The genre debate

The debate is catching on like wildfire. While one school of thought abhors the five nominations that the Dubstep genre garnered for this year's Grammy awards, the other group hails it as the new dawn of an age ruled by electronic music and programmed sounds.
Especially with Dave Grohl (ex-Nirvana, Them Crooked Vultures and Foo Fighters) having commented on his Grammy acceptance speech: ""This award means a lot because it shows that the human element of making music is what's most important.Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do." He went on, pointing to his heart and his head saying, "It's about what's in here" and commenting on the fact that "It's not about being perfect".
Therefore, as the debate rages on, we take inputs from a few local and upcoming musicians on which side of the traditional vs. programming debate the stand in.
Mathey Koshy, guitarist in his school band says that though he loves Dubstep artistes like Deadmau5 and Skrillex, nothing beats the classic charm and the live presence of bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or The Who, most of which made music decades before he was even born. "I grew up with my dad's Pink Floyd, Boney M and Sabbath records lying around, most of which he used to collect from his travels around the world. So take a Pink Floyd album and compare. Sure, there is an impressive section of live instruments, most of which can be replicated on stage. But a lot of it is still essentially programming," he argues.
Ganga Prasad, a 45-year-old rocker has done it all - from busking (street performing) on the streets of Delhi to the beaches of Gokarna and playing in a typical rock band of the 70's with the long hair, the attitude, everything. He explains that he is not really the one to talk about anybody's taste in music. I might not understand hip-hop or electronica and I definitely can't get what the deal about this Bieber fellow is. But I really don't care. Yes, I know that there is a lot of anti-Bieber material going around and there are 'purists' for every genre. The metal purists don't appreciate hip-hop and dismiss Nu Metal as fake metal or call Korn the Backstreet Boys of Heavy Metal. Then there are the Blues-heads who dismiss metal. Then there are now the traditionalists who want electronica and all other forms of programmed music under wraps and even get it done away with if they can help it. I say, shut the hell up and open your minds and your ears to the music. If you don't like it, then stick to what you enjoy."
"It's very easy for everyone to pass judgments about another person's music," says Megha John, vocalist in a college band. "It takes a lot to sit down and put your mind into writing a song, tune and composition. It might be the biggest thing to happen to music, it could be a Kolaveri Dior it could be the next best thing to have happened to your mother since Stairway to Heaven. Any way you see it, you have to give the musicians their due. They have at least put all insecurities aside and made a song - something which is times more than what most of us would ever do."