Beats and Beyond

Remember the times when both the sides of your pencil were useful. The tip of the pencil to write; obviously and the other end to do this: But why are you reading about audio cassettes in 2016? More so, why am I even writing about it? In this series of posts I'll be talking about (rather writing about) various music trends and fads that existed/exists around us. Ever since I was born, medium of music consumption and playback has changed drastically. This will be a three-post series where I'll be talking about change in technology trends in Music. Years before I was born, television was a rarity in average Indian household. Major form of entertainment was All India Radio (AIR). Lives back then revolved around the schedule of AIR instead of the other way round. Today, we can easily record our favourite movies and television series so that we can watch it over and over at our leisure. Back in those days, our parents had that record button too. Songs were recorded on t...

Do you sing or dance? Yes. Do you think you are good enough? Yes. Would you sing in front of an audience? No. Why? *no answer* Everybody has talent, everybody is funny. People act goofy all the time and you can see that on their Snapchat stories, Vine loops or Instagram videos. These are short lived moments that don't require planning - they are just point and shoot content. On the other end of the spectrum, some people are always looking to capture that perfect selfie to post it on Instagram and Facebook. Pictures are merely memories frozen in time. If capturing fraction of a second takes a dozen attempts imagine the efforts put into making YouTube videos. In this series of posts, I'll be writing about unique and popular Indian music content that I come across on YouTube. In this post, I'll be writing about: How I discovered Lisa Mishra's YouTube channel Her content - Live covers (in Hindi and English) Questions I had after watching her videos You...

Here are two movies that have no connection in terms of story yet are similar due to the sheer coincidence of being promoted at the same time. Ki & Ka and Kapoor & Sons Similarity 1: The & in their title Similarity 2: Badshah's music Well, not as many as I thought but they are something. Or maybe, it is just because both of them have a party song that are original compositions of Badshah. Badshah is known for his hip hop tracks; you would not associate him with someone who could influence your choice for the entire album.It doesn't often happen that I eagerly wait for the entire album based on one song. The movie is less 2 weeks away and the entire album was just released yesterday. Listen to Kapoor--Sons-Since-1921-2016 on Saavn My review below will be unbiased by Alia Bhatt's presence in the videos and will be biased towards good music. *fingers crossed* Kar Gayi Chull Singers: Badshah, Fazilpuria, Sukriti Kakar, Neha Kakkar Lyrics: Bad...