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...

After Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and Gori Tere Pyaar Mein  Kareena Kapoor (Khan?) returns with yet another romantic comedy (with a tinge of drama). She is maintaining the legacy of the Khans in the hindi film industry to be casted against young co-actors. On the other hand, Arjun Kapoor seems to moving towards mature content in terms of his co-actors - from Alia Bhatt in 2 States to Deepika in Finding Fanny to Sonakshi in Tevar and now Kareena. Listen to Ki--Ka-2016 on Saavn My review below will be unbiased by any of the above facts and will be biased towards good music. *fingers crossed* High Heels Singers: Meet Bros, Jaz Dhami, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Aditi Singh Sharma Lyrics: Kumaar, Yo Yo Honey Singh Genre: Loop-it Punjabi Party song that'll be played in 'big fat Punjabi weddings' The song goes like this 'High heel di nache tu badi jache' which means 'you look pretty when you dance wearing high heels'... Ahem ahem... So this song takes it's ...

Until 2013, Himesh had been singing all the songs in the films where he played the lead role. Which by the number of albums is very few, but the number of songs that he would accommodate in these albums was huge (Yes, pointing towards Aap Kaa Surroor, Karzzzz and Radio with 9 songs each). With Xpose, he let go off a few songs to Mohammad Irfan Ali and Ankit Tiwari but maintained his trademark with number of songs in that album (18 to be precise including a Mashup). Fast forward to 2016, Himesh Reshammiya is back with what sounds like a sequel to Aap Ka Surroor but doesn't look so. In fact, if you take it in literal sense Himesh refused to give any respect to her surroor this time - from Aap Ka to Teraa . The number of songs too have surprisingly reduced to 7. Listen to Teraa-Surroor-2016 on Saavn Before starting let me make a confession - Father I have sinned, I am a Himesh Reshammiya fan. My review below though, will be unbiased by this fact and will be biased toward...