tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post7677746389937360215..comments2024-03-25T20:45:09.957+05:30Comments on On The Ganga Mail: Life In A Metro: Then The Music StoppedBishwanath Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499834715638337891noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-18062367172598810952013-09-03T12:54:50.798+05:302013-09-03T12:54:50.798+05:30But must you hang on to the years gone by, to thin...But must you hang on to the years gone by, to things that were bit not are, to memories of people whose name you cant recall ?? <br />Anubhutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967078639724548476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-25061177913619270192011-08-08T13:27:01.259+05:302011-08-08T13:27:01.259+05:30The distressing moments mentioned in your post is ...The distressing moments mentioned in your post is so very reminiscent to my childhood cassette days,how ecstatic you were when you got the precise song cassette that you've been wanting to possess for so many days... the experience is just incomparable to everything that is available in the .com world...great post!!!tanujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232972243967544265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-65055893375207125362011-08-07T10:20:34.931+05:302011-08-07T10:20:34.931+05:30loved this post.loved this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-34571810714823071862011-08-07T08:22:51.748+05:302011-08-07T08:22:51.748+05:30“We become what we behold. We shape our tools and ...“We become what we behold. We shape our tools and thereafter they shape us”. <br /><br />If you know how a tape works, you would also know that tapes continuously lose quality. At one time, maintaining a tape recorder seemed only about dipping a handkerchief in my father’s after-shave and giving the tape head a vigorous rub (and, if the handkerchief was my mothers, also cleaning the roller heads, which left a long light-brown streak). In reality, it is not so trivial. How (and how often) do you de-magnetise the head? How do you see that the roller heads are not misaligned (which causes the tape to entangle), etc., etc.<br /><br />Tapes are a means, not an end - music is the end. As soon I got the songs I had on tape in digital format, I threw my tapes away. For nostalgia, I prefer looking at my childhood books, rather than listening to bad quality music.<br /><br />Music is still very much sweat and blood, you still need to earn it and work hard to preserve it. Lots of effort, lots of time, and lots of reading. If you want good music, that it…<br /><br />Buying an original western music CD almost always guarantees quality, buying an Indian music CD almost never does. So, if you want good quality in Indian music, buying the CD isn’t enough, it is just the start. You need to manually clean the audio – not an easy or a fast job.<br /><br />If you want a really good music collection (in terms of quality, not just quantity), forget one night even one decade will not be enough. In 2001 (since you mentioned that year), my music collection was already stored in my computer in digital format. Almost every day I spend some time cleaning and sorting out my audio collection – it is still a huge mess.<br /><br />I have re-done the same song many many times as technology improved, and/or my understanding of technology improved, and/or my audio equipment improved. It is very painful, it is also very satisfying.<br /><br />Leaving all other factors aside (and there are lots of factors), if you have been listening to your R.D. Burman collection on your computer (computers are very good for storing music, not playing it), I am afraid that you don’t even know what his music actually sounds like (And no, BOSE & SONY are not the answer to listening to very good music).Sudeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248954146393962106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-76543701722188844932011-08-06T23:38:33.226+05:302011-08-06T23:38:33.226+05:30My Ma has kept one cassette-player in working cond...My Ma has kept one cassette-player in working condition. So, I get to hear the voice of Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Pankaj Udhas or favorite songs collected over the years the old way once in a while. :-)Paresh Palichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521084555278491021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-65138466383115201112011-08-06T22:44:44.516+05:302011-08-06T22:44:44.516+05:30I refused to clear my collection of cassettes.Ther...I refused to clear my collection of cassettes.There are some 200 cassettes neatly arranged and wrapped in a cardboard box. I told my folks no way that I am giving it to anyone.<br /><br />:)Sepiamniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775772565154050637noreply@blogger.com