Beats and Beyond

Salman Khan popularized guitar (and thus air guitar ) with Oh Oh Jaane Jaana in 1998 Shahrukh Khan popularized violin with Mohabbatein, two years later, in 2000 Popularity of guitar have skyrocketed since then but violins have been highly underrated. And by popularity I mean learners and not listeners. People generally tend to learn a musical instrument in the hype of it, which fades away after a few weeks of struggle[1] . Guitars are way more easier than violins. Not just for the learners, but also on the ears of the listeners while you are learning. For someone like me, who enjoys singing, guitar became my go-to instrument in college. Being left handed, I still went ahead and picked a right handed guitar, because someone (stupid) told me that I should start learning with right handed first and eventually I will be able to play with my natural hand. Till date, I have never tried playing guitar left handed. The reason that I am talking about a guitar story proves it further...

Tiger Shroff returns to show off his dancing skills, yet again. So that is the only expectation from this album - good catchy dance numbers. Without wasting much time, let us get started! Album Release Date: 21st June 2017 (Click on the song title to listen to it on Saavn) Main Hoon Music Composer: Tanishk Bagchi Singers: Siddharth Mahadevan Lyrics: Kumaar This is such a narcissistic song. This song has an electronic music. I was listening to this song passively and all I can remember is the self-appreciating chorus. These two pointers made me go and watch the video and thus I can safely infer that this is a dance number and not a listen-to song. Ding Dang Music Composer: Javed - Mohsin Singers: Amit Mishra, Antara Mitra Lyrics: Danish Sabri, Sabbir Khan Hahahahaha. I am laughing so hard at the chorus right now. This is one of those songs with weird lyrics. If you enjoyed the lyrics of  Breakup Song (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)  then you wi...

Salman bhai comes just once a year (okay that did not sound very right, but you get it). This year he returns back as an innocent guy who is accompanied by a kid and the person he loves ( Bajrangi Bhaijaan?  rings any bell?). What I am looking forward to is Pritam's music after he backed out from the recently released  Raabta . So without further ado, let's get started! Album Release Date: 22nd June 2017 (Click on the song title to listen to it on Saavn) Radio Singers: Amit Mishra, Kamaal Khan Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya The song is about Salman Khan waiting next to radio to listen to the news about his brother who has gone on a war on the border. The situation is meant to be a serious one but the song manages to make is lively and happy. The lyrics are nothing spectacular to talk about since this song is all about Salman and his moves. If you enjoyed  Selfie Le Le Re (Bajrangi Bhaijaan)  then you will enjoy this. Naach Meri Jaan Singers:...

An immensely popular song by the most loved singer of Bollywood in a super flop movie and we have extrapolated it to an entire movie titled the same and most of the songs sung by him. But that is none of my business. I am here for the music, not movie. So without further ado, let's get right into it! Album Release Date: 3rd June 2017 (Click on the song title to listen to it on Saavn) Ik Vaari Aa Singers: Arijit Singh Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya There are some songs whose music makes instant connection to you. This is one of those songs. This song is about wanting to meet that special one again. Remember the feel good song  Suraj Dooba Hai (Roy) ? This one is on the similar lines and manages to be one of the favourites of this album. Raabta (Title Track) Singers: Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil Nikhita Gandhi starts off the song beautifully with her soothing and angelic voice. Arijit Singh steps forward i...

We are back after a long hiatus. Discovering new and unique music on YouTube has become a tough task off late. This episode of YouTube Discovery is special. In this episode we are going to talk about the Beats in the " Beats and Beyond". The reason why music without beats is just 'musical notes'. Beat How are beats created? Beats can be naturally created by clapping, snapping your fingers, tapping your feet, so on and so forth. Hands and feet are used to create beats whereas mouth is used to create musical notes. Use of hands and feet to create beats has it's limitations. To overcome these limitations, we have percussion instruments. A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater; struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani , snare drum , bass drum , cymbals , triangl...