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Tag: music

  • Why everyone likes music

    Music is perhaps the pastime that needs the least attention and effort from us. Look at the most common ways in which we listen to music: While reading a book While surfing the net On TV In a movie In theater or a show with music In a party or celebration In a restaurant, pub,…

  • We will not touch your junk

    Indians aren’t private people. We are conditioned by years of living in joint families or crowded communities, a throng of relatives visiting us or calling us over, and lots and lots of people all around us everywhere we go. So while, Americans demonstrate outrage at being patted down (and by the way, not even the…

  • 5 suggestions to recognize film music’s “extras”

    Ever wondered who played the violin in Yeh Ab Aap Sochiye (Mere Sanam); the sitar in Deewana Hua Baadal (Kashmir Ki Kali); the harmonica in Ye Dosti (Sholay); the accordion in Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (Sangam); the guitar in Ilaya Nila (Payanangal Mudivadhillai); or even who whistled in Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (Nau…

  • Is Bollywood Overdose killing Indian music?

    I love Bollywood music. It forms about 35% of my music collection, only because I follow four languages, like a number of genres and most importantly – I research and buy music I like and I buy a lot of it. Most Indians find it easy to just succumb to Bollywood Overdose (BO). Although regional…

  • It’s all about the mobile downloads, stupid

    I get the Indian music industry’s focus on the mobile market given that a whole generation of Indians have leapfrogged the internet revolution and jumped on to the mobile revolution. A plethora of companies and services have sprung up around this market and this ought to be good for the customers. Only, it isn’t. I…

  • Indian music needs a kick in the butt

    As part of the generation that grew up with gems like “Mama Mia Pom Pom” and “Padosan Apni Murgi”, I truly appreciate the generally high quality of music being created these days. We have a lot more artistes these days than we have ever had. With the variety of FM stations, TV channels and shows…