Mavrix: Music + Data
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Freaky Friday Playlist Oct-21-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Digital Music Landscape II: Discovery
[This is the second part of a three-part post covering the digital music landscape. You can read the first post here.] In the second part , let’s look at the different approaches of music discovery. Regardless of the approach, the end objective is to help people find new music. Music for music’s sake The Music…
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Digital Music Landscape I : Recommenders
[This is the first part of a three-part post that provides a high level overview of the digital music landscape where Mavrix and MySwar fits in.] Recommender: specific type of information filtering system technique that attempts to recommend information items (movies, music, books, news, images, web pages, etc.) or social elements (e.g. people, events or groups) that are likely to be of interest to the user. – Wikipedia…
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Nostalgic 90’s with Kumar Sanu
Writing about the Hindi film music of 90’s is like writing about one single man and that’s Kumar Sanu. If I say that the man ruled the Hindi cinema in that decade, it wont be wrong. What he gave to the listeners in 90’s with some brilliant music by the duo Nadeem-Shravan was magical. You…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-16
Rest in peace Jagjit Singh. Your silken voice and soothing melodies will remain with us forever. # Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar – a song that would find a place in any Jagjit Singh playlist. We'll miss him. http://t.co/MO0WvlTu # Steve Jobs' Music Vision via @RollingStone http://t.co/UdCwd6e4. Jobs' passion for music and negotiation skills made iTunes…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Oct-14-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Coming Soon! The Complete Guide To Hindi Film Music.
We’re launching! We’re launching! We’re launching! Soon that is. The beta will launch in a few weeks and the public launch will happen soon after. We’re calling it MySwar.in because in the end, it’s about your taste in music. The Coming Soon page is up so you can sign-up right away and be one of…
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Working in a Startup – The Learning Curve
It’s been 9 months I quit my 5 years job in a prestigious company, Infosys BPO Ltd, and joined a startup. Today I feel contended for taking that brave leap. I made the decision because Mavrix’s intentions and my interest were like cake and the cherry. The journey so long has been memorable, a crash course in…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09
Ranjit Barot's aggression wrecks Rabbi's Heer in MTV Unplugged. http://t.co/o2oXvda5 # I think the writing on the wall for Mr Barot is pretty clear-Tone it down,recede to the background and let MTV Unplugged be about the artist # Another TV music show that sounds promising. Yun Bana Ye Song – the story behind the song.…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Oct-07-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
Are you a Hindi film music nerd?