Not many Punjabi musicians are so lucky as Punjabi MC to team up with artists like Jay Z. Back home in his home state Punjab,an Indian province, his fellow bhangra musicians go to an extent of selling their ancestors' land just to cut an album. A wannabe singer has to pay his music producer anything between $8000 to $17000. Add to it the cost of using a recording studio,producing a music video and other sundry charges,it is not easy for a person from a middle class background to release an album of his own. Many passionate singers aspire, but few continue the fight. It is more difficult if the singer is a female,coz she has to adjust with the more western life in metro cities like Mumbai.The producers have their own story. They say a studio has to shell out a little over $42736 to launch an artist and they don't want to take a risk.The singers vie for a share of pie,as known voices are invited for wedding ceremonies,radio stations and TV channels. And like Punjabi MC and the now famous RDB alias Rhythm Dhol Bass,they would like to record an album in a western studio too. Every year,over 400 albums are released in Punjab.
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