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Basking in the glory of Guru Shishya parampara

September 10, 2023 by thebengali

Notes from the Guru Vandana performances by disciples of noted Bamboo Flute exponent, Pandit Milind Date of the Senia Gharana.

Categories: Learning, Music • Tags: Anurag Joshi, Arvind Paranjape, Bamboo FLute, Charudatta Phadke, education, Flute, Fusion Ensemble, Gauri Deshpande, Guru, Guru Shishya Parampara, Hindustani Classical Music.=, India, Indian Classical Music, Jacob Panicker, Mahesh Jeste, Ninad Barve, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Milind Date, Pune, Sasan Bazgir, Senia Gharana, Shishya, thebengali

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Independent Music DIY #6: Release, Reviews, Promotions

September 5, 2023 by thebengali

SubmitHub is a platform that solves two problems: Streamlines music submission process for music influencers, and streamlines the process for artists to connect to music influencers in a time-bound manner.

Categories: Music • Tags: bloggers, Facebook, Horsu Music, HorsuMusic, Horus music, independent music, Instagram, iTunes, Media, music magazines, music promotion, music reviewers, Music writers, negotiating oxytocin, Spotify, SubmitHub, thebengali, Upamanyu Mukherjee, YouTube

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Independent Music DIY #5: Setting a Sales Goal in a 1 Trillion streams industry

September 4, 2023 by thebengali

From a barrier perspective, at this point the digital music world is designed only to do one thing: get people to stay on the platform and engage with content or stream music continuously. The first step to achieving goals in such an environment, was to define a realistic and measurable goal.

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Independent Music DIY #4: The music eco-system

September 2, 2023 by thebengali

The World Wide Web has an abundance of information on the music eco-system. Blogs, articles, reviews, how-to’s, how-not-to’s, analysis, commentaries, templates, memes, videos, vlogs, podcasts, audio casts … hundreds of thousands of each type of content. By authorship, there is content for industry analysts, industry experts, industry writers, industry bloggers, professional bloggers, amateur writers, music enthusiasts, music platform staff, labels, promoters, artists, musicians, producers … hundreds of thousands of each type of author. Everyone means well and everyone communicates from […]

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Independent Music DIY #3: Identity & Image

September 2, 2023 by thebengali

it is important for independent music artists to ensure their brand image and identity are in sync; it makes communication with the audience consistent and effective.

Categories: Music • Tags: AI, altpop, animated, brand image, dream pop, Horus music, Horus Music India, identity, illustrated, Music, music industry, negotiatingoxytocin, Onkar Tarkase, Popmusic, thebengali, upamanyumukherjee

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Independent Music DIY #2: What’s in a Genre?

August 31, 2023 by thebengali

For emerging independent artists, it is important to create an information interface comprising a website, official social media accounts and contact emails, all of which provide a level of credibility to media, industry at large, and centralises artist related information.

Categories: Music • Tags: alternative music, independent music, independentartist, Indian musicians, Music, negotiating oxytocin, Onkar Tarkase, Pop, Popmusic, Shitalchandra Kulkarni, Teen Musician, thebengali, TuneCore, Upamanyu Mukherjee

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Independent Music DIY #1: Is DIY a viable success strategy for independent artists?

August 31, 2023 by thebengali

Creating music, crafting a musical product, and making music a viable business are three very different worlds. It is important for independent artists to separate business and music creation roles.

Categories: Education, Music • Tags: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Artist, Composer, IPR, iTunes, iTunes India Top Albums Chart, Music, music producer, music roles, negotiating oxytocin, singer, songwriter, Spotify, Teen Musician, Upamanyu Mukherjee

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Tim McInnes: A Canadian Neo-classical composer with American Ragtime passions

August 22, 2023 by thebengali

I don’t quite remember the first time I heard Scott Joplin’s ‘The Entertainer’. It was probably around the age of 15 or 16. But I do remember that it felt natural, as if I had always known the musical style. When I first heard the tune – and for at least half a decade thereafter – I did not know that it was a genre called ‘Ragtime’.  By the age of 10, I had a fair understanding of the term […]

Categories: Journalism, Music, People, The Arts • Tags: Artist, Canadian Musician, Charlie Chaplin, Classical, Composer, India, Jazz, Maya's Song, music blog, Neo-classical, Pianist, Ragtime, Sanjay Mukherjee, Scott Joplin, Simla, Simla in Ragtime, Spotify, thebengali, Tim McInnes

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Team Selection: Pujara, Rahane, Kohli … the answer may lie in a different set of numbers

July 3, 2023 by thebengali

Today I realise I would have dropped Cheteshwar Pujara too. There is an explanation why Ajinkya Rahane is vice captain. There is also a logical reason why the coach and team management keep picking Jadeja over Ashwin.  This may be a complete waste of time but let me start at the beginning.  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced the test squad for the West Indies tour. This was just after the terrible loss of the […]

Categories: Sports • Tags: Ajinkya Rahane, Australia, batsmen, batters, BCCI, Cheteshwar Pujara, cricket, England, India, overseas test, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Sanjay Mukherjee, South Africa, Squad, Test Cricket, Test Tours, thebengali, Virat Kohli, West Indies, West Indies Tour 2023

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