 Welcome to yet another episode of Power People where we have the mousseau of the music industry and today we have a very special guest, Devak Singh Ji. Thank you very much. Who is known in the Punjabi music industry for his music albums, for his live performances. Thank you so much, Mr. Devak Singh. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. You are the best. Thank you so much. And the best part is that we are not recording it on Zoom. It is a live catch-up kind of a conversation. So, first of all, I would like to ask you how did this journey start? So, I believe in destiny. When my music started, before that it was written somewhere that I have to do music. I am very good at studies. I always used to meet teachers in class. And the students who were good at studying, they neglected me because of them. But I felt something was different. I felt something was different for them. So, I ran to the music room to save myself from studies. Because I had to go to Kabbalat. My teacher and music teacher told me that I go to Kabbalat very well. So, I used to go to the music room all the time to save myself from studies. I was not interested in music at that time. But there was a competition where you had to sing a folk song. So, to sing a folk song, everyone asked me if I had to sing a folk song in the music room. If there was anyone who could sing a folk song, I would have to sing a folk song. At that time, I listened to a Malkeet Singh's song. He told me that I had to sing a song. He told me that I had to sing a song a long time ago. So, I told him that I had to sing a song. So, I put my hand on it. I sang that song. And I went to the competition to sing a song. So, from the whole west zone of Delhi, there were 150-200 people who sang this folk song. I came to the third place in 150-200 children. So, I believe in destiny. When my music started, before that, it was written somewhere that I had to sing music. I was not good at studies. I always used to be beaten up by teachers. And the students who were good at it, who were good at it, I was neglected because of them. But I felt that there was something different in me. There was something different in me. So, I ran to the music room to save myself from studies. Because I had to go to Tablaal. So, the teacher and the music teacher told me that I had to go to Tablaal. And that I had to go to the music room. So, I used to go to the music room to save myself from studies. I was not interested in music. But there was a competition. You had to sing a folk song. So, to sing a folk song, I was asked in the music room, that if there was a folk song, someone would come to sing a folk song. So, I had to sing a folk song. And some time ago, I had listened to a song by a female singer. I had to sing a song. I had to sing a song before the song was released. So, I said that I had to sing a folk song. I sang that song. And I went to the competition to sing a song. And from the whole of West Jones, Delhi, there were 150-200 children who sang this folk song. In those 150-200 children, I came to the third place. I came to the third place. I won. So, when I won, the teacher who used to beat me up, who used to beat me up in the school, or used to put me in the school, suddenly, I started loving him. I started getting respect. In the morning, in the assembly, I was invited to the award. The principal gave me the award that he was a good boy. He was a good boy. Do something like this in the music. Everything was staged. So, all of a sudden, one of the awards began to be respected in my school. So, I thought that this work is very good. It has a lot of respect. I thought that this work is very good. Before that, I used to play cricket. I have been playing cricket since 8 years in Delhi. I have played cricket since 14-15. I have played cricket since 14-15. But I thought that this work is very good. It has a lot of respect for education. It has a lot of practice. So, this is the work. I had a desk there. So, I started the journey from there. After that, when I passed the 12th, I thought of doing it professionally. I told my mother that I wanted to do something in music. I want to go to music. So, in that era, when I passed the 12th, I was very scared. I was very scared. I was very scared. I started playing pop, assignment 9. I was going to be in India. I was going to go to India. So, that assignment came at that time. I thought that I also want to go to MTV. I wanted to watch MTV. So, I told my mother that I want to do something in music. So, my mother asked me what to do with my father. So, I asked my father that I wanted to do something in music. I wanted to make music my hobby. So, my father said that that would be fine. You do music. But God said that you do something. And she said I will do just such a thing. So she said that it would be fine. She will do music but what she said would work. So she said that she will do just such a thing. So she said what is the purpose of yesterday's marriage? So she said he will sing my son. Because I belong to a family, where we have MLA and I live with the army. He will give my son in marriage. So, she thought that she should be given a good hold. She told her that she will do just that in music. So my father said that if she wants to work in music. If I want to do anything, then I will have to give my 2,000% or 100 to 200 days of work. If I have to give a lot of money, then I will have to give my 2,000% or 2,000. My mother also said that the songs she used to sing till now are different from the songs she used to sing. So I started learning music from there. Ajmer Sinti Chandan is a very legend singer. I first learned music from him. After that Guru Rajendra Sinti is a radio plus artist. I learned music from him. Then I started the journey. It was great to be back benched and struggling with studying. Suddenly it turned around. It was popular in school. It was the biggest breakup I had ever had. When you thought that you have become my name. Was it a struggle? Was it also lucky for you that you didn't have a big break? This is also a destiny. As soon as I learned music, I worked as a back up artist for 4-5 years. In 2004-5 I started working as a band. I was very young. At that time I was very current in my body. I was running for 21-22 years. I was running to do something in my life. So I started from there. When I started working, I started to work. I started to work for 2-4 months. I started to work in the show business. I started to work in the show business. When I started working, the show was very good. The show was very good. I went to the party and repeated that I had to stop the door. I had to stop the door. In that case, one of my friends, Ramanjit Singh Rocky, He worked for me a lot. His company was a multi-level marketing company. He was very happy in my company. Every month I had a problem. The show was full-packed. 6-8,000 people. Every time the show came, it was a hit. He once told me that he went to the food market. He said, You do a lot of things. It was 2,000. It was 6-7,000. He said, You have done such a big hit show. You do so much work. Why do you take out albums? How old are you? I said, I don't have money. He said, I said, I said, You do a lot of work. He said, We do a lot of work in the morning. I went at 2 or 3 in the night. As I came here late, I woke up in the morning. I saw 5-6 of his calls on my phone. I called him. He said, You had to have lunch with me today. I said, I said, Are you serious? I went to his office. I went to his office. I went to his office and sat there. He asked me, How do I start this work? I said, You have to sing, You have to make a video. He said, You have to start this work with us. So, I thought, What happened? I was on the 25-30,000 show. He checked 3 Lakhs for me. He said, He is ready to spend money. I checked 3 Lakhs. I took a destiny from there. I said, He took it automatically. I made the first O-Tina song from there. I made the first O-Tina song in 2007. I made the first O-Tina song in 2007. I made the first O-Tina song in 2007. I made the first O-Tina song in 2007. I had to be a Punjabi instrument. I had to be a Punjabi instrument. But I had to sing in the music. So my first Punjabi music was Hip-Hop. I used Indian Pumbi in it too. I used Indian Pumbi in it too. That music was very different. I got a break from that song. From that song, I got the best from that song on TV. On MTV, On Channel V. I think that music was a turning point from that life. When I was in Delhi, my name was there, then I started to be named in the world, so from there I realized that that was the point of my life. So in music, who are your ideas? I have a lot of ideas. For example, I listen to a lot of different types of music. I listen to a lot of different people, but at the beginning when I started listening to music, I used to listen a lot to Mukesh Ji, Jagdish Singh Sahib. When I was 7, 8, 9, 10 students, I listened to Jagdish Singh's music till that time. In that era, there were no children or boys listening to music. The people who were standing there, they listened to music at that age. Because the tabla I had learnt from, the tabla I had learnt, they took the tabla from outside to listen to me. So I listened to them, I listened to Jagdish Singh Ji. After that, I understood a lot that I had to do Punjabi music. I listened to Guha Das Maan Tha Gopra, Shwanda Chanda Ji, I listened to him a lot. I listened to Dalai Bansi Sahib, I listened to Mika Ji. But from all these, I was very inspired. Because every person has a journey. People listen to songs, people listen to the journey behind the songs. So I listened to every person's journey, where it started, where it reached, how much it worked. So I was inspired by their journey. When Mr. Jagdish Singh was going to Ganga Nagar, he got up from there and went to Bombay. He worked hard there, he was there for so many years. So many such artists, even today, I still like big singers. I like their journey. The youngsters today, who are fresh, or the people of my style, who are not of the same style. So I can listen to a lot of people. I have two or three more questions. One is that you are a live music producer. Yes. You are live and recorded with labels. Where do you enjoy the most and why? After my life shows, I feel that I am an artist of Delhi, who has shown me over 1,700. I have 13 years and 13 years of my career. So I have been doing it since 2005-06. I have been doing it for almost 1,700 years. Otherwise, I have an Om Retort. I took care of my diaries. First, I took care of my diaries, then I took the dates. Why don't you take care of everything? So that show, when you go live to sing, and when you are in the studio, what I enjoy the most is that whatever you are doing, the reaction is instant. If you do well in front of you, then people will like it. If they don't like it, then they will start looking back. Or we will ask them to change the song. So that is a very instant reaction. It makes me very pumped up. It attracts me. You have a lot of things in the studio. If you go back from 8-10 years, then in the studio, first you have to practice singing. Then you have to sing that song. But today it is not that scenario. Today, you should sing with your phone. You will tune it and put it on. And then you will make a new texture of your vocal. It will feel fresh to listen to it. It will feel fresh to see it. The ball set is technically very strong. But what attracts me is the live show. Personally, I like it. And I am very sure that a lot of artists will be able to attract live shows. Because everyone's brain is the same. Tali and Salvi have to listen to it at the same time when they are singing. You have to listen to it at the same time. You have to listen to it at the same time. Later on, when you sing, people do it. It is also fun to sing live. Finally, I would like to go from you. You have to sing with your digital music. You have to become a digital platform for artists. It is not difficult for you to reach people. There are a lot of aspirational artists who want to show their work. Do you think it is easier to become a digital artist? For artists, for independent artists? Do you want to show your work? Or do you want to do nothing until you reach a label? There are two things that I like so much. According to them, as much as you agree with me. With digital music, I feel that you will become a hit. People will invite you. People will take you to the hospital. People will subscribe to your channel or YouTube channel. They will also like and share. But they will not be able to grow like that. As an artist, let me give you an example. There was a lady named Renu, who sang on a radio station. She was discovered. She was sung by her boss, Surila. She was taken to Bombay. Till then, she was singing for her. But as soon as she went to Bombay, she got a song. Suddenly, she became a celebrity with a good artist. So, the journey of good artists, influencers, YouTubers, Instagram viewers. Celebrity. For that, you will have to go to Bollywood. I feel that. Or you will have to do an independent pop. Because of your identity, because of your knowledge, not because of your name, but because of your digital re-hit. Digital re-hit means that I am a celebrity and someone's digital hit. So, I can call him an artist. He will get a platform. But that song will still be there. It will not be there. So, individually, I feel that your song is coming. It is very important. And if you want to grow, then Bollywood is the best place. To take out your song and establish yourself. As a celebrity. Amazing. And that was Vibhav Singh talking to us on Power People. The series that we run on nowadays. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Hello, Durbagh sir. Hello, how are you? So, can you sing your favorite Punjabi song? Or one of your own songs? My own song is most important to me. Thank you. Thank you so much. Hello, how are you? I am your Durbagh Singh. And you are watching Loudest Dot Ent. Please subscribe. If you want to know anything about music, then please subscribe to this channel.