Professional Singing

Sankalp Khetwal | Vocalist | Bhairavas Band

What is Professional Singing?

Professional Singing is a great Career option. One should first understand What a Career in Professional Singing entails before investing time and effort to figure out How to start a Career in Professional Singing. Just like you would normally not trust a non Doctor with names of medicines, you should also not trust opinions about Professional Singing from non professionals.

Vocalist Sankalp Khetwal has worked in Professional Singing for 4 years. According to Vocalist Sankalp Khetwal, Professional Singing is:

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist.

How Vocalist Sankalp Khetwal got into Professional Singing?

I have done Visharat in Indian Classical Music from Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidalaya. I was inclined towards music since childhood and took up music as profession. I participated in Rising Star, a singing show on Colors. I have been performing with Bhairavas Band as a vocalist since 2013.

Vocalist Sankalp Khetwal's Talk on Professional Singing

Starts with what is:
1)	Professional Singing

Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Professional Singing, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Professional Singing. It discusses following headings for Education in Professional Singing:
2)	Music
3)	Sur Taal
4)	Visharat

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Sills and success in Professional Singing go hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills. It explains Skills needed in Professional Singing with these items:
5)	Keen Interest
6)	Genre Flexibility
7)	Practice
8)	Musical Observation

It is important to get an understanding of the Positives of Professional Singing. This Talk defines Positives in terms of following items for Professional Singing:
9)	Refreshing & Balancing
10)	Travel & Exposure
11)	Surrounded by Music
12)	Continuous Learning

Challenges define Professional Singing as much as the Positives of the same:
13)	Societal Pressure
14)	Digital Media

In the final section of the Talk, Sankalp Khetwal talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
15)	Professional Singing

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