Songs with echo and reverberation

Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 08/10/2022 Stills from songs of Madumati and Jhumroo (Courtesy : YouTube) Echo and reverberation is a subject which a technical expert would deal with at a completely different level, explaining the nuances of sound designing and editing – the difference between reverb and echo and so

Static (?!) Solo Party Songs

Posted by Trivia- The Spice of Life on 17/07/2021 Party songs in golden era Hindi films are pretty stereotypical. There is music, dance and a large gathering. There is usually an instrument being played by the hero/heroine/ supporting actor/actress – which more often than not is the piano. As the piano is played and the

Trivia – The spice of life turns one

I started my blog – Trivia – The Spice of Life – during the lockdown last year (2020). The fact that I have been posting weekly pieces regularly since last May, gives me immense pleasure. Despite having a full-time job, I look forward to Friday evenings (TGIF) and the ensuing weekends to work on a

Songs ‘Spoken and Sung’

I hope I have piqued your curiosity by the title of my post. I actually did not know how better to christen it. In this post, I refer to songs where the lyrics are first uttered or spoken sometimes in a poetic and at other times in a sing song fashion and then the same