Mavrix: Music + Data
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The Top 100 Hindi Film Songs Of 2014
It is that time of the year again. The snobs may look down on it, but “best of” lists are a simple and effective way to record and revisit great music over time. We like to think that the lists on MySwar are a little different from the rest because they are based on ratings from many people…
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Non-Film Albums Now Available On MySwar App
So far we had only Hindi film albums available on the MySwar app. Over the weekend, we rolled out an update that makes non-film albums also available. This means that the best works of artists like Jagjit Singh, Indian Ocean, Shubha Mudgal, Raghu Dixit, Swarathma and Vasuda Sharma are now available on our app. It also means…
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Best Of Bollywood 2014 – Call For Your Rating
As 2014 draws to an end, we are getting into the list season. The Best Of Bollywood lists we drew up for 2012 and 2013 are immensely popular and understandably so. Many of us don’t have as much time as we would like to immerse ourselves in music and a crowd-sourced “best of” list is…
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Film Credits On MySwar
Since MySwar launched 2011, we have steadfastly focused on crediting musicians making Hindi film music – music directors, lyricists, singers and when the information was available, arrangers, assistants, instrumentalists and so on. We believe that musician credits is a sadly overlooked aspect of music metadata in India. That is the reason you didn’t see any credits…
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MySwar App Update On iOS – Going Free!
We released a new version of the MySwar app on iOS yesterday. This update makes the app free and displays banner ads. There is an option to make an in-app purchase to remove the ads for a period of 1 year (Upgrade option in Settings). We realize that some of you have purchased the app only recently…
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Hindi Version of MySwar – Behind the Scenes
Take a big cup of coffee and settle down comfortably. This is going to take time. I have been part of big projects which include internationalization and localization. But at most places we would have string of parameters which you would translate to the respective language. The app will pickup the required language file and…
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“Song Templates” And Innovation In Hindi Film Music
This post is prompted by a conversation I had yesterday on Twitter regarding a lovely new song that had just come out – the Amit Trivedi composed, K. Mohan sung Kinare (Queen, 2014). @kaurvaki No man. Same singer, same composer, similar mood, similar genres but very different songs. — Param Arunachalam (@taparam) January 29, 2014…
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2013 Bollywood Music Review
Another eventful year had come to an end and it’s time to take stock of year that was for Hindi film music. We did a similar review last year, if you’re interested. 2013 saw the release of 154 films with 999 songs between them. We lost a number of artists in 2013. Some were young…
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The Top 100 Bollywood Songs Of 2013
So here it is finally – the 100 best rated film songs on MySwar in 2013: Piya Milenge (Raanjhanaa) Khushamdeed (Go Goa Gone) Sawar Loon (Lootera) Manjha (Kai Po Che) Shubhaarambh (Kai Po Che) Murshid Khele Holi (D-Day) Ankahee (Lootera) Meethi Boliyan (Kai Po Che) Manmarziyan (Lootera) Zinda (Lootera) Shikayatein (Lootera) Alvida (D-Day) Kabira Encore…
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What Are Your Most Favorite Non-Film Songs Of 2013?
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote a post about the best Bollywood songs of 2013. Since then, the top 10 rankings have change significantly. I am not surprised and my guess is it may change some more over the next few weeks. If you haven’t already rated already, please do. Which brings us to…
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