Tag: music
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jan-14-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Auto-tune For The Common Man
It all started with Cher’s hit song, Believe. Actually, it started before, but the producers of Believe overdid it (deliberately) and made people sit up and go “What the heck was that?”. I am talking about auto-tune, of course. The instrument that magically polishes off vocal blemishes and even adds embellishments that are not humanly…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jan-07-2011
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Does Book Publishing Have A Better Future Than Music?
Paul Carr of TechCrunch thinks book publishing has a better future than music because there is no assumption amongst buyers that digital books will be free. He also implies that people don’t associate any value with music. He is wrong and his argument is ridiculous: People expect to pay for e-books – It is only…
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Amit Trivedi – Take A Bow
Amit Trivedi is the best thing that has happened to Indian film music in recent times. For music lovers, who have been disillusioned by the sameness that pervades Bollywood, he is not just a breath of fresh air, he is a gale of change. I love the fact that he keeps churning out solid rock…
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Career For The Musically Inclined
We are ramping up our team. If you are musically inclined and just beginning your career (freshers welcome!), you won’t find a more interesting project to work than ours. Check out our Jobs page for our requirements of the Content Analyst role. Get in touch with us or pass this on to anyone who might…
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Official Song of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 – Another Bust
The official song of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (SEL), was released on Dec 31, 2010. In my opinion, it’s another miss, close on the heels of A.R. Rahman’s official song for the Commonwealth Games. It’s easy to explain why you love a song or why you hate one, but really hard…
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Quentin Tarantino songs
I watched Inglourious Basterds last night and, as with other Tarantino movies I have seen, loved the songs as much as the movie itself. There is a certain quality to Tarantino songs – off-beat, melodic, dark, retro – that sounds amazing in the movies but also make for great listening by themselves. My original plan…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Dec-31-2010
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The Man Behind Lata and Asha
Lata Mangeshkar (or an obliging relative?) tweeted this today: namaskar,aaj mere pujya pitaji master dinanath mangeshkar ji ka 110 va janam diwas hai,hum sab bhai,beheno’n ko jo suro’n ka vardan mila hai ye unhi ki den hain,meri pujya mataji maai,aur mere baba aaj hamare bich mein nahi hain lekin main un dono ko hamesha apne…