Video exposure for singers builds a brand: Arjun Kanungo


Noida, Aug 8 (IANS): After singing "Khoon choos le" for a Bollywood film, Arjun Kanungo made waves with his debut single "Baaki baatein" -- the music video of which featured him. He says musicians get more exposure in visual form.

"I have a degree in marketing, so from the way I look at it, if you are trying to build a brand, I think any exposure you get in the visual form is much more than the audio form," Kanungo, who was performing at the Gardens Galleria here, told IANS. 

Kanungo says his singles "Baaki baatein" and "Fursat" have helped him gain recognition. 

"I did playback music way before pop music... With the two songs I did, I've made several more fans than I made with 10 hit songs in Bollywood. With Bollywood, I didn't get as much recognition or coverage," he added. 

The Mumbai-based singer, who won a Global Indian Music Academy Award for his debut single, says having one's face in a song makes a huge difference for musicians. 

"People know who Badshah is, who Yo Yo Honey Singh is... They know all these artistes because they put their face on their songs," he added.

Kanungo is also a trained actor and studied acting in New York.

Asked if he plans to act in films, Kanungo said: "I am doing a web-series this year which I wrote myself... I think a web is a good way to start."

When does he plan to take out his next album?

"My next single will come out in end of September. It has got a quite a few Punjabi in it... It's not a ballad or dance song. It's completely something else," Kanungo said. 

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Video exposure for singers builds a brand: Arjun Kanungo



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.