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The presumption must be that in 2021 everything in pop culture, including music, has slowed down. However, having lived through 2020 when the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic had already hit the world, the music industry learned to adapt.
Though Covid-19 is still a reality that has affected live music seriously, vaccines have brought the semblance of a silver lining. Given these abnormal times, major developments took place in the overall music ecosystem.
“I can’t believe the news today/Oh, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away/How long, how long must we sing this song? How long? How long?” – ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ by U2
By the musicians, for the musicians: Guitar Collective to put Pakistani artists on the digital map
Khurram Waqar s initiative will gather ace musicians to impart knowledge and help solve problems of artists today
KARACHI:
Frontman of KW & the Facedown Movement and lead guitarist of former prog-rock band Qayaas, Khurram Waqar has launched a venture for the ‘greater good’ of Pakistani musicians.
In these hyper-digitalised times, it is only fair for artists to form online communities instead of affiliating themselves with associations to help boost each other’s work. And amid the pandemic, when aspiring musicians have no one to turn to and live performers, nowhere to go, it only makes sense for the maestros to direct the lost and confused.