Music Director: IlayarajaLyricist: Swanand KirkireSingers: Shilpa Rao, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan and Amitabh BachchanRating: ***"Paa" is a film with an unusual story and music maestro Ilayaraja has composed tunes that gel well with the movie's subject. Director R. Balakrishnan's film stars Amitabh Bachchan as Abhishek's son Auro, who suffers from progeria that causes premature ageing. It also stars Vidya Balan.The album begins with "Mudhi mudhi ittefaq se". Crooned by Shilpa Rao, it has an instant connect. It is melodious but not very long. The song is currently doing the rounds on television channels   read more

Okay, music. Who's your favorite band? Are you in one? Marching or rock? I'm honestly in a marching band, and I love rock band music. My friends are in a band, and I think thier name is 6O6. Different kinds of music makes different emotions for people. Screamo, love, party, dance music. What's your favorite kind of music? Oh, and can you play an instrument? Any kind, really. I know, a lot of questions.   read more

Singers: Sonu Nigam, Swanand Kirkire, Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Shantanu Moitra and Suraj JaganLyricist: Swanand KirkireMusic Director: Shantanu MoitraRating: ***It's a soundtrack that's sure to click. Shantanu Moitra, who had scored the music for Rajkumar Hirani's "Lage Raho Munnabhai", returns with "3 Idiots" and has churned out songs that are catchy, different and high on energy.The much-awaited film, which stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi, has five original numbers and two remixes.The soundtrack opens with "All Izz Well", a fun campus song that is filled with whistles in the background   read more

So, you bought an iPhone. You love the phone and all its features, but wish you didn't have to pay for your songs twice to get a ringtone. Since Apple has released iTunes 8 – which brought with it Genius Playlists, those good, old days when creating iPhone ringtones was as easy as renaming a song in your iTunes library to a ".m4r" extension and then syncing it back with your iPhone will never come back.There are plenty of songs in your iTunes library, but no way to make ringtones from any of them. Although iTunes allows you to create a ringtone from a song downloaded through the iTunes Music   read more

Listening to good and soulful music will help you attain self improvement and have a better quality of life. You can do your household chores after turning on some good music and you will never feel the strain. Also you can use music for motivation. Music can definitely change your state of mind and make you more relaxed and happy. By listening to stimulating music you tend to become more relaxed.You can also use music for intelligence. In this case music stimulates creativity by creating channels of neurons in the brain. Research has proved that music tunes the brain to higher planes of thinking.   read more

I'm pleased to announce that I will be starting a new phase in my television career, as I start work with Rogers TV in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Last week, I accepted their position as Live Eye Coordinator. My duties will include setting up live shots for their daily morning show and sporting events, editing various programs and training their volunteer staff on broadcasts.My first day of work for the new company is November 16th. It's a far cry from the TV news business I've been used to. In fact, it's a relief from the usual bullshit I had to go through for the last 12 years. Rogers is one of   read more

The mega-merger of Comcast and NBC is bad news for consumers. It spells higher prices, fewer choices and less innovation.But Washington and Wall Street have already bought into the idea that it's a done deal. That's why "Smooth Jazz and More" Internet radio is joining forces with Free Press.net and speaking out to stop this bad merger.Sign on to our call to action and we will deliver a public message to President Obama, who has pledged "to reinvigorate antitrust enforcement," and to officials at the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission who have   read more

When I had the 2003 Dodge Caravan, I had a three year warranty on the vehicle that would cover it in case I experienced any problems. As the end of the three year policy approached, I was bombarded by calls from companies telling me to purchase an extended warranty with them.The extended warranty business has steadily increased, as insurance companies look to take advantage of car owners holding on to their cars longer due to the rough economy.In some instances, having an extended warranty is beneficial. Most policies won't cover an oil change or a tune up, but for large jobs such as the drive   read more

You know, there was a time when I actually liked watching Lou Dobbs on CNN. He was a reliable source for business news. It was when he started putting his own "marks" on his show that pretty much ruined it for me.According to TV critics, the change to Dobbs started right around 2001, soon after the terrorist attacks. To be honest, it seems like that's when everyone started going a little looney. For some, his anti-immigrant message was intolerable.What did it for me was is constant reminders of President Obama's birth certificate and whether it was legitimate. I thought that was it for Dobbs on   read more

If you're a music lover or a musician and was born in the 60's, 70's, 80's and early 90's, you can really see the big difference how the trend of music somes to a tragic change. Before if you have the talent and play the instrument really well, you had a shot at a career. Nowadays it's like having a cake that's all frosting and no cake. Where's all the meat?Now, most of the artist takes advantage of the technology to make music. I mean, you can be on top of the charts by playing a barre chord and just rely on a software that would mix the recording to fix it all if you S*&^. What happen to the   read more