The 29-year-old, who hails from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, took professional training under Indian classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and later went on to sing soulful compositions like &quot;Tosey Naina Lagey&quot;, &quot;Saiyaan Re&quot;, &quot;Ek Lau&quot; and &quot;Manmarziya&quot;. <img alt="Shilpa Rao" src="http://www.mid-day.com/photos/plog-content/images/b-town-specials/the-other-side/shilpa-rao.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 503px;" /> &quot;I think the youth of today firstly need to learn music. That is something very important. Learning music and having knowledge of what you are doing is very important,&quot; Rao told IANS. She believes the current lot of youngsters have an advantage with the myriad platforms available to them to showcase their talent. &quot;One great advantage in this day and age is that there are so many avenues that are open for any musician nowadays. &quot;There is internet, radio, television and live performances. I think there are so many avenues that any person who wants to be a musician today can go out there (and showcase their talent). Becoming a musician is not that much of difficult decision to make,&quot; she added. Rao, who even has a band called Nine, recently turned mentor for a pop band called Rang. This initiative was part of a campaign called Ray-Ban-Never Hide Sounds, an annual property of eyewear brand Ray-Ban. The campaign aims to find young music talent across the country. Mentoring the six-piece group gave Rao the chance to learn a few things herself. &quot;Anything new that you do always gives you butterflies, but with every new experience you keep learning. With every new project you keep exploring yourself and growing. &quot;Even with this new band I have learned so much,&quot; she added.u00a0

Singer Shilpa Rao advises that musically inclined youth must resort to formal training to gain a foothold in the music industry

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