Category: Music
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Bollywood Melodies – Book Review
Passion and enthusiasm are uplifting and contagious traits. And it is the warmth of these qualities that you bask in as you read Bollywood Melodies by Ganesh Anantharaman. In the introduction to the book, the author confesses that he set out to write a book about the Bollywood music he truly loved – the music…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jan-28-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Rare Songs Should Remain Rare?!
Of late, I have been following a Google group called rec.music.indian.misc (popularly referred to as RMIM). Although the platform is dated, it is a very good forum for Indian (specially Hindi film) music lovers. I think it should move to Facebook, but that’s not the reason I write this post. The reason for this post…
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The Making Of A Fan
We like a song because of the feelings it creates in us. But does one song alone endear us to the artist? It may, but in rare cases. What if the artist creates many amazing songs over a few years – would we become fans? Possible, but not necessarily. After analyzing my own “fanhood”, I…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jan-21-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Coke Studio In India?! Fingers Crossed
Anyone who has seen the delectable live show program from across the border will understand why I am so excited about the news that Coke Studio may come to India! Like most Indians, I have many misgivings about Pakistan and it’s attitude towards India but I can’t help admiring, even envying, their music scene. What…
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Raghu Dixit’s Folk-Bhaavageethe-Rock Fusion
The recent trend of stylising Bhaavageethe with contemporary music is becoming very popular. A great and effective contributor to this style is none other than Raghu Dixit, who has significantly recreated most of the Sant Shishunal Sharif’s songs. This new genre is well-received and asking- for-more kind of stuff. Bhaavageethe – ‘Songs with Emotion’ (Bhaava…
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Genre Classifications – Result of Innovation or Exercise In Waste?
Wikipedia lists 259 electronic music genres 212 rock music genres 67 hip hop music genres 29 blues music genres 26 pop music genres How did this happen? Did experimentation and innovation result in so many different musical styles? Is it due to the bands’ quest to package and market themselves as “different” from others? Are…
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How Musical Are You?
BBC Lab UK has come up with a fascinating test of people’s musicality. It involves a series of questions about people’s interest and skills in music and takes about half an hour to answer. The most interesting part of the test is four sets of questions that involve clips of music: Group the Music –…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jan-14-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.