They pay me to be the titular reader of the series / I work more selectively and calculatedly

Theater News Base: Majid Akhshabi Singer, Composer, Arranger, Santour Player is one of the most frequent singers of TV series in recent decades, such as “Traveler from India”, “Missing” and “The Accused Flee” and programs such as “Iron Men”, “Ramadan Celebration”. “Bandeh Nawaz neighborhood” is one of his most significant activities.

The singer was recently the special guest of the “Serialist” program, and together with Pedram Karimi, the host of the program, they reviewed the lasting TV credits.

In his artistic career, Majid Akhshabi has collaborated with over 50 programs and TV series as a singer, composer and musician since the mid-1960s, but in recent years his presence as a titular singer on television has diminished. In response to his lack of work on television, he said: “The situation of the Radio and Television Organization is facing problems compared to the past, due to financial problems.” On the other hand, there is no specific estimate for the execution of the titration pieces and the figures are paid according to taste.

The singer continued: “In this situation, the captions have become a source of income for the radio and television. For example, some time ago, a friend of mine ordered a piece for the caption of his project, and I accepted, and to deliver the piece at the best Quality I started working; A little later he called and said that if I speak to you honestly, is it okay? That I said no! He said that one of the agents of the personal program has introduced that he is willing to pay 100 million tomans to give the titration to him to read.

He added: “Based on what I have heard and based on my personal experience, I can claim that the titration of TV series has become a place for producers to earn money to produce projects.”

Akhshabi, noting that he continues his musical activities but does not spend all his time reading captions as in the past, said: “I follow my own style in music and I avoid vain and disposable styles and I even protest why some Friends are the promoters of this style of music. Sometimes the producers are looking for ugly and kitty works in order to attract the audience in this way, which I do not see in myself due to these conditions to continue working as a titillator.
I write books and scientific articles in the field of music

This university professor, who has studied art research at the doctoral level at Tehran University of Arts, said about his scientific and musical activities: “I am currently engaged in scientific and research activities in the theoretical fields of music and I intend to publish my new books and articles.” And, of course, I teach at the university, and all of this together forces me to work more selectively and carefully.

He continued: “In all these years that I have been working in music, I have always tried to provide quality work and my goal is not to work temporarily or to accept any conditions and tastes in music for financial and economic issues.”

The singer of “Prizad” album, which is his latest music album, explained about the new album or tracks that he will release: “Unfortunately, the release of single tracks has been common among singers for years, and few people release music albums.” If I was going to release an album during these decades of musical activity, given the number of tracks I have read, I would have released dozens of albums by now.

He added: “I have prepared several tracks that I will release as an album if the situation arises, and if not, I will continue the previous routine.” I believe that with the advances that have been made in cyberspace and electronic communications, the release of the album is basically obsolete and the audience downloads the albums that are being released and may not listen to just a few tracks of the album anymore. Finally, this situation is good for us artists and we can focus more on each piece.
I have not seen TV series for years

The titular singer of the series “Dara va Nadar” and “Khaneh Be Doosh” said about the situation of TV series and home shows: The quality of content and structure of the series has sharply decreased and no one can deny that old series with a system of thought And better content was presented, and the sequences of those serials could be called works of art. Serialization has become less than qualitative in the current situation, in this situation it is clear that serials have no content and everyone has become the same.

He continued: “I have not seen TV series for many years, and television has not had an effect for many years. Even the pieces that I have sung in the subtitles of some low-quality series have not been heard at all.”

In the end, Akhshabi, referring to the influence of the audience in the production of better works by artists, said: In my opinion, in the field of visual arts and of course music, there should be a content and even a formal review because this is not a natural decline in audience tastes. Audiences must demand that artists present works that are more intelligent, more specific, more special, more meaningful and more beautiful. The situation has become such that the artist thinks that even if he coughs, there are people who will encourage and support him, which is why the present day of our art is the market turmoil that you see.