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  • Playlists – Now on MySwar!

    We have playlists on MySwar now! To save you the trouble of individually picking songs for the playlists, we’re rolling out a bunch of pre-packaged ones. You can find the Playlist button all over our website. Here is a list of the types of playlists we have for you: Album playlist – Playlist button on…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update August 2012

    Here’s what we shipped this month on MySwar: Added Facebook Like and Google + buttons for artists, albums and songs. Personalize recommendations – If you have subscribed for the new release mailer, you’ll start seeing personalized song recommendations from the newly released albums based on your ratings. The more songs you rate, the better our…

  • Musicians Don’t Matter In India?

    Shubha Mudgal posted the following series of tweets yesterday. Check ID tags for Pyar Ke Geet on emusic..com. Artistes are Malaika Arora & Arbaz Khan. No composer, no lyricist or singer. Shame ! — Shubha Mudgal (@smudgal) July 25, 2012 Reflects the status of composer, singer, lyricists in the producer’s scheme. Obviously we don’t matter…

  • What’s Your Bollywood Music Quotient

    How well do you know your Bollywood music? Try out this quiz and find out. [polldaddy survey=”D44FF460D0D14DD7″ type=”button” title=”Take The Quiz!” style=”rounded” text_color=”121AFF” back_color=”78C2FA”] If you need help, try these: Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin Chhodenge Mujhe Pyar Tumse Nahi Kishore Kumar Black’s vocal track Allah Ke Bande Kuch Na Kaho (Female version) Shankar – Jaikishan…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 –…

  • 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…

  • 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…