Category Archives: Tweets

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-05

• Samsung to launch music service in India through Hungama. If it's like Nokia Ovi (likely), will there be any takers?http://bit.ly/jDktOh 1/2 #
• Nokia Ovi – You buy a song and you can play it on one PC and your Nokia phone. That's it. WTF?! 2/2 #
• Streamlined syncing between users' libraries and the cloud does not really make Apple's iCloud transformational. http://buswk.co/mbx6Dt 1/2 #
• If iCloud lets me listen to music that I don't own yet, I might consider it transformational. 2/2 #
• Raghu Dixit to compose music for Yash Chopra's "Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge?". http://bit.ly/kNOpSt PS: I hope I got the right number of a's. #
• Nice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFple_7vDPY&feature=youtu.be http://fb.me/IY7BYz2v #
• Indian music industry-Don't like piracy? Create alternatives that are more convenient than piracy.http://tcrn.ch/l5sAHq http://bit.ly/gIHprJ #
• Check out Rahman's unseen pictures ! http://fb.me/ze7Kga5R #
• What song are you listening to? See this video and answer the question in the comment…. http://fb.me/R6HpDev5 #
• Added Twitter Follow and FB Like buttons to our website. Finally. Now you don't have to leave us to like us! http://bit.ly/ipJLlk #
• Vote for the Greatest Singer of All Time. With no Saigal, Lata, Asha, Rafi, Kishore, Yesudas, SPB, etc on the… http://fb.me/sY8KLAik #
• Like Hindustani? And Rock? Together? You might want to check Advaita out…. http://fb.me/12ktFXuTw #
• Sonu Nigam records song with Kunal Ganjawala for the Theme song of Karnataka Bulldozers Cricket team who is… http://fb.me/11fsaZ2CS #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-29

• Looks like something to look forward to! http://fb.me/12OHy4VbN #
• Interesting take on Google music. http://bit.ly/ms7qUF 1/2 #
• "A major drawback for many Indians even when it comes to India is that Google will remove any tracks that are violating copyrights" 2/2 #
• Sonu Nigam is on cloud 9 – The Times of India http://fb.me/YePCMmGM #
• Sonu Nigam's first ever International single, "Lets Go For Glory" – Out Now on Universal Music..!! http://fb.me/xe0Zldrk #
• Mick Jagger forms a new band. And @arrahman is in it! Mindblowing! http://bit.ly/lpUO0x #
• Music therapy at work. http://bit.ly/l3OURf #
• Spotify on Facebook? Apple, Google and Amazon Clouds must be raining in their pants. http://bit.ly/ja1elP #
• Looks like mSpot has stolen the march on the Big 3 by launching a music locker with streaming of music you don't own. http://tnw.co/ircNBT #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-22

• Now wat do u call this..?? A CARROT CLARINET..?? brilliantly done 🙂 http://fb.me/GmXRMl1e #
• Thanks! http://fb.me/XXt6siaS #
• Wahwah.fm lets you broadcast music you're listening to real-time. Pretty cool. http://bit.ly/iRbrx3 #
• Awesome video of Paul Simon calling a fan on stage to perform Duncan. Moving stuff!… http://fb.me/zAnXkWdC #
• Singer Karthik talks abt A.R.Rahman – 1 http://fb.me/G7zH0oRS #
• Apple may announce its cloud service on Jun 6. High expectations after Amazon/Google's half-hearted attempts. http://bit.ly/lHkL7Z #
• One of our team members, Fidel, gets our first media mention in a restaurant review! 🙂 Who woulda thunk?!… http://fb.me/Ya4ydodj #
• Pete Townshend about his guitar smashing antics vs Hendrix's. "With him it was erotic, with me it was rape." #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15

• It always sounds different when its bein played in Rahman's Concert..!! Ask Hariharan about Improvisation.. He'll… http://fb.me/RN3y5sU3 #
• After Amazon, Google introduces cloud service without music label approval. All eyes on Apple now. http://nyti.ms/inMABe #
• Like the sarod in Mitwa (KANK)? Want to know who's playing it? Check this out. http://bit.ly/igf5Iq #
• Abhijeet disses MDs for making empty promises to contestants on talent shows. You can't disagree with him for once. http://bit.ly/k9v7PT #
• "Hungama.com and Nokia associate on the Hungama MyPlay App" http://bit.ly/kNj8XX #
• Finally, someone talking about innovation in music. Cool! http://bit.ly/kuDqRb #
• Music labels need to do a lot of things but should they give up expectations of earning from digital music? http://onforb.es/mbXysN 1/2 #
• The writer makes rambling arguments and takes the safe route of criticizing the big guys and playing nice to "consumers". 2/2 #
• Sify/Radio City launch online radio. Listeners can play songs from a short list or listen to Radio City online. http://bit.ly/jSwgvP #
• RIP Bob Marley. His 30th death anniversary. http://bit.ly/ieHyYm #
• Apple cloud service will kick Google's and Amazon's butts. http://cnet.co/jTOexR #
• Three brothers play banjo, violin and guitar. So much talent in one family?! Not fair!… http://fb.me/VxVKeF4f #
• This truly is Brilliant..!! http://fb.me/JDcCCbhu #
• Court tells Universal Music – "Bahut na insaafi hai!". http://bit.ly/lPWkTY #
• The first kid could actually work for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMmA5dm-Q_w&feature=player_embedded http://fb.me/XDkBOtj3 #
• Youtube launches music charts. http://www.youtube.com/music http://fb.me/XzPsCAf4 #
• I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album "Office Party" http://fb.me/11wuJY6sv #
• “@Kailashkher: Mtv, Its a sign of "Back to music" finally” Expectations from Coke Studio soaring. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-08

• Shekar Kapoor to recite poetry in Midival Punditz/Karsh Kale songs…. http://fb.me/WSlg3F9B #
• Sonu Nigam to recreate Mohammad Rafi magic with Pyarelal's live show in Mumbai.. http://fb.me/Vz7GOL85 #
• You may have heard of lip-sync, but ear-sync?!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV9b7Vuvaw8 http://fb.me/11dR5noeC #

• This isn't a bad strategy of selling classical music to the Y-gen – a) Fresh, young faces (pretty ones at that!),… http://fb.me/xqF0ADJ9 #
• Sennheiser launches showroom in Bangalore on Cunningham Rd. All of us at the office use their headphones. Go for 'em! http://bit.ly/mDuAXQ #
• With the launch of a download store, the most serious competition for iTunes may not be Google or Amazon, but Spotify. http://bit.ly/lXzpl9 #
• Pretty cool crowd-sourced music via Coke/Maroon 5. Free download too!… http://fb.me/YOFcl6Yz #
• US Man Pleads Guilty to Music Piracy Charges http://bit.ly/jugpfj #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-01

• Now tel me how many of you guyz know that Sonu Nigam sings Ghazal..?? I heard it for the first time.. Now its your… http://fb.me/PPVXeD1e #
• Rumour about rumours about Metallica playing in India. http://bit.ly/e53elt #
• Coke Studio India singers' list. Hope they bring in more regional, non-Bollywood singers! http://bit.ly/fIABT3 #
• "Max Mathews, Father of Computer Music, Dies at 84" http://nyti.ms/fWbEBq via @nytimes #
• Video of Enrique Inglesias' "India mix" of Heartbeat featuring @SunidhiChauhan5. Sunidhi is awesome! http://bit.ly/hDh7lp #
• Actually, as far as I am concerned, it's a Sunidhi song featuring Enrique. 🙂 #
• Norio Ohga, father of the compact disc, passes away. http://nyti.ms/gEoXdA #
• Groovy, feel-good cover of "Ina Mina Dika" by an indie band from Los Angeles…. http://fb.me/wYyMar2b #
• Kannada song in a Hindi Movie..?? even we din believe it.. Listen to believe.. an awesome track from "I AM"..!! http://fb.me/wY3nms0S #
• Kailash Kher Exclusive..!! Singing Kannada, Tamil and few other favorite songs of his..!! http://fb.me/FbKfHtF8 #
• East meets West. Sarod meets Strings. Nice…. http://fb.me/VLxr5Qwg #
• Another DVD on our wishlist.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvaY3-E7ToI http://fb.me/115yYLy46 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-24

• Rare, heart-warming interview of Kishore Kumar by @mangeshkarlata. http://on.fb.me/gdJT1n #
• Talk about fresh perspective! "A blind film critic reviews Scre4m" http://bit.ly/ii3ACt via @ebertchicago #
• Music truly knows no boundaries. A story of how A.R. Rahman's Chaiyyan Chaiyaan rocked Indonesia…. http://fb.me/v7kx4wdk #
• Cool song (and video) that urges you to follow your dreams. Killer violin…. http://fb.me/zHlrNfC6 #
• Rolling Stone's reader-voted best music videos of all time. Awesome list…. http://fb.me/Xn4B2Ofs #
• The Raghu Dixit Project announced getting back together with violinist HN Bhaskar yesterday. Raghu Dixit and… http://fb.me/xAlFdcKH #
• The li'l kid in Black is Sonu Nigam's son, Neevan Nigam and the one in the cute frock is Lata’s grand-niece… http://fb.me/xLFSQ3VS #
• Naveen Nigam & Saanjali..!!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKVMgbUtlck http://fb.me/DWDGEbP6 #

• Neevan Nigam & Saanjali singing.. http://fb.me/XV0PGxWU #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-17

• "Steve Jobs Official Biography Arrives in Early 2012" Has bestseller written all over it. http://on.mash.to/fXx0tx #
• Desi Lady Gaga remix. http://bit.ly/exCMqM #
• Internet radio usage numbers in the US look too good to be true. Probably an indicator that they're not true. http://bit.ly/fLCTq4 #
• "Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulakshmi Award” to Carnatic vocalist Nisha P. Rajagopal. http://bit.ly/gOVIVS #
• Singer Chitra's daughter dies in a pool accident. 🙁 http://bit.ly/hYzVLw #
• Spotify reduces free allowance. Wonder when the Indian streaming players will introduce restrictions on free. http://bit.ly/gWF7GA #
• RIP Sachin Bhowmick. http://bit.ly/fQ2MQ9 #
• We are looking for a data-entry freelancer located in Bangalore. https://mavrix.in/jobs/ #
• Someone forgot to tell India that it's Record Store Day tomorrow. No participating venue in India. http://bit.ly/byz4Ny 1/2 #
• That tells us something about the state of music in India. 2/2 #
• "Why Google Should Buy the Music Industry" Yeah, right! http://bit.ly/ijoTjy #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-10

• Top 5 frequently used trailer music. http://bit.ly/gkITiV #
• Bob Dylan's influence on the law. http://nyti.ms/fWEj6H #
• Cloud music -> Cheaper devices due to lower storage need -> More people with devices -> More music consumption. http://bit.ly/epMEDK 1/2 #
• Interesting justification. But does it work from the customer's standpoint? Isn't cost of ownership lower on local storage device? 2/2 #
• Can't wait to get my hands on @arrahman's biography. @flipkart – when is it coming in stock? http://bit.ly/f0xlhf #
• Hilarious! "The Top 10 Types of Douchebags in Tech and How NOT to Be One" http://bit.ly/hXuYTh #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-03

• "Sonu Nigam turns Bollywood composer" http://bit.ly/fFQz5L via DNA #
• "Just One More Year Until Digital Music Beats Physical CD Sales" http://ti.me/dXoCYq via Time.com #
• "Ranbir to perform live, turns real rockstar". Can he match Farhan Akhtar in Rock On!? http://bit.ly/h5ledt #
• If Munni has entered Guiness records- http://bit.ly/gfhj7F – why can't I find it on Guiness' website – http://bit.ly/ihMjef. Publicity scam? #
• "Global recorded music sales fall almost 1.5bn amid increased piracy" Same report says India sales up 16.5%! Say what?! http://bit.ly/fUIYcc #
• "Will Amazon's Cloud Music Service Fly?" If cloud music flies, the only player that wins is the telecom company. http://buswk.co/hei5fx #