Tag: myswar
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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…
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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…
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Mavrix Monthly Update June 2012
Here’s what we shipped this month: Advanced search URLs – You can now share advanced search results through a URL. Here is a list of song sung by Lata Mangeshkar, composed by R.D. Burman and written by Gulzar. Popular songs by Genre and Year – The genre and year listing can be pretty heavy. To…
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Mavrix Monthly Update May 2012
Not many updates this month except that we have shipped a lot of new features. Check them out and let us know what you think: Ability to watch song videos. From Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui to Pareshaan. Forgiving search – Addresses transliteration variations and common typos. Searching for “nakab” will return results containing “naqab” and…
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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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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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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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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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If You Like Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar
Yesterday was Kaifi Azmi’s birthday. I am picking up one of my favorite songs written by him to play the MySwar recommendations for Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar: Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho – The song on the top of the list is hardly surprising. It is similar to Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar in many…