Tribune Take: When DIY music became the new normal in Pakistan
A better year for Pakistani songs comes to a close with new platforms and more original content
KARACHI:
For the past 12 months, discourse on anything, be it commerce, arts, and culture, sociology, science, or the correlation between all of them, ends up being a commentary on how the ongoing pandemic has been detrimental to a particular walk of life. With respect to arts and entertainment, it has almost become a cliché to talk about how the coronavirus has crippled the industry.
By no means does it mean that the plight of stakeholders doesn’t warrant attention. Film-makers, musicians, actors, and other performers, particularly the ones that did not fall under the 1% cream of the crop, have seen the rug slipped from underneath. If music alone is focused, with the sudden ban on concerts for an indefinite period, the main source of livelihood for musicians was cut off. The recording industry also witnessed a domino ef