'Recorded music market in India should be based on free market practices'

'As time goes by, we will see more investments happening', said Fernandes

If they get fair value for their product, producers and record labels will flourish and trigger more investment, Blaise Fernandes tells Shubhomoy Sikdar

How do you see the market for non-film music emerging and how can opportunities in that be tapped better?

The music market, as it stands today, comprises of 65-70 per cent film music and the remaining is non-films where you don’t see a lot of local genres evolving. But with the opening up of digital media with smartphone penetration and better internet connectivity, you can see how each state has three to four kinds of different dialects and