George Michael was the first international music artist that I consciously followed, idolized and loved. The kind of love that led me to collect every single song of his, including...
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On music, reviews and social media – my chat with Prashant Pillai
Helped me articulate many things on music, my music listening preferences and habits, music reviewing and social media.
Continue reading...11 years of Milliblog!
I was at the neighborhood barber shop two weeks ago. For some historical reason that I’m not aware of, every single barber shop in Bangalore is run by people who...
Continue reading...Bosskey’s interview with SP Balasubrahmanyam (SPB)
After a long time, I was glued to 105 minutes of a video on YouTube. It was Bosskey’s interview with SP Balasubrahmanyam and to be honest, I stumbled on it...
Continue reading...Most promising Indian music composers – version 3, 2016
The last time I did this list, it was (and , before that). It’s time there’s another list like this. Except Hindi film music, where multi-composer albums are almost the...
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(Ilayaraja’s first film as composer, Annakkili, released on May 14, 1976. That completes 40 years of relentless and glorious music making from the man, and some more, as he is...
Continue reading...Garden Vareli TVC jingle was NOT composed by A.R.Rahman
Yes, for the last time. In the last 30 days, I have heard and argued with at least 3 different people (who do not know each other) about how the...
Continue reading...Ilayaraja – from being naive, to being better informed!
(I had written this on Milliblog’s Facebook page and realized, by the 30+ mails I got, that they preferred it in the blog too, away from Facebook’s walled garden. Here...
Continue reading...About the ‘qualified reviewers should review’ debate kick-started by Suhasini Maniratnam
It all started with Suhasini Maniratnam’s ‘ask’ to the media present in O Kadhal Kanmani’s music success event. She urged the media, ‘Let Qualified people Alone Review OK Kanmani’. The...
Continue reading...Music plagiarism row: Ranavikrama Vs. Lahari Music/T-series
I came across this piece in today’s Bangalore Mirror (), which says that Lahari Music and T-series have sent legal notices to the producers of the Puneet Rajkumar starrer, Ranavikrama,...
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