Mavrix: Music + Data
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Anatomy Of Bollywood Hit Songs in 2010
An analysis of the top 5 mobile downloads this year: See any patterns?
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Indian Music Milestones in 2010
Here is our pick of the top milestones related to Indian music in 2010: AR Rahman’s nomination for Golden Globe – For a few years now, AR Rahman has been steadily progressing towards becoming a global phenomenon. However, this nomination gives him a big push in that direction because, unlike Slumdog Millionaire, his score for…
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Why Google Docs Makes Sense For Startups
A startup has to select its office software (documents, spreadsheets, etc) early on. We picked ours based a quick and dirty assessment (is there any other kind for a startup?). Here goes: In the end, we selected Google Docs because: It’s free. It’s not the best office product but our needs aren’t very sophisticated. Collaboration…
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Classical Music Is Dead! Long Live Classical Music!
Over the last few days, there has been a spate of news reports (like this and this) bemoaning the decline of classical music in India. The concern is understandable. Two things have changed over the years – a) Classical music faces a lot more competition from other music forms, b) Music itself faces more competition…
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AR Rahman’s 2011 Golden Globe Nomination
Golden Globe announced the nominations for 2011 awards. The nominations for ” BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE” are as follows: Alexandre Desplat – The King’s Speech Danny Elfman – Alice In Wonderland A.R. Rahman – 127 Hours Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – The Social Network Hans Zimmer – Inception As a big AR Rahman…
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Company Setup Is Better Than LLP For Indian Startups
As any startup, one of the first things I did was to try and figure out what kind of a legal entity my company should be. Ruling out proprietorship and a partnership was a no-brainer due to liability issues. It then became a choice between a company (Private Limited) and an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership).…
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Startup Interview Tips
I had a very disappointing Saturday. I had four interviews scheduled and only one of the candidates showed up. When I asked the HR firm I was using, they said that it happens a lot because techies get “hundreds of offers”. I get the demand-supply dynamic but not turning up for a scheduled interview is…
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9 Beatles Songs Influenced By India
The Beatles flirted with India for a while and it showed – in their facial hair, their clothes, their fascination for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and spiritualism, and yes, their music. I list here nine songs by The Beatles, that were in some way influenced by India – either the composition itself or the instruments used…
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3 Kishore Kumar Stories
Kishore Kumar was not only a legendary singer, he was a brilliant, colorful and sometimes, eccentric personality. It was only a matter of time before someone decided to make a movie on him. News is that Ranbir Kapoor will be playing him in this movie. I have liked Ranbir in most of the roles he…
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The Mystery Of The Missing Raghu Dixit Album
I have been following Raghu Dixit closely over the last few weeks. I found out about him from a tweet by Vishal Dadlani, who, along with Shekhar Ravjiani, ‘discovered’ and promoted him. In fact, Raghu Dixit’s one and only album has been released by their label. My curiosity piqued, I checked out Raghu Dixit’s sound-check…
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