Music composer and producer Karsh Kale believes in giving his music time to grow and take its own shape, instead of limiting it with a deadline. His next album, which should have been released by now, has been delayed until further notice, owing to his creative juices, which are still flowing.

When Radioandmusic.com's Aashay Dalvi inquired about the delay, Karsh cut him off mid-questions, explaining, "I know. With every album I have done, from beginning to end, I just knock it all out and concentrate on the studio and stop going to places to perform. Because I have taken the time to sit back and listen to the songs properly, travel with them and get out of the studio, the movement has given it a whole new life. For me, it is the best I have worked on, probably because I have the luxury of time; to be able to walk away without any deadline. The only deadlines put up are those set by me."

His several performances in India in the past year led us to think that he may not have had the time to work with his band- The Collective on his upcoming album. "Well, as a matter of fact, yes, I have been working with them; I am working with them right now as we speak. This album has been in the works for about two years now, but we are taking long gaps in between. And we are all working against the clock here, especially since I am leaving in a few days," said Karsh, just hours before his performance at the Pepsi MTV Indies launch gig which took place at Mehboob Studios on 20 February.

As one of the senior most indie artists in the country today, Karsh has been in the indie scene the longest. Thinking of what could have been if there was a channel like Pepsi MTV Indies when he started out, he said, "I think it would have been very helpful. Earlier, there were always mainstream roadblocks when I started. It would have been very helpful to be on television. Television is a huge platform and you are reaching millions and millions of people. It is something you otherwise have to go city to city to see."

He further spoke about a shift in audience perception regarding independent music. "Who are all these people coming to the festivals? I remember four years ago when there were one or two music festivals a year, and now, there is one every month. When I go back to New York, there are so many artists who are extremely eager to play in India. They have seen the scene on YouTube; they have seen how big this thing is getting and how exciting the audience is. So, yeah, I think there is absolutely an audience for us," he added.

Billboard magazine's visionary composer and producer also took the time to shed some light on the current indie music scene in India and where he sees it heading. "Like any indie scene, for example, the Woodstock in the 70s' took over the mainstream and the indie scene in the 90s', when Nirvana came out and Lalpalooza happened; these were the moments where the independent scene actually burst out of the underground and literally took over the mainstream. What I mean by taking over, is not pushing anything aside, but, standing in just as much light as the mainstream. This is not about challenging any forms of music; this is about giving people a choice. Independent music is everything else. Right from, classical to hip hop to rock, it is everything but film music. It is for the artist.

When you are watching a Bollywood music video on screen, you are watching an actor bringing to life the director's vision, with a brief given to the composer, but this is solely the artist. And the more this happens, the more you will find a diverse music scene in India."