State of recording studio in Nepal

The dawn of modern Nepali music came in 1952, the year after the fall of the Ranas, when Radio Nepal was established; only a year later, Dharma Raj Thapa made recording history, selling 3000 copies of a novelty song about the conquest of Everest by Hillary and Tenjing Norgay Sherpa. A home grown recording industry took root under king Mahendra(19 5-72) himself something of a patron of the arts and with it came Nepal’s first wave of recording stars.

There are 60-70 registered recording studios in Nepal but only 20 of them are running. These studios not only records songs but also compose and arrange music for the singers. The recording studios also make add jingles, dubs film dialogue etc. most of the recording studios are run by the music composers. Talking about profit in this industry the studio owner’s life can be spent normally but the living standard cannot be raised by running a recording studio.

There is only one governmental recordind studio in Nepal i.e. Radio Nepal. Because of high chances of success in this field most of the recording studio are run solely and in context of Nepal all of the recording studios are sole business. Due to the advancement in technology in the present world recording has not been a tuff stuff. For example people had to gather in a single room of studio including singers and musicians and all had to play and sing in a balance which was very difficult and time eating task, but today the recording job has become very easy and fast even.

But again when we asked the owner of one of the finest recording studios of Nepal we came to learn that Nepal does not have any instrument required of its own. All the instrument and machinery products required are being imported from abroad which comes to be very expensive and people running the recording studios buy the duplicate product because they are far cheaper which in result gives low quality output. And it’s the main reason Nepal not being able to compete with other countries. Comparatively to India, Nepal is far back in both technology and quality. Therefore the quantitatively the state of recording industry is in a rise but qualitatively Nepal is still in grass root level.

Music Nepal is pioneering Music Company of Nepal. Registered as private limited company with capital of rs.200000 under industry act of government of Nepal in 1982. Music Nepal has over last twenty five years grown to be the largest music recording and publishing company of the country equipped with state of the art and technology in recording and duplication and capable of providing a one stop solution for all audio and video needs. From which it can be learnt that Nepal’s recording industrialists too has an international platform.