State award winning Malayalam music director-singer M. Jayachandran said it was doubtful whether reality shows on television channels were aimed at moulding good playback singers or just 'performers'.

"There is abundance of talent on these shows. But there is no clarity whether these shows would help the participant repeat the performance in a studio," Jayachandran said at a meet-the-press programme in Thiruvananthapuram. Only very few singers who emerged winners in these shows became good playback singers, he said.

Jayachandran said he did not feel the existence of a 'clique' or 'lobby' in the music field. "Listeners are the only lobby in the field," he said. Composers will survive in the field if they are multi-faceted and singers if they are dedicated.

To a question on copying tunes, he said there was nothing wrong in using an element based on the beat of the original of a great song. Several song albums of late pop icon Michael Jackson had influenced composers around the world. Even film-makers see his albums before visualizing a song, he said. On remixing old songs, now common in films, he said there should be a reason behind such an attempt and should have the consent of the original composer.

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