Here is my basic understanding of Indian music: The northern and southern parts have their own styles but with overlaps. What's amazing is that Indian classical music has no key. There is no absolute sense of middle C or whatever. It is relative to the tuning of the drone. I don't have a strong background in music, but this seems to get rid of the complexity of the notation system in the west with a much more fluid aspects - pick a note and make it the root. Off you go. That's the key you're in.<p>Furthermore, I find the construction of these musical scales (correct me if I am wrong but there is no analog in western classical music of what a raga is) very interesting. Going up in the scale is different than going down and there are some key phrases that identify a raga. Then its all about interpretation.<p>Is there any specific tabla percussion associated with a Raga?<p>Some of my favorites:<p>- Raga Bhimapalasi: Beautiful lazy afternoon raga.<p>- Raga Tilak Kamod: I would describe this raga as a playful and less serious, very romantic.<p>- Raga Bhairav: Intense and great for early mornings. For reflective, pensive moods.<p>- Raga Desh: Festive feel to it.<p>I personally like vocal renditions of ragas. Spotify has a large selection.
Some SERIOUS questions as this app looks like it is a commercial app created to earn money by playing tracks of the legendary musicians WITHOUT TAKING THEIR PERMISSION violating the legal, moral and ethical values.<p>1. Idea for this app is stolen from 8 prahar concert<p>2. Why we have to pay money when the SAME classical music is available freely on YouTube and other platforms? Just bcuz is playing under the app.<p>3. Is legal permission taken from the musicians or their heirs to play their tracks as many musicians are no more.<p>4. Are they honestly giving any money back to musicians by playing tracks as a profit share. Pls make the info abt "no. of paid users and % money paid to musicians" public.<p>5. India being a country of 1300 million people, only 5000+ has downloaded the app means Indians have totally rejected this app.<p>6. Why non of musicians is promoting this app? something is drastically wrong with this app.<p>7. Due to corona, music industry & musicians all over the world are promoting their music thr their own channels hence apps like this are not required.
Thank you! I was literally looking for an Indian music alternative to Generative.fm. May not have been the use case you are trying to target, but it is the use case for me :)<p>Big shout out to Generative.fm as well!
What does "classical" mean in this context? My benchmark for the term "classical" is traditional European classical music, and so I'm having a hard time understanding where this fits in the Indian musical spectrum, either stylistically or temporally.
Here is an interesting talk on Carnatic music, which is the south indian classical tradition.
<a href="https://youtu.be/u9CGcusOz60" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/u9CGcusOz60</a><p>And because this is Hacker News, there has to be a LISP in the mix.
If you like that you might like this film on the Dhrupad genre;<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Lye2FSx0F4c" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Lye2FSx0F4c</a>
Years ago I used to like Talvin Singh and Nitin Sawhney, and this reminded me of that. Lovely sounds, and I'll be listening to this tonight!<p>Slight tangent, but anyone got suggestions for Asian electronica (tabla/raga inspired)?
The best writings on the topic of Indian classical music, IMO:<p><a href="https://www.parrikar.org/vault/" rel="nofollow">https://www.parrikar.org/vault/</a>
Only connection is raga, but since a lot of us here are devs or other computer workers, sharing this, which a few others have told me they liked, for the same reason as me - it is good music to work by:<p>Music video: Sitar - Vilayat khan - Rarely Heard Ragas<p><a href="https://jugad2.blogspot.com/2013/10/music-video-sitar-vilayat-khan-rarely.html?m=0" rel="nofollow">https://jugad2.blogspot.com/2013/10/music-video-sitar-vilaya...</a>
Beautiful, wow thanks for creating and bringing attention to Indian classical music. I like all sorts.. Coke studio and dream journey has done some good stuff to ease people into the genre. Not hard classical, more semi-classical<p><a href="https://youtu.be/BXmIpbBOSvI" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/BXmIpbBOSvI</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/JlMJhDHJ3t4" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/JlMJhDHJ3t4</a>
I am your target customer and would pay money for this. However, I don't want to install another app and would rather have this delivered through soundcloud and mixcloud, and pay for exclusive (secret) tracks through patreon or whatnot
I have been trying to find classical music and make my own playlist but this is incredible. I am learning to understand about both Hindustani and Carnatic classical and this would help me a lot in exploring more artists and songs.
Wonder, is it difficult for Spotify to create this kind of feature from their collection?<p>They already have curated playlists. But with AI, they could do this any day? or am I thinking crazy?
Few band suggestions for people with rock, metal background who want to listen to carnatic music .<p>Agam
<a href="https://youtu.be/AiPnyxPyVVw" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/AiPnyxPyVVw</a><p>Mother Jane
<a href="https://youtu.be/3y2siWVi-GQ" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/3y2siWVi-GQ</a><p>Prasanna guitar
<a href="https://youtu.be/QA5UWHFg-SE" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/QA5UWHFg-SE</a>
Cool!<p>One request: Can you <i>not</i> auto-play when the website loads? It's an annoying UI design thing that has spilled over from ads and news sites (looking at you, CNN).