I myself have chosen the "career suicide" route of actually opting to attempt at maqam development... more specifically I attempt to enrich the maqam
system by interjecting elements of raga (or vise versa, however you want to see it).
People don't really understand this... but I don't care. On my death bed what will be important for me is not how many people bought my music - but
rather if I felt I made a valuable contribution or not. |