If there is one city that can be called India's musical hub, it's Mumbai. Bollywood, of course, has a large part to play in that. Thousands of artistes migrate to the city every year to keep the Hindi film industry's wheels spinning, taking up jobs as singers, instrumentalists and composers. There is also a sizeable number of independent outfits whose careers run parallel to that of their counterparts in the movies. And it's given this tight connection with music which the city has that Roland, a major Japanese firm for electronic music instruments, has decided to launch an artiste relations centre here later this month. This will be their first in Asia outside of the company's home country.

Ketan Mohite