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Author: Param

  • The Top 100 Bollywood Songs Of 2012

    For the complete listing of songs with a rating of 3 and higher (on a scale of 5), go to the popular song listing for 2012 on MySwar. Also check out the playlist of randomly-picked well-rated songs of 2012. (Note: Click Shuffle to refresh the playlist.) And now, for the Top 100 Bollywood songs of…

  • iTunes Quietly Launches Music And Films In India (Links Available On MySwar)

    Digital India was abuzz yesterday with news of iTunes launching its music and films stores in India. I particularly liked the following posts covering the launch: http://nh7.in/indiecision/2012/12/04/rip-and-run-itunes-india-store-is-finally-here http://www.medianama.com/2012/12/223-apple-finally-extends-itunes-store-to-india/ While the buzz is mostly positive: iTunes is so expensive. Bought a Radiohead album with 27 songs for Rs. 50 twitter.com/aneeshb/status… — Aneesh Bhasin (@aneeshb) December 5,…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update October 2012

    A quick note on what we shipped last month: Prompt for search box. This is a small thing but people were typing all kinds of things in the search box (like “download please”), so we thought a prompt might help. Just to clarify – you can search for albums, songs or artists. Sorting. Now you…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update August 2012

    Here’s what we shipped this month on MySwar: Added Facebook Like and Google + buttons for artists, albums and songs. Personalize recommendations – If you have subscribed for the new release mailer, you’ll start seeing personalized song recommendations from the newly released albums based on your ratings. The more songs you rate, the better our…

  • Musicians Don’t Matter In India?

    Shubha Mudgal posted the following series of tweets yesterday. Check ID tags for Pyar Ke Geet on emusic..com. Artistes are Malaika Arora & Arbaz Khan. No composer, no lyricist or singer. Shame ! — Shubha Mudgal (@smudgal) July 25, 2012 Reflects the status of composer, singer, lyricists in the producer’s scheme. Obviously we don’t matter…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update June 2012

    Here’s what we shipped this month: Advanced search URLs – You can now share advanced search results through a URL. Here is a list of song sung by Lata Mangeshkar, composed by R.D. Burman and written by Gulzar. Popular songs by Genre and Year – The genre and year listing can be pretty heavy. To…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update May 2012

    Not many updates this month except that we have shipped a lot of new features. Check them out and let us know what you think: Ability to watch song videos. From Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui to Pareshaan. Forgiving search – Addresses transliteration variations and common typos. Searching for “nakab” will return results containing “naqab” and…

  • Piracy, Copyright Law and Social Trends

    This post is prompted by a comment on my review of Partners In Crime, a documentary covering the grey areas of piracy. In my view, the grey areas discussed in this DVD do not legitimize piracy, they expose deficiencies in copyright law. Piracy has been around for a long time and will continue to be…

  • Pancham Unmixed – DVD Review

    Pancham Unmixed is a homage to R.D. Burman by film-maker, Brahmanand Singh, the key word being “homage”. It is not a documentary or biography but an unabashed tribute offered by the filmmaker to his hero. The 2-hour film is a compilation of interviews with people who knew and/or worked with Pancham and also with a…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update March 2012

    Song listing for the 1950s went live on MySwar. You can find song listings for films like Baiju Bawra, Mughal-e-Azam, Adalat, Paying Guest, Pyaasa,  Anarkali and Naagin here. Bug/fixes cleanups implemented: Breadcrumbs – These are now implemented across the website. Good for navigation, good for SEO! Login issues – Fixed bug related to case-sensitive username…