Category: Music
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The Magic of the Musical Brain
If you are sitting in a cafe and someone starts playing piano, it takes roughly 150 milliseconds for your brain to isolate and identify the sound and decide whether to focus on it or not.
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The Sorry State of Hindi Music
Kendrick Lamar made history when he won the Pulitzer prize for music. Lamar is one of the most popular hip-hop artists today. Being a die hard classic rock fan, it pains me to admit this but rock is passé. Hip-hop and R&B are the most popular musical genres in the US today. This is the…
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Classic Legends With Javed Akhtar : A Bollywood Film Appreciation Course
We live in a world where most TV programs have to produce something shocking just to survive. And yet, there is a quiet program where one man just talks for 40-45 minutes. Some movie clips are shown in between and that’s it. No manufactured drama or last minute reveals. So what makes Classic Legends With…