thebengali

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

Leave a comment

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

Leave a comment

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

Leave a comment

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

Leave a comment

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

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

Coz aI Can

April 6, 2023 by thebengali

Conscious Deliberate Differentiation is the ability to make a non-choice or make a choice that is not the outcome of an analysis or make a choice that is not the apparent right choice knowing that it is not the right choice. It is Conscious Deliberate Differentiation that gives us plurality.

Categories: Learning, Science & Technology, Training • Tags: AI, Art, artificial intelligence, Conscience, Conscious Deliberate Differentiation, India, machine learning, ML, Performance, Pune, Sanjay Mukherjee, Society, Technology, thebengali, Work

Leave a comment

I can do it; One day at a time

January 7, 2023 by thebengali

I won’t get a medal for this but am enjoying this small success for 60 seconds. It feels good to achieve a goal that is longer than a day. The numbers read: 10, 10.2, 8.3, 9.5, 8.4, 13.2 and 11.5 for an average of 10.2 across 7 days. Typically, in any matter, I set an annual goal and then focus only on the day, every day, reviewing and correcting course once in three months. My approach is to start strong […]

Categories: Mountain Walking, Training, Work • Tags: thebengali, Walking

Leave a comment

Kimchi, Kheema Mutter and a Cheese Cube

January 6, 2023 by thebengali

Today was a great day in the kitchen. All 20 minutes of it. I made kheema mutter (mince goat meat cooked with green peas in a shallow gravy of Indian spices). But then instead of eating it with pav or bread, I decided to eat within Korean kimchi and an Amul cheese cube. Best decision because it was a satisfying meal with all the tastes I wanted to have at that moment. Some times you’ve gotta go beyond the template […]

Categories: Cooking, Learning, Mountain Walking • Tags: cooking, Indian food, kheema mutter, kimchi, Korean food, thebengali

Leave a comment

there is no box

Tag: thebengali

Basking in the glory of Guru Shishya parampara

Independent Music DIY #6: Release, Reviews, Promotions

Independent Music DIY #3: Identity & Image

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

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

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

Coz aI Can

I can do it; One day at a time

Kimchi, Kheema Mutter and a Cheese Cube