Mavrix: Music + Data
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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…
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Freaky Friday Playlist April-01-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Music Locker Service – A Primer
Amazon beat Apple and Google in the race to launch a music locker service by launching its Music Cloud Player for the web and Android. This is a primer for anyone who wants to understand what the fuss is all about. What is it? A place ‘in the cloud’ to store all your digital music.…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-27
Rolling Stone analyzes Rebecca Black's hit internet single Friday. Brilliant! http://bit.ly/fxLylc # We are using the “Work for Us” app to post our jobs on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/47p9jok # Consolidation of movie/music industry? Another one – Vashu Bhagnani turns music label with FALTU. http://bit.ly/ih4Rhh # A new @arrahman biography. http://bit.ly/ewcsVl # Amazing deal on Queen's mp3…
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Freaky Friday Playlist March-25-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Why Streaming Music Is Not The Same As Owning It
An acquaintance of mine asked me why anyone would ever buy music when there are multiple on-demand streaming services available in India for free. I can answer the question from my perspective: Quality – I am yet to see any form of streamed music that matches the quality of CD music. In India, internet service…
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Music Wants To Be Free
Pirates (distributors and consumers) often invoke Stewart Brands’ iconic phrase “Information wants to be free” to justify piracy. In a recent discussion with a friend, I argued that Brand used this powerful phrase to suggest that information should be easily available to everybody, not that it should be available free of cost. My friend’s counter-argument…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-20
Zune is dead. What is Zune? Good question. http://bit.ly/hrBeYF # "Jon Bon Jovi accuses Steve Jobs of putting a shot through the heart of music" http://engt.co/i8GJdP 1/2 # Mr Jovi is out of touch with reality. If not for Steve Jobs, the music industry would be dead. 2/2 # Dont think this will neutralize the…
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Freaky Friday Playlist March-18-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Music Is A “Higher” Profession Than Medicine?
Why music is not a “higher” profession than medicine
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