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Contagious concerts

Published on October 19, 2006 in music, people and provoking Perceptions. 0 Comments

We all know that yawning is contagious. Have you realised that singing is also contagious? Yes it is! I have tested and tried.

What is meant by contagious ?

Easily diffused or spread as from one person to another. ex: a contagious grin, contagious disease etc;

How singing is contagious and helpful?

Try this. When you walk into office or home , keep huming a hit song. If there are people around, atleast one will catch up with you and starts to hum or sing that song. Change the song after a while and see. The same person will change the song and join you. This way, one can create a mood around him. That’s the reason when I step into office I make it a point that I hum any fast beat numbers and have people joining me in. That way, a peppy mood is created and the day goes on real smooth. So, I infer that singing or humming is contagious and sets the mood for the people around you. Is there any medical term for this? or Am I the first one to find it out? I am coining the word contagious concert. So, start staging your own contagious concerts.

P.S. :- While drafting this post, learnt from an old friend that when one hums the other sings and vice-versa. True!

Airtel Super singer

Published on July 13, 2006 in Humor, Just for Jolly, music and pastime. 7 Comments

I commute to office by train and it takes around 2 hours to reach Tambaram (where my office is) from Ambattur (where my home is). I kill the time either listening to music or reading a book. One fine evening, on my way to office, as usual was listening to songs on radio. The train was not much crowded and I got myslef a corner seat. I usually have the habit of singing songs when I commute by train. singer Getting myslef seated in the corner, I started singing with great fervor and was facing the window all the while. I did not want others to spot me singing.

Few minutes passed and I was at peak singing along with Hariharan. Radio mirchi was airing anbae anbae from Jeans which happens to be one of Hariharan’s best and I was really into it. The train had stopped for signal which I had not noticed. There was a pat on my shoulder and I turned around to see a elderly passenger trying to convey something to me. Took my headphones off to hear him. (original conversation was in tamil).

Old Man : ” thambi! what’s your problem? Is there anyway I can help you with? I have been watching you from the park station and you have been trying to do something with your headphones on. Please do consider other people travelling with you.”

Me : “%*@$$##!!!”

Off he went in the next station. I had a strong feeling that the other passengers were smirking at me. Switched the radio off and continued my journey quietly.

Next evening I was at home surfing channels. Airtel super singer aired on Vijay TV, hosted by Chinmayi, caught my attention. A good programme to search for voice talent. The winner gets a chance to sing in Harris Jeyaraj’s (a well known music director) tamil flick. Hopes of me becoming a super singer started glimmering again! When I told the above incident to one of my friends, she said that certain people and certain things in the world can never be changed and I am one of them. I asked her the following question and got a great response.

Me : Hey! Can I become a super singer?

She : God only knows!

hehe!

My experience with the Video iPod

Published on June 12, 2006 in Computers, Gadget, General stuff, music and pastime. 8 Comments

I got a new iPod video yesterday and I am really amazed at the sound and picture quality. This is a gift to me from my sister and brother-in-law. Thanks guys! I owe you a lot.
I have a few video song DVDs and I wished that I could load them up in my iPod easily. A search on the internet found me Videora iPod converter. I would say that it is the best video converter software I have ever used. It is so simple to use and it simply works the way I want it to be. IPod plays only a few file formats and Videora easily converts .vob files to .mp4 files in minutes. After converting the files to mp4 format, I fired up iTunes and loaded all the videos into my iPod. The clarity and sound synchronisation was amazing. I am really hooked up with the videos videora churns out.
I would not prefer to use ITunes for mp3 songs as it locks up the songs once they are into the iPod. A quick search on the internet fetched me yamipod. The only freeware for songs management in iPod using a PC. Spent a few minutes with yamipod and got myself familiar into creating playlists and loading up all my mp3 collection. No more worries about music getting locked in iPod. Yamipod has both the option to copy music into and from iPod without locking up the music. And moreover, it simply works in z PC. All my praise goes to Tomas , the guy who coded this small application. Kudos Tomas!

As I wanted to do more with my iPod than music and video , I worked a bit to integrate my google calendar and tada! did it . Downloaded all my calendars from google into the calendars folder in iPod. Now I have the FIFA Worldcup 2006 schedule , ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Schedule , my office shift schedule etc;
A few more hours on the internet taught me to use the notes feature in iPod. I stumbled upon a site which hosts free iPod eBooks. A few clicks got the ebooks like How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin , The World War and What was Behind It by Louis P. Benezet (86) into my iPod. The one feature I have yet to dig is the photos. I hope to work on it by tomorrow morning.

Overall, I will say that iPod video is really a awesome product with extra feture other than music and video. Only thing is that, people should know how to and where to find hacks and resources for it.