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This roadmap guides aspiring Indian Music Directors toward a professional career in Film, OTT, Advertising, and Independent Music. It covers film scoring, composition, orchestration, music theory, DAWs, collaboration, studio production, lyric writing coordination, background scoring, singer management, and industry networking. Ideal for indie composers and those aspiring to work in Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood, Punjabi industry, or as freelance music directors.
Build strong foundations in music theory, composition, melodies, harmony, and rhythm.
Learn scales, modes, chords, harmony, progressions, rhythm, time signatures, and melody creation.
Learn ragas, tala, ornamentation, and Bollywood harmonic structures.
Piano is strongly recommended for composers; guitar is secondary.
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