I am really interested in Western Music. But our environment shapes us. And we have very little control on our environment. From 1977 when I was born till 1982 I was at Bombay (now Mumbai) and we used to make up and down trips from our native place is Orissa (now Odisha). After 1982 we shifted to Bhubaneswar i.e. state capital of Odisha.
In Bombay (late 70's) my parents had purchased a Record Player and several Records as well and it was at Bhubaneswar and gathered dust. Meanwhile technology changed in early 1980's itself and began the age of audio cassettes. We had purchased initially a flat audio cassette player. We bought a lot of audio cassettes as well. My father also purchased a car and with car soon came the cassette player in car. And during up and down trips from my grandparents place at Berhampur we used to listen to cassettes.
In late 80's my father bought a two-in-one as well. It was Philips model and red color; the flat one was also Philips make and Silver color. During the 80's we also used to listen to song program on TV (Doordarshan was the only channel) mainly "Chitrahaar". The audio cassettes we purchased were mostly Hindi audio and latest movies of that time. Though we did purchase a few English ones.
From early 90's onwards, I got more aware of my environment and was exposed to Cable TV. Cable TV ushered in the age of MTV. MTV was Music Television. Programming was 100% American initially and then Indipop also came in. In 1995-96, Channel V was formed as an offshoot of Star TV. MTV and Star TV parted ways and following that Star TV launched their own music channel.
I used to think Music means a lot like Classical, Jazz, Hindustani, Carnatic, etc. But MTV changed that perception. MTV made me realize that music was Pop, Rock, Metal, Hard Rock, rap, etc.
Meanwhile I got Record player repaired in early 1990's and used it along with a speaker and box (known as deck). It was bulky. Compared to present MP3 players and all, there was plenty of moving parts both in Record player and Audio cassettes.
I threw a lot of cassettes most often I dumped them on the side of the road. Similarly I have thrown all the video cassettes which we had. At present we do not have any video cassettes though in my native place there would be a few audio cassettes lying around. Often "reel" in the cassettes would snap and then I used to remove the cassettes using screw divers and in case of video cassettes used to joint the reels with "quickfix" a glue. And in case of audio cassettes I used to join the reel straight into the plastic clamp.
To be Continued
In Bombay (late 70's) my parents had purchased a Record Player and several Records as well and it was at Bhubaneswar and gathered dust. Meanwhile technology changed in early 1980's itself and began the age of audio cassettes. We had purchased initially a flat audio cassette player. We bought a lot of audio cassettes as well. My father also purchased a car and with car soon came the cassette player in car. And during up and down trips from my grandparents place at Berhampur we used to listen to cassettes.
In late 80's my father bought a two-in-one as well. It was Philips model and red color; the flat one was also Philips make and Silver color. During the 80's we also used to listen to song program on TV (Doordarshan was the only channel) mainly "Chitrahaar". The audio cassettes we purchased were mostly Hindi audio and latest movies of that time. Though we did purchase a few English ones.
From early 90's onwards, I got more aware of my environment and was exposed to Cable TV. Cable TV ushered in the age of MTV. MTV was Music Television. Programming was 100% American initially and then Indipop also came in. In 1995-96, Channel V was formed as an offshoot of Star TV. MTV and Star TV parted ways and following that Star TV launched their own music channel.
I used to think Music means a lot like Classical, Jazz, Hindustani, Carnatic, etc. But MTV changed that perception. MTV made me realize that music was Pop, Rock, Metal, Hard Rock, rap, etc.
Meanwhile I got Record player repaired in early 1990's and used it along with a speaker and box (known as deck). It was bulky. Compared to present MP3 players and all, there was plenty of moving parts both in Record player and Audio cassettes.
I threw a lot of cassettes most often I dumped them on the side of the road. Similarly I have thrown all the video cassettes which we had. At present we do not have any video cassettes though in my native place there would be a few audio cassettes lying around. Often "reel" in the cassettes would snap and then I used to remove the cassettes using screw divers and in case of video cassettes used to joint the reels with "quickfix" a glue. And in case of audio cassettes I used to join the reel straight into the plastic clamp.
To be Continued
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