Tag: music
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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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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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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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Will Music Piracy Die?
The short answer – No. The long answer follows – Piracy is not unique to the music industry. Every product that can be duplicated and distributed for profit, invites piracy. However, a few things set apart the nature of piracy in the music industry: Huge market – As I said in a previous post, everyone…
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Music Industry’s Battle Against File Sharing (aka Piracy) Heats Up
A few key events from the last few months: LimeWire shuts down – LimeWire shutdown its P2P file-sharing service in October due to a court-ordered injunction. Within days, it was resurrected as LimeWire Pirate Edition (LPE) by a ‘secret dev team’. Predictably, LimeWire claimed that it had nothing to do with LPE. PCMag, very thoughtfully,…
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The Importance Of Cover Songs
In an interview with Rajeev Masand, Asha Bhonsle rips apart Sunidhi Chauhan’s rendition of ‘Duniya Mein’ in a song called ‘Parda‘ in ‘Once Upon A Time in Mumbai’. And she does it with a beatific smile lighting up her face. She’s a spirited old lady alright and I admire her verve and energy. However, I…