therefore taken a lot more seriouslywe often find that music sparks an instinctive love and abandon in young students today as against being just another extracurricular activity they are forced to take up in school when we first engaged with these kids they were singing kpop and adriana grande youd be surprised at the kind of ear they have for music says meghagmis curriculum is packed with indian and western music formation instrument study voice training and music tech with worksheets reference material and work plans in placein addition gmi also offers grants and scholarships to deserving talent later to study in their institute our goal is to equip students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds with all the knowhow and skill required to get into the countrys best music schools later keeping open the option of pursuing careers based on their interests rather than means she sayson the other hand musician viveick rajagopalan has been teaching the konnakol the art of performing percussion syllables vocally in south indian carnatic music to hiphop singersongwriters from mumbais subaltern with the singleminded intent to bring them into the spotlight two of them ganesh sonkamble mc khoj and aakash pandey mc dehaati have gone on to release their own music ganesh has also turned to teaching music at a local schoolrap is rhythm and poetry when you get a deeper understanding of rhythm you become a better rapper and konokkol does just that our boys often end up writing complex rhythm structures using konokkol we go with their words and ideas and add this as a dimension to make their sound more profound says viveick the angst the stories remain theirsclose to 20 youngsters between the ages of 17 and 25 have been trained by viveick so far many of them honing their skills and pursuing hiphop as a serious and distinct craft beyond its cultural identity of an underground music formhow your music is distributed results in how revenue is generated and we upskill indie musicians on the laws they are entitled to industry practices and aggregator platforms like cd baby through which they can put out their work without depending on record labels says music and entertainment lawyer sandhya surendran who also serves as a mentor in several such programmesmusic which was historically perceived as a subsect of the film industry is now emerging as an independent art form we must empower this transition and everyone who is making it happen