Neten Dorji
Encyclopedia
Neten Dorji currently works as Executive Producer with the Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Corporation (BBS). He is Bhutan
's first sound engineer. He has several music albums to his credits.
Traditional (rigsar
) Bhutanese music has been in a decline as rapid socio-economic development in the country has brought more expensive Western music to the fore. Dorji has used the modernized sound lab at BBS to record, preserve, and promote traditional music.
Bhutan Broadcasting Service
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service is the national radio and television service in Bhutan. A public service corporation, it is fully funded by the State and it is currently the only service to offer both radio and television to the Kingdom, and is the only television service to broadcast from inside...
Corporation (BBS). He is Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
's first sound engineer. He has several music albums to his credits.
Traditional (rigsar
Rigsar
Rigsar is a music genre, the dominant type of popular music of Bhutan. It was originally played on a dranyen , and dates back to the late 1960s. The first rigsar song, Zhendi Migo was a copy of the popular Bollywood filmi song "Sayonara" from the film Love in Tokyo...
) Bhutanese music has been in a decline as rapid socio-economic development in the country has brought more expensive Western music to the fore. Dorji has used the modernized sound lab at BBS to record, preserve, and promote traditional music.