Tag: tweets

Zune is dead. What is Zune? Good question. http://bit.ly/hrBeYF # "Jon Bon Jovi accuses Steve Jobs of putting a shot through the heart of music" http://engt.co/i8GJdP 1/2 # Mr Jovi is out of touch with reality. If not for Steve Jobs, the music industry would be dead. 2/2 # Dont think this will neutralize the…

IMI's carrot and stick. Carrot – MMX license to sell/distribute music on mobile chips. Stick – Raids and legal action. http://bit.ly/gKXfSj # Online radio that charges bands for playtime. http://tcrn.ch/gkahQl # BMI site latest target of Anonymous DDoS attack http://cnet.co/fmBvLv # True story of why Phil Collins quit. From the horse's mouth. http://bit.ly/gh5sES # "More…

Sad that @arrahman didn't win an Oscar but happy that he has established himself as a global musician. Nobody asks "Rahman who?". 1/2 # Moving on…. how about Spielberg and @arrahman? Or Eminem and @arrahman? Also, how about working with brand new artists back in India? 2/2 # Sounds awesome.Don't know about Kelley O'Connon but…

Vishal Bhardwaj's profile. Very interesting. http://bit.ly/gKHhev # US dating site – flop at home but hit in India. Flat World works the other way too. http://nyti.ms/fsdaow # Disappointed by @radiohead 's King Of Limbs. A sameness across the album. Will give it a few more listens and see it grows on me. # @vijay_nair Green…

Akon to audition Indian artistes with hit-predicting software. Why do we need musicians? Let the software create hits. http://bit.ly/euQZVt # Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's obituary in New York Times http://nyti.ms/gDk5Vp # The music behind Gandu, the movie. http://bit.ly/hBzwRn # Music library. An interesting concept. http://bit.ly/foQICC # Now Indian Ocean announces a song for ICC Cricket World…

Foreigner + Niladri Kumar = Cold As Ice + Hot As Spice. Should be an interesting collaboration. http://bit.ly/egxsvT # Nice profile of Kannada music director Mano Murthy on TOI. http://bit.ly/gb67J0 # Music knows no boundaries is not a cliche for George Mathew. http://on.wsj.com/i5ayL7 # Bappu Lahiri on Grammy panel?! What?! How?! Why?! http://bit.ly/ejUNjK # Free!…

Music maestro Illayaraja turns film distributor. http://bit.ly/foUxfg # Debate on film music rights is coming to a boil. Excellent Hindustan Times article that explains the basics. http://bit.ly/e28eck # Lata Tayi picks up yet another award. http://bit.ly/eqkGZI # Ilaiyaraaja given MS Subbulakshmi Award. http://bit.ly/f3ADkz # Violinist Lalgudi G Jayaraman honoured with Purandara award. http://bit.ly/hXC6zC # Doom…

AR Rahman loses out Golden Globe Award for Best Score to Trent Reznor for "The Social Network". IMO the best man won. http://bit.ly/gDZvuZ # "Nokia pulls plug on free music in most markets-Reuters". Still available in India…for now. http://reut.rs/dH60ew # Notion Ink – Are we finally seeing an Apple emerging from India? http://bit.ly/htTNNc # Pay…

You don't really need to understand how WordPress works to use it but this is still pretty darn interesting – http://bit.ly/hFC8iq # Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross to score The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Another reason why the movie should rock. http://t.co/KsgSJga # Awesome music from Rajasthan featured in NY Times. http://nyti.ms/eEUNVR # Apple iPhone 4…

LA Times review of AR Rahman’s 127 Hours OST. 127 Hours OST better than SDMs but the competition is stronger this time. http://lat.ms/ifiDXf # Therapeutic benefits of listening to music from lifeMojo. http://bit.ly/feFiiE # Cool! Wonder if any Indian entry made it to the final cut of the Ridley Scott produced, crowd-sourced Youtube doc. http://on.mash.to/fM2mtw…