live session a big orchestra rehearsing with them putting and organising things the journey is amazing said mahadevan the retro tribute section will pay homage to stalwarts such as s d burman salil chowdhury lata mangeshkar madan mohan shankarjaikishan mukesh asha bhosle kishore kumar sahir ludhianvi and majrooh sultanpuri we are doing a tribute to all these amazing people who have set up an institution of music it is going to be a lovely musical experience i hope people enjoy it the 55yearold musician said srinidhi ghatate and raman mahadevan as well as eight chorus singers will join mahadevan on vocals this will be the third collaboration between ranade and mahadevan their association going back three decades they have previously worked on my country my music in 2014 and the masters a jugalbandi between mahadevan and ustad rashid khan 2018 on a collaborative project it is the process of creating that is more fun than the actual project mahadevan said ranade said he was in awe of mahadevans musical intelligence and dedication some of ranades most favourite mahadevan songs are gaana mere bas ki baat nahin from astitva the breathless album and tanhayee from dil chahta hai his work as part of the music composer trio shankarehsaanloy he would have sung songs many times but when he is in rehearsals he does impromptu things it is so much fun to work with him the camaraderie the friendship is there we both love to eat so that is the common thread said ranade who first worked with mahadevan in the late 1980s tv show mahadevan who has numerous songs in multiple languages like hindi tamil telugu and kannada to his credit said music labels unfortunately are in control of the decisionmaking process in the industry he also rued the fairly new practice of roping in multiple composers for a single movies soundtrack it is