The genius of true artists who transcend time are that they observe what others fail to at the time. Amyt Dutta hears sounds in his head which are beautiful, original as well as takes the listener to new places. As with such artistes there will be naysayers but that is the price of genius. Like Coltrane, Ornete Coleman or Zappa etc.
Wow .... I feel so fortunate to hear and know of this incredible, inspirational, artist musician. Irene, that you so much for sharing this ...I know I will watch and listen again and again...
'Skronk' (the terminology) genre I think is used for many of Buckethead's dissonant type music. I first heard of the term while going through Buckethead's music. Many of bucket's fan is quite familiar with the term Skronk.
Just like the modern Indian sub-continent's urban culture is a haphazard mixture of traditional Indian elements, some lingering bits and pieces of European colonial culture, and American capitalism and pop culture, all in all a total mess, so is the music of Amyt Datta. That way, Amyt Datta is probably one of the most genuine artists around today - a high-fidelty product and representation of the confused, delusional modern Indian urban culture. A dedicated, honest artist. But his musical taste and output are as questionable as contemporary urban Indian aesthetics. It is highly complex, convoluted at times, but devoid of any elegance and sublimity. And the contemporary cultural aesthetics of today's Kolkata too is that way. Hence, Amyt Datta's dedicated students are artistically the same mess as his music, but much less genuine. The students are largely aspirational and pretentious, while the teacher is not - but both are messed up artistically, thus pretty much in harmony. In the field of Western music, India has produced very few really good musicians: Zubin Mehta and Freddy Mercury being the top two. Then there are several other names that are touted for their incredible musical masturbatory prowess on the stage, wowing and dazzling the audience much more with the impenetrability and obscurity of their music than with any sublime, emotionally stirring music. The rest is a massive pile of turd. India is yet to produce another truly world-class musician in the Western idiom. Do not be impressed any otherwise.
He maybe a good tutor, maybe the best around. Could/Can/Is possibly the best sessions guitarist in India or even the subcontinent. But have to say this. He sucks at songwriting originals. Its an ear pain with all that dissonance /m\
Well most of the greatest fusion artists of all time are madly dissonant. Alan holdsworth was incredibly dissonant. Mike stern is. They're not your garden variety pleasing to listen to things. But then the intricacy of it has a much deeper musicality.
@@subhajitlivewire 5 Points - 1) Not a big fan of Holdsworth either, putting fancy dissonant chords together isn't my thing maybe. 2) Mike Stern is different though, with the riffy and groovy lines on his songs. Much sweeter. 3) intricacy and depth do not necessarily go hand in hand, one can be intricate and equally boring also, so your argument stands moot here. 4) Amyt I am sure will not be too happy with you bearing him similarities with Holdsworth, Stern, he clearly wants to distance himself with any other global artists sound, so your support is actually going right against what he himself feels about his music. 5) Why does it always have to be a Bengali fan :)
@@alexjoseph644 in person, he's a huge fan of holdsworth, lukather and Larry Carlton and cites them as major influences in his current sound. I'm not saying he's analogous to their sound, but yes there are similarities. Even some to John Scofield. I don't know about the bengali thing, for me he's the most original Indian guitar player I've heard. Even all of the fusion artists I named have similarities with one or the other. His sound has similarities with these few some according to him some in my humble opinion. And the dissonance thing isn't everyone's cake but so is this kind of music, it's never meant to be chart toppers. But one thing I disagree, is the groovy part, the Amyt datta quartet has few of the most groovy and rhythmically complex numbers of all the Indian instrumental acts in the last few years.
And sorry to say boring is a more moot point. Its the most relative word in the world. The average Indian audience finds every form of music that is not bollywood and maybe some rock, pop and folk music boring
The genius of true artists who transcend time are that they observe what others fail to at the time. Amyt Dutta hears sounds in his head which are beautiful, original as well as takes the listener to new places. As with such artistes there will be naysayers but that is the price of genius. Like Coltrane, Ornete Coleman or Zappa etc.
Wow .... I feel so fortunate to hear and know of this incredible, inspirational, artist musician. Irene, that you so much for sharing this ...I know I will watch and listen again and again...
India West Bengal Kolkata❤️🇮🇳 Amit Dutta is the most melodious guitarist all time Amit Dutta is the Calcuttas proud🤘👏
Thank you for this interesting and enlightening video. Wonderful!
Amyt Datta is like a demigod guitarist... Inspiration of thousands...🙏🙏🙏
He is genius like a guitar god!_/\_
'Skronk' (the terminology) genre I think is used for many of Buckethead's dissonant type music. I first heard of the term while going through Buckethead's music. Many of bucket's fan is quite familiar with the term Skronk.
My teacher ❤️
How can I get a chance in his classes??
What are the asthetics of amyt datas residence .
God of guitar....rather say god of music
God kisko kehte hain maloom hqin kya
Yeah.. true.. sit dwn wid Amyt Datta fr 10 minutes and you have an ocean of music within you..
Sir apnar contect number ta den
Just like the modern Indian sub-continent's urban culture is a haphazard mixture of traditional Indian elements, some lingering bits and pieces of European colonial culture, and American capitalism and pop culture, all in all a total mess, so is the music of Amyt Datta. That way, Amyt Datta is probably one of the most genuine artists around today - a high-fidelty product and representation of the confused, delusional modern Indian urban culture. A dedicated, honest artist. But his musical taste and output are as questionable as contemporary urban Indian aesthetics. It is highly complex, convoluted at times, but devoid of any elegance and sublimity. And the contemporary cultural aesthetics of today's Kolkata too is that way. Hence, Amyt Datta's dedicated students are artistically the same mess as his music, but much less genuine. The students are largely aspirational and pretentious, while the teacher is not - but both are messed up artistically, thus pretty much in harmony.
In the field of Western music, India has produced very few really good musicians: Zubin Mehta and Freddy Mercury being the top two. Then there are several other names that are touted for their incredible musical masturbatory prowess on the stage, wowing and dazzling the audience much more with the impenetrability and obscurity of their music than with any sublime, emotionally stirring music. The rest is a massive pile of turd.
India is yet to produce another truly world-class musician in the Western idiom. Do not be impressed any otherwise.
He maybe a good tutor, maybe the best around. Could/Can/Is possibly the best sessions guitarist in India or even the subcontinent. But have to say this. He sucks at songwriting originals. Its an ear pain with all that dissonance /m\
Well most of the greatest fusion artists of all time are madly dissonant. Alan holdsworth was incredibly dissonant. Mike stern is. They're not your garden variety pleasing to listen to things. But then the intricacy of it has a much deeper musicality.
@@subhajitlivewire 5 Points - 1) Not a big fan of Holdsworth either, putting fancy dissonant chords together isn't my thing maybe. 2) Mike Stern is different though, with the riffy and groovy lines on his songs. Much sweeter. 3) intricacy and depth do not necessarily go hand in hand, one can be intricate and equally boring also, so your argument stands moot here. 4) Amyt I am sure will not be too happy with you bearing him similarities with Holdsworth, Stern, he clearly wants to distance himself with any other global artists sound, so your support is actually going right against what he himself feels about his music. 5) Why does it always have to be a Bengali fan :)
@@alexjoseph644 in person, he's a huge fan of holdsworth, lukather and Larry Carlton and cites them as major influences in his current sound. I'm not saying he's analogous to their sound, but yes there are similarities. Even some to John Scofield. I don't know about the bengali thing, for me he's the most original Indian guitar player I've heard. Even all of the fusion artists I named have similarities with one or the other. His sound has similarities with these few some according to him some in my humble opinion. And the dissonance thing isn't everyone's cake but so is this kind of music, it's never meant to be chart toppers. But one thing I disagree, is the groovy part, the Amyt datta quartet has few of the most groovy and rhythmically complex numbers of all the Indian instrumental acts in the last few years.
And sorry to say boring is a more moot point. Its the most relative word in the world. The average Indian audience finds every form of music that is not bollywood and maybe some rock, pop and folk music boring
@@subhajitlivewire that's a stereotypical statement