A.R.Rahman bats for proper music education for kids

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Underlining the need for music schools for youngsters, Oscar-

winning composer AR Rahman feels children across India should 

have access to proper music education.

Learning music is "not merely a side thing where you take tuitions 

in a house. If a kid wants to learn music, he deserves proper 

education in it," Rahman said.

Rahman, who founded KM Music Conservatory, a higher 

education institution focussed on music in 2008, said his efforts in 

setting up the music school has?inspired people in India to 

"understand that education of music is very important".

"If a kid in a family of doctors wants to study music, it is his right 

to demand that and come to a school like the K M Conservatory," 

he said.

Rahman added that he had been offered to open similar music 

schools beyond India`s borders in countries like Dubai and 

Malaysia but said he still needs to "perfect" the concept in India.

On whether he has plans to set up a music school in the US, 

Rahman said he might look at the possibility in future when he has 

more free time in hand.

"You cannot set up a school and let someone else manage it. You 

have to be passionate and be involved all the time, get constant 

feedback. That is my intention.For me a music school is like 

family, you cannot have kids and then say that they will growup on 

their own. You need to take care of them. The same applies to a 

music school," he added.

Among the various projects Rahman is currently working on are 

and `Monkeys of Mumbai`, which is DreamWorks Animation`s 

first-ever Bollywood-style animated musical adventure.

The Grammy-award-winning musician said he is always on the 

lookout for projects that are not repetitive and drive him to deliver 

his best.

"At this stage of my life, the projects have to compel, drive me. 

That is the kind of projects I am selecting. It is important that I do 

not feel that I have done this before," he added.