Mavrix: Music + Data
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Pancham Unmixed – DVD Review
Pancham Unmixed is a homage to R.D. Burman by film-maker, Brahmanand Singh, the key word being “homage”. It is not a documentary or biography but an unabashed tribute offered by the filmmaker to his hero. The 2-hour film is a compilation of interviews with people who knew and/or worked with Pancham and also with a…
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Mavrix Monthly Update March 2012
Song listing for the 1950s went live on MySwar. You can find song listings for films like Baiju Bawra, Mughal-e-Azam, Adalat, Paying Guest, Pyaasa, Anarkali and Naagin here. Bug/fixes cleanups implemented: Breadcrumbs – These are now implemented across the website. Good for navigation, good for SEO! Login issues – Fixed bug related to case-sensitive username…
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Partners In Crime – Documentary Review
After my posts – Piracy is Mainstream and Why People Don’t Talk About Pirate Consumers – one of the readers of the blog recommended that I watch a documentary called Partners in Crime. I had heard about this documentary on Twitter but never got around to seeing it. I finally saw it last week and I…
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Mavrix Monthly Update February 2012
Listing for the 60s went live on MySwar in Feb. You can find them here. New features.Other than some bug fixes and a few UI/UX related changes, we added these features this month: Categorized search suggestions – As you type in the Search box, we provide suggestions categorized as Albums, Songs and Artists to make…
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Why People Don’t Talk About Pirate Consumers
I engaged in a long debate on Twitter yesterday with popular blogger, Karthik Srinivasan (entire conversation at the end of his post). To boil things down, I was asking why illegal downloaders don’t get called out for doing the wrong thing and his point was that it was not really going to make a difference.…
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Piracy Is Mainstream
I’ve been an anti-piracy advocate in my friend circle for many years now. Over time though, I realized that people like me were rare and specially in India, we became outcasts. Friends and relatives look at me like I am nuts when I refuse to lend them my iPod so they can copy songs from…
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60s Hindi Film Music – Newly Added On MySwar
The first page I went to after the 60s upload was through? Phoolon Ke Rang Se – one of my all-time favorites and the first song on the first cassette I ever owned! Check out your favourite albums from that decade. Would it be Guide, Kashmir Ki Kali or Aradhana? Or your favorite song –…
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If You Like Kun Faya Kun
A non-establishment, music-buffs-based group called RMIM Puraskar came up with it’s list of the best songs of 2011 this morning and Kun Faya Kun came out on top. So I decided to give to check out MySwar recommendations based on Kun Faya Kun. Here it goes: Huq Ali – I was absolutely floored by this…
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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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