Mavrix: Music + Data
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Mavrix Monthly Update December-2011
MySwar.in opens up for closed beta. We are grateful to the beta testers for the feedback. Most of it was around bugs that needed fixing and features that they felt would be useful. We know we have a lot more work to do. Prepping for open beta. While the closed beta was useful and gave…
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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…
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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…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18
Indian Ocean’s Sen begins to quietly plumb the Depths http://t.co/FEaHc2Ob via @zite # A new Bangalore-based indie music blog. Anonymous, opinionated,well-written. http://t.co/8CqATpY2 # “@mavrixin: A new Bangalore-based indie music blog. Anonymous, opinionated,well-written. http://t.co/8CqATpY2” And on Twitter @MoopCity #
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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…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11
You can literally play with 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with this cool gadget from Echonest http://t.co/fCf8Cire # Steve Jobs had no idea how big iTunes would become. All he knew was that it was a far better user experience. http://t.co/syxnXemb # People sang Dev Anand's film songs at his funeral! What a cool send-off! #
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