tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200838212009-11-16T12:58:29.371-05:00Happenings on and around giitaayanv9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-33585531345622194072009-09-06T08:30:00.004-05:002009-09-06T08:37:26.499-05:00

All songs submitted up to August 31st, which so far were showing up on Recently Posted Songs page, have been included in the main lyrics database. They can now be found by the regular giitaayan search.A total of 373 songs, submitted, reviewed and posted during a period of previous three years were moved in this process. This brings the total number of songs in giitaayan to over 10800.

v9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-49585504330996033012009-06-05T20:32:00.003-05:002009-06-05T20:38:00.253-05:00

After covering Laxmi-Pyare in the previous SurveykshaN, let's go back a little back in time for the next - the 11th - in the series. Our composer for this SurveykshaN is Anil Biswas. Those who have participated in previous SurveykshaNs can skip the rest of the message and head directly to the Survey page to submit their entry. To those who are new to SurveykshaNs, here's a short introduction. The

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RMIM Puraskaar results for year 2008 are now out.'Rock On' is adjudged the "Album of the Year". The "Song of the Year" is 'kabhii kabhii aditi' from 'Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na'. For other puraskaars and a complete list of ranked songs, visit the Puraskaar site (http://awards.giitaayan.com/) and find out other worthy albums, songs, and artists of the year. The "Satish Kalra Sammaan" was not conferred

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It's that time of the year again. Let's find out what worthwhile music came out of 2008. To start, point your browsers to the Puraskaar home and nominate your favorite songs of the year.If you participated last year, the process has changed somewhat. Instead of selecting albums, you are now supposed to let us know your favorite songs. Of course you may still choose every single song of an album.

v9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-10262392141326575412008-04-19T13:30:00.002-05:002008-04-19T13:34:13.284-05:00

The ninth survey in the SurveykshaN series is here and as many of you may already know, this time we are going to track desert island scores composed by C Ramchandra. To those who are new to SurveykshaNs, the idea of the exercise is to come up with a list of most popular Desert Island Soundtracks of the composer in question. As a participant you have to select scores that you would like to take

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After a long process of nomination and jury analysis, the wait is over. The RMIM Puraskaar for 2007 are declared. And we go straight to the final list - sorry, no stage shows."Taare Zameen Par" wins the "Album of the Year" puraskaar. "maa.N" from the same film is adjudged the "Song of the Year". If you don't want to wait further, you can head to the Puraskaar 2007 site and see other worthy albums

v9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-41616847892190454022008-02-20T20:40:00.005-05:002008-02-20T20:59:30.868-05:00

I have added an often-demanded functionality on giitaayan to accommodate feedback, comments, and suggestions in addition to the usual and main reason - discussion. giitaayan Forum is your forum. The forum powered by Tangler provides a unique blend of chat and discussion. I hope you will like it and put it to some good use. Just make sure that the topics are related to giitaayan or Hindi

v9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-38183945036789177352008-01-29T09:58:00.000-05:002008-01-29T10:32:06.753-05:00

सर्वकालिक श्रेष्ठ एल्बम की मान्यता के रूप में दिए जाने वाले "RMIM सम्मान" को इस वर्ष से स्व. सतीश कालरा की स्मृति और सम्मान में "सतीश कालरा सम्मान" के नाम से जाना जाएगा.--Many of you may remember that last year as part of RMIM Puraskaar there was a special award for soundtracks that got the RMIM approval for entry into the virtual RMIM hall-of-fame. In other words, it was a stamp of excellence.

v9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-80544826406670423932008-01-15T11:35:00.000-05:002008-01-18T16:13:47.486-05:00

RMIM Puraskaar 2007 are open for voting. Point your browsers to the Awards home and choose and rank your favorite albums of the year.This year's Puraskaar are dedicated to our beloved RMIMer who left us recently - Satish Kalra. He was not just part of the jury last year but a motivating force behind the execution of this idea itself. This one is to his memories.If you participated last year, the

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Due to an issue on the server hosting the ISB files, the lyrics for songs are not visible currently. Ashish Thakker, who hosts the files on his server, is away on vacation until Monday (Sep. 9). Please bear with me until then.Rest of the giitaayan site including lyrics for "Recently posted songs" are working as usual.Apologies for the inconvenience.

v9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-34226533091067316462007-05-31T15:29:00.001-05:002007-05-31T15:33:53.526-05:00

Another RJGK (68 - on Sahir) is on and the song-body search feature is again out temporarily.

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RJGK 67 (for the uninitiated, R(M)IMJhim Geeton Ki - a quiz on song lyrics) has been posted and on quizmaster's (Abhay) request, the song body search feature of giitaayan has been disabled. It will continue to be disabled for the duration of the quiz. The quiz is supposed to be running for a fortnight or so. I apologize for the inconvenience, but I am sure Abhay's quiz will more than make up for

v9yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07973018577021600722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083821.post-90923193275507308802007-03-21T20:52:00.000-05:002007-03-21T20:57:21.305-05:00

The wait is over. The RMIMers and the jury have given their verdict. The RMIM Puraskaar for 2006 have been declared.Omkara wins the "Album of the Year" puraskaar. Visit the Puraskaar 2006 site for other awards and more details.Thanks to the voters and everyone else who participated in the process. From the beta testers to the jury members everyone played their part wonderfully to make this first

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The last date for voting for RMIM Puraskaar 2006 has been postponed by 6 days. The final deadline for sending your entry is March 9th, Friday. Just so you don't miss it, the Holi weekend still is the last weekend to vote.

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For long, we the listeners, the consumers, the connoisseurs, the people have been constantly frustrated by the music awards given by the Filmfares and the Screens of the world. Lack of objectivity, poor selection method, arbitrary shortlisting, lower focus on music awards, and a total failure to balance popular appeal and quality of soundtracks have been some of the regular "features" of these

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