Category: Music

  • If You Like Kun Faya Kun

    A non-establishment, music-buffs-based group called RMIM Puraskar came up with it’s list of the best songs of 2011 this morning and Kun Faya Kun came out on top. So I decided to give to check out MySwar recommendations based on Kun Faya Kun. Here it goes: Huq Ali – I was absolutely floored by this…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update January 2012

    MySwar.in opens up to public. We started the new year with a bang by opening up the MySwar beta for public on Jan 10. Thanks to all those who have used the website! Many of you have given us valuable feedback and we will be addressing them in future releases. Meanwhile, if you like what we…

  • India Losing Music Genres Due To Bollywood?

    India Losing Music Genres Due To Bollywood?

    The title of this post is a direct quote from an interview with Shubha Mudgal. Many months ago, I made a similar observation is a post titled Is Bollywood Overdose Killing India Music?. There is no denying the fact that Bollywood music’s overwhelming popularity suppresses non-film music. But isn’t Bollywood itself a melting pot of…

  • If You Like Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar

    Yesterday was Kaifi Azmi’s birthday. I am picking up one of my favorite songs written by him to play the MySwar recommendations for Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar: Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho – The song on the top of the list is hardly surprising. It is similar to Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar in many…

  • MySwar.Com Beta Open To Public

    MySwar is now available to everyone. This is just the beginning. We have plans to implement many improvements over the next few months. We got many ideas and suggestions came from our alpha/beta testers and we’re thankful to them. Please give it a spin and let us know what you think.

  • The Formula To Rate Music – Some Examples

    Here’s a response I got for my post on the music rating formula: @mavrixin you’ve to Justify your formula with a few samples! — Pavan Jha (@p1j) December 22, 2011 I agree that I should have probably included some examples but the post was already quite long and I was feeling lazy! So let me…

  • The Formula To Rate Music

    I have rated a number of songs on this blog over the last year or so through the Freaky Friday Playlist. I started off using a “gut-feel” approach and found myself disagreeing with my own ratings after I published posts! This gut-feel approach started seeming random and I came up with a formula for my…

  • MySwar.Com Beta Invites Sent

    So we finally got to the gut-wrenching, fearsome moment of releasing MySwar.in to Beta testers (please register on MySwar.Com if you want invites). We had a few Alpha testers (friends and family) check out the website over the last few weeks and got some good, solid feedback from them. I was happy that we anticipated…

  • Freaky Friday Playlist Nov-11-2011

    Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.

  • Mavrix Blog – The Most Popular Posts and Our Favourites

    We completed of one year of our blog on November 3 and I thought this would be a good time to do the customary round-up of our most popular posts and the posts that we, at Mavrix, like the most. Here goes: Most Popular Coke Studio India Must Be Cheered People – Please Get Off…