tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1286986727177819802024-03-13T14:52:55.347-07:00RhythmFish 21.5 - Algorithms, Data, Music, Internet Radio.My personal expression space. Things that I am in general passionate about and at times about things that I am not.
If you want to discuss anything specific at length - and completely out of context, you can reach me at boney.mukherjee@gmail.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-64520068027216436652015-06-25T04:55:00.002-07:002015-06-26T19:17:00.918-07:00The Pareto Analysis Fallacies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is in continuation to my previous post on the the <a href="http://rhythmfish.blogspot.in/2015/06/the-dilemma-of-multiple-objective.html" target="_blank">dilemma of multiple objectives</a> where we had talked about pareto analysis as one of the possible solutions......<br />
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<a name='more'></a>So I did end up buying the 52" 3D TV :) The image on the left is of a lonely panda (something I was mirroring from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVc1ef8Y7zs" target="_blank">youtube</a> on to my new TV the other day). Truth to be told, I don't watch it as much as I would have liked to.<br />
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I had not factored in "free time" when I had done the <a href="http://rhythmfish.blogspot.in/2015/06/the-dilemma-of-multiple-objective.html" target="_blank">pareto analysis</a>. One might argue that I had not provided the right amount of input and hence my analysis might have resulted in an inefficient bias reduction.<br />
However, I really doubt that the end result would have changed significantly even if I had in fact provided that information. And here is why:<br />
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1. A frequency of the number of times a particular instance happening is not necessarily something that dictates it's perceived importance. For e.g. if you are trying to understand if it is time to sell your old car, and if punctures are a repeated occurrence you probably might want to understand if your tyres are balding or you drive through a construction site everyday ( perhaps you might want to just change the tyres or your route or keep a watchdog).<br />
2. Given it solely relies on past data it cannot account for future anomalies.<br />
Thus, even if I had factored in "free time" and if I had plenty of that, but for some reason ended up being assigned to a new project that demanded a high amount of travel, then I would have landed up in a similar situation.<br />
3. Often times one would try to apply pareto analysis wrongly. For e.g. in ecommerce sites if one ranks items basis their revenue, and tends to disregard items just because their revenue is not as much, and does not evaluate things on a qualitative basis, in the slightly long run this might end up hurting their entire reputation purely basis customer perception.<br />
4. Modelling - it is extremely important that you arrive at a calculated model that ensures accurate scores / weights are getting attached. In the absence of that one might end up running down the wrong path.<br />
More on how to model and assign scores in later posts. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-48222432437864787672015-06-02T04:21:00.000-07:002015-06-13T00:10:02.715-07:00The dilemma of the multiple objective functions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">"To be or not to be?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through my various heated discussions with my colleagues / ex-colleagues (who I love to death - pun intended) and at times even at a personal level with my family members, what I have learnt is questions that lead to the highest amount of deliberations are the ones that have multiple possibilities and hence in all probability do not have cookie cutter answers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is an example to illustrate what I mean further:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assume that you want to answer the question -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Should I quit my job?" - Perhaps not the best example -but hey if it were useful to you then what the heck.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typically, here are 4-5 things that one would consider (this is not an exhaustive list, I am just using this to illustrate an example). They could be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Drag yourself to office</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Do you feel like you are banging your head against a brick wall explaining things to your manager?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Instances when you have walked out of 1on1s totally confused about the next steps.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Instances where even after repeated requests have not got any proper feedback</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Do you often feel hungry right after lunch because the office food sucks?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Instances where you have found yourself having to explain yourself more than you would have liked. In the same meeting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Instances where you have caught either yourself or your colleagues cribbing about the way "things are being run these days"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Kept wondering about your growth prospect</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Generally tired without having done any work at all</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">etc etc</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You get the idea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which among the above points mentioned do you think can actually be dropped? Like is crappy food really that big a deal? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To remove ambiguities such as these, people use various different kinds of techniques. One among them is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_analysis" target="_blank">Pareto Analysis</a>. It basically hinges on the fact that most things that matter are driven by the 80/20 rule. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So you end up providing weights (lets say on a scale of 10 with 10 being the highest weight) for the points above in accordance of their <i>perceived </i>importance. Arrange them in order of how many times they occur in each of the job offers / new opportunities.</span></div>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arrange the bar chart in descending order of cause importance, that is, the cause with the highest count first.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calculate the cumulative count for each cause in descending order.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calculate the cumulative count percentage for each cause in descending order. (Percentage calculation: {Individual Cause Count} / {Total Causes Count} *100)</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create a second y-axis with percentages descending in increments of 10 from 100% to 0%.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plot the cumulative count percentage of each cause on the x-axis.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Join the points to form a curve.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Draw a line at 80% on the y-axis running parallel to the x-axis. Then drop the line at the point of intersection with the curve on the x-axis. This point on the x-axis separates the important causes on the left (vital few) from the less important causes on the right (trivial many).</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.400001525878906px;">Basis this, if you get lets say points 2,3 and 6 above. You could then decide whether you could change things there or if it is hopeless. If it is hopeless you have your answer :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.400001525878906px;">BTW there is a fallacy in the pareto analysis. More on that later, for now let me go figure if I really want to buy that 52 inches 3D TV ;)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-57923680517194172392010-09-09T03:54:00.000-07:002010-09-09T20:29:32.697-07:00How to Create your own Radio Station on the SHOUTcast 2.0 platform?Here is a simple step by step tutorial on how to Broadcast your Internet Radio Station on SHOUTcast 2.0 platform.<br />
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Remember this is basic broadcasting. If you wish to know about advanced settings, that's a separate discussion, details of which I could post later based upon user interest.<br />
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Here is a simple video of that shows all the steps:<br />
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<b>Step 1</b><br />
Download and extract latest DNAS from the SHOUTcast site<br />
<b>Step 2</b><br />
Register yourself as a broadcaster on SHOUTcast.com and get a authkey. The authkey is important<br />
for you to broadcast in the 2.0 mode. Once registered this will give you a conf file that you need to<br />
pass to the DNAS (sc_serv)<br />
<b>Step 3</b><br />
Configure the downloaded conf file for DNAS and execute!<br />
<b>Step 4</b><br />
Download and extract the latest SC_TRANS from the SHOUTcast site<br />
<b>Step 5</b><br />
Configure the SC_TRANS conf file<br />
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Also, find below a sample SC_TRANS conf file that you could use - make sure to change the serverip and the serverport fields to the IP and the port of the machine where your DNAS is running.<br />
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Let's name the file <b>sc_trans_demo.conf</b><br />
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<i>;; ENCODER OPTIONS</i><br />
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<i>encoder=aacp</i><br />
<i>bitrate=64000</i><br />
<i>samplerate=44100</i><br />
<i>channels=2</i><br />
<i>aacpbitstreamformat=0</i><br />
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</i><br />
<i>;;; NETWORK OPTIONS</i><br />
<i>outprotocol=3</i><br />
<i>serverip=YOUR DNAS(sc_serv) IP</i><br />
<i>serverport=PORT</i><br />
<i>password=foobar</i><br />
<i>uvoxstreamid=1</i><br />
<i>uvoxauth=foobar</i><br />
<i>uvoxradiometadata=0</i><br />
<i>uvoxnewmetadata=1</i><br />
<i>uvoxmetadatafudgefactor=0.0 secs</i><br />
<i>shoutcastmetadatafudgefactor=0.0 secs</i><br />
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</i><br />
<i>;;;; LOGGING OPTIONS:</i><br />
<i>;where does the log file go</i><br />
<i>logfile=C:/sc_transdemo.log</i><br />
<i>; 1 to do screen logging else 0</i><br />
<i>screenlog=1</i><br />
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</i><br />
<i>;;;;;; METADATA CONTROL</i><br />
<i>public=1</i><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i> </i></span><br />
<i>;;;; PLAYLIST CONTROL</i><br />
<i>; your playlist</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i> </i></span><br />
<i>playlistfile=C:\sc_trans_demo\sc_trans drop 02_22_2010\playlist_win32.lst</i><br />
<i>; set our crossfade time to 2 seconds. zero means no xfade</i><br />
<i>xfade=5</i><br />
<i>; file must be at least 20 seconds or we don't crossfade</i><br />
<i>xfadethreshold=20</i><br />
<i>; drop folder for priority playlists</i><br />
<i>playlists=playlist/</i><br />
<i>; where finished priority playlists get copied</i><br />
<i>archive=archive/</i><br />
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</i><br />
<i><br />
</i><br />
<i>;; REPLAY GAIN CONTROL:</i><br />
<i>applyreplaygain=0</i><br />
<i>calculatereplaygain=0</i><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i> </i></span><br />
<i>;;; OTHER:</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i> </i></span><br />
<i>adminport=5555</i><br />
<i>adminuser=admin</i><br />
<i>adminpassword=goaway</i><br />
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That's it. Congratulations!! you are now a broadcaster.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-42152966361141780122010-04-13T06:01:00.000-07:002010-06-21T08:10:42.289-07:00Johnny Cash was so punkWhy you ask? Nothing symbolizes a rebel with a cause like Punk does. And Johnny Cash was safely anti-establishment.<br />
Here are a few facts<br />
<object height="364" style="clear: right; float: right;" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h2Bv_32dJ9s&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h2Bv_32dJ9s&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>1. Extremely strong song lyrics about how the native Americans were slowly but surely marginalized<br />
2. Low rumbling baritone that could make you sit up and listen<br />
3.Just to quote him<br />
“I'd like to wear a rainbow every day, and tell the world that everything is o.k. But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back. Until things are brighter, I'm the Man in Black.”<br />
4. Always, ALWAYS, ALLLWAYS wore black<br />
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And the best punk song from him ever was The Beast In Me. So grab your whiskey and your cigarettes and face The Beast in yourselvesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-78120526960262109582010-04-12T23:22:00.000-07:002010-09-09T22:03:23.723-07:00Lady Gaga - more than just shock value?Recently one of my friends came running gleefully (like a little girl who suddenly found her long lost barbie) declaring that "he" was one of the first to check out Lady Gaga's latest number called "bad romance" and that I should most definitely check it out.<br />
Now I don't think much of lady gaga and everytime she comes on VH1 I am compelled to reach for my remote and change the channel simply because she is really an eyesore. Especially telephone where she has paired up with Beyonce is perhaps a very good example of why moms don't let their teen daughters watch TV. Pretty awfully bad to put it mildly.<br />
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However on my friend's insistence (and given that previously he did display relatively better taste in music) I went on to check out Bad Romance...<br />
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<object height="360" style="clear: right; float: right;" width="538"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrO4YZeyl0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrO4YZeyl0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="538" height="360"></embed></object>And I was pleasantly surprised. The lady actually does have talent. I especially liked the range she displayed in going from one mood to another. Pretty powerful singing there. Take a listen for yourself guys, this lady is here to stay.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-90250112380521961652010-04-01T01:59:00.000-07:002010-04-01T03:18:56.440-07:00Greatest Rock Love Songs Ever - Playing on RhythmFishAnd you thought that rock-stars did not have a heart eh.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkUeDkQ6sH-iqgbj6uP7S-poLYK94Z_9uWEceDLmUeFF9gqlYexJDyt7hCdvtQt2_onKTo5RE65VU4DeOnca-LthepXmSXyTpdnKPsHKYtrIJleSOuomevH052RECDEIDIXvWdxS443sZ/s1600/kitty-cuddle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkUeDkQ6sH-iqgbj6uP7S-poLYK94Z_9uWEceDLmUeFF9gqlYexJDyt7hCdvtQt2_onKTo5RE65VU4DeOnca-LthepXmSXyTpdnKPsHKYtrIJleSOuomevH052RECDEIDIXvWdxS443sZ/s320/kitty-cuddle.jpg" width="320" /></a>Here is a list of the most romantic rock songs ever and they are on rhythmfish all through the long weekend.<br />
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Indulge...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><a href="http://www.shoutcast.com/shoutcast_player?stationid=415765"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">TUNE IN</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">NOW!</span></span></b><br />
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<b>The List</b><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\Eagles\Eagles-Hell Freezes Over
(1994)\Hell Freezes Over - Love Will Keep Us Alive.MP3">Eagles :: Love Will Keep Us Alive</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\Hootie & the Blowfish\The Best of
Hootie & the Blowfish (1993 Thru 2003)\02 Only Wanna Be With
You(2).mp3"><br />
Hootie and the Blowfish :: Only Wanna Be With You</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\Dire Straits\When It Comes To U.mp3"><br />
Dire Straits :: When It Comes To U.mp3</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\Doors\Light my fire.mp3"><br />
The Doors :: Light my fire</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\G n R\November Rain.mp3"><br />
Guns n' Roses :: November Rain</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\R.O.C.K\Matchbox 20 - Madseason.mp3"><br />
Matchbox 20 :: Madseason</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\R.O.C.K\Aerosmith -[1].. I Dont Wanna
Miss A Thing.mp3"><br />
Aerosmith :: I Dont Wanna Miss A Thing</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\Defleppard\Have you ever needed someone
so bad.mp3"><br />
Def Leppard :: Have you ever needed someone so bad</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\grunge\Pearl Jam\Pearl Jam - Last
Kiss.mp3"><br />
Pearl Jam :: Last Kiss</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\History of Rock\Husker Du-Could You Be
The One-.mp3"><br />
Husker Du :: Could You Be The One</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\Randall Bramblett_Thin Places_05_Comin
'Round Soon.mp3"><br />
Randall Bramblett :: Comin 'Round Soon (Not exactly a love song, but we love this guy)</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\grunge\Stone Temple Pilots\Stone Temple
Pilots - Plush.MP3"><br />
Stone Temple Pilots :: Plush</td></tr><br />
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<tr class="nowrap"><td id="C:\DO_NOT_TOUCH_THIS_FOLDER\G n R\Sweet Child of Mine.mp3"><br />
Guns n' Roses :: Sweet Child of Mine</td></tr><br />
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To no-one there<br />
And no-one heard at all<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"I am I said" - but what did you say? Did you say "I am"? And then did you stop talking? And you expected the chair to respond by saying.... um, what exactly? A real gem Mr. Diamond.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>7. Jessica Simpson - I Think I'm in Love With You</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Smhlv5B8Yp58rQThliLAXpzAx7HEgNxh958rTSGVwnahykBHez7Xeqw48lXsPEa2WNUr0lc_TJn7AZygCHxUUa8moBmtB4ooKjakXWFaF-XwwVh3s2n2HodnDlI5Ag8MgB58SxrjxeWp/s1600-h/Jessica+Simpson-JTM-047127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Smhlv5B8Yp58rQThliLAXpzAx7HEgNxh958rTSGVwnahykBHez7Xeqw48lXsPEa2WNUr0lc_TJn7AZygCHxUUa8moBmtB4ooKjakXWFaF-XwwVh3s2n2HodnDlI5Ag8MgB58SxrjxeWp/s200/Jessica+Simpson-JTM-047127.jpg" width="135" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bono the true genius, no?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We are humans, but whoever wrote these lyrics clearly isn't. Also refutes the theory that aliens are more intelligent than us. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No kidding. Those are the lyrics. And it's a English song. Unbelievable? Believe it.<br />
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</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">"My apologies are you into astrology, </span></i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Cause, um, im trying to make it to Uranus"</span></i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Here is a very good reason why I do not listen to Hip-hop. Dear Kanye, even your astrologer would have asked you to consult an astronomer on that. BTW your astrologer did predict that you would grow up to be real stupid. </span></b></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-83490603921940370962010-02-06T22:07:00.000-08:002010-09-09T20:46:57.884-07:00Live Internet Streaming - So what does it take?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><div>Alright. So here are some answers. We still have a long way to go in terms of quality, performance, making it mobile compatible etc, but here are the basics and they are "Rock" solid.</div><div>Oh and a warning in advance - this is a technical post.</div><div><br />
We need the following components:</div><div>1. Recorder</div><div>2. Media Converter</div><div>3. Transmitter</div><div>4. Receiver</div><div><br />
</div><div>Although these components can be technology agnostic, for the sake of our understanding, let us assume that we build these components in java.</div><div>In this post I will be addressing the core challenge which is of seamless communication lines between the transmitter and the receiver. In my next posts I shall talk about the first 2 components viz Recorder and Media Converter. Why you ask? Cos I haven't really figured out the best way to address those, and besides getting that done is the easy part. Getting the stream transmitted seamlessly over the socket by a protocol of our choosing ensuring that we have minimal packet loss and having a reasonably good number of receivers hooking onto the stream without noticeable impact on performance is the tough part.<br />
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The primary requirement would be for the transmitter as well as the receiver to be able to talking to each other, either over the LAN or over some socket of communication.<br />
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</b></div><div>Let's jump straightaway into a little bit of pseudo code:<br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">private String createMediaTransmitter() {</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">DataSink transmitter;</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Datasource dataGen;</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> String transURL = "rtp://" + ipAddress + ":" + port + "/video";</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">MediaLocator outputLocator = new MediaLocator(transURL);</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">//create implementation of dataGen before transmitting</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> transmitter = Manager.createDataSink(dataGen, outputLocator);</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">//provide implementation of transmitting</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">// for eg- transmitter needs to be opened and started. Then the dataGen needs to be generated from a source</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> }</span></span></div><div><br />
The transURL is of particular interest. Notice two things. The first is "rtp" implying that we will be using the RTP protocol to provide transmission. The second is "video" indicating that the transmission will happen for video content only. Of course that is hardly sufficient for us, unless we transmit audio content also. Silent movies aren't exactly a 21st century thing. What we need to do is send Video and Radio as sessions. As a result the transmitter cannot be of type DataSink but needs to be of type RTPManager. The RTPManager works well with sessions and can be used to keep track of individual video and audio streams.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">private String createMediaTransmitter() {</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">private RTPManager rtpMgrs[];</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">DataSource dataGen;</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">PushBufferStream objpbss[] = dataGen.getStreams(); //video and audio or only audio</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">rtpMgrs = new RTPManager[objpbss.length];</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">SessionAddress srcAddr, destAddr;</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">InetAddress ipAddr;</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">SourceDescription srcDesList[];</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">for (int i = 0; i < pbss.length; i++) {</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> try {</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">rtpMgrs[i] = RTPManager.newInstance();</span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> port = portBase + 2*i;</span></span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">ipAddr = InetAddress.getByName(ipAddress);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> localAddr = new SessionAddress( InetAddress.getLocalHost(),</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">port);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">destAddr = new SessionAddress( ipAddr, port);</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">rtpMgrs[i].initialize( localAddr);</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">rtpMgrs[i].addTarget( destAddr);</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">System.err.println( "Created RTP session: " + ipAddress + " " + port);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">sendStream = rtpMgrs[i].createSendStream(dataGen, i);</span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">sendStream.start();</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> } catch (Exception e) {</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">return e.getMessage();</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> }</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">}</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">return null;</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> }</span></span><br />
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In this case there would be 2 rtpMgrs one for video and one for audio. The SessionAddress object is used to create RTP sessions. Also in this case the time complexity is O(n). However n is finite in this case which means there would not too much latency in terms of the video and audio being received at the receiver end.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>The Receiver</b></div><div><b><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The implementation of the reciever is fairly straightforward. One has to create a RTP session via the RTP Manager and keep <i>listening </i>for any new streams that come in. Also a Media Player needs to be instantiated which will then stream the media content. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Following is a pseudo code</div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">public synchronized void startReceiving(ReceiveStreamEvent objRSE) {</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> rtpMgrs= new RTPManager[sessions.length];</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> for (int i = 0; i < sessions.length; i++) {</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> rtpMgrs[i] = (RTPManager) RTPManager.newInstance();</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">rtpMgrs[i].addSessionListener(this);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">rtpMgrs[i].addReceiveStreamListener(this);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> rtpMgrs[i].initialize( localAddr);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> rtpMgrs[i].addTarget(destAddr);</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> }</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> if (objRSE instanceof NewReceiveStreamEvent) {</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">stream = ((NewReceiveStreamEvent)objRSE).getReceiveStream();</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">DataSource ds = stream.getDataSource();</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> RTPControl rtpctl = (RTPControl)ds.getControl("javax.media.rtp.RTPControl");</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">// create a player by passing datasource to the Media Manager</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Player pl = javax.media.Manager.createPlayer(ds);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">pl.addControllerListener(this);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">pl.realize();</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">PlayerWindow pw = new PlayerWindow(pl, stream);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">playerWindows.addElement(pw);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">}</span></span></div></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-29364479794495963342010-01-28T19:21:00.000-08:002015-02-18T23:00:32.001-08:00Live Internet Streaming - for you and for me...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW655I5KU4BnhRzjaJJsVfStcbia2b9o9tzVVieIQfujogbcp04xqy8pNKr372zDIP_CjEbHV7SnnlcK0CLG2eqJXVmqdRWnR-T4mz0PfSzIg_OI_U4zsNDaurT4txfG1hzHwh3yXxEOpU/s1600-h/manwiththeguitar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW655I5KU4BnhRzjaJJsVfStcbia2b9o9tzVVieIQfujogbcp04xqy8pNKr372zDIP_CjEbHV7SnnlcK0CLG2eqJXVmqdRWnR-T4mz0PfSzIg_OI_U4zsNDaurT4txfG1hzHwh3yXxEOpU/s320/manwiththeguitar.jpg" /></a>...and the entire human race....<br />
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Imagine you are walking down Brigade Road or Dover lane or Central Park or.................. anyways it's not important where you are. Now imagine that you spot somebody playing a really awesome guitar riff that you have never heard before. How would it be if you could stream the person live through your handheld on to an audience on the internet and maybe take live requests. You could make the person famous. You could get famous yourself. The obscure man with the guitar could now get a face.<br />
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Just a thought - not an impossible one though.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-85651688939455147562010-01-26T02:12:00.000-08:002010-09-09T21:41:40.488-07:00Best Band Emblems<b></b><br />
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Was wondering about this for quite a while. The best band emblems through times. Some are extremely creative. Come to think of it, most musicians are art school dropouts at heart. Read on......</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">10. The Offspring</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUuHWmZzBa-ZjEcHVTKdkBKKBMu_CLsQAhEHXtmSnCXw0uh4NUf7wooBGRWkMjvX-3eOksNfCaK9ITHpF3b3-LCmF8VTSLzLYwHQAwKq-N24E_Va5FEnbuMiL8sEQlcIi-SUpQxTvBVfp/s1600/The_Offspring-Conspiracy_of_One.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUuHWmZzBa-ZjEcHVTKdkBKKBMu_CLsQAhEHXtmSnCXw0uh4NUf7wooBGRWkMjvX-3eOksNfCaK9ITHpF3b3-LCmF8VTSLzLYwHQAwKq-N24E_Va5FEnbuMiL8sEQlcIi-SUpQxTvBVfp/s200/The_Offspring-Conspiracy_of_One.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><span style="color: #0c343d; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The famous flaming skull emblem has become the "torch bearer" of sorts for the new age punk rock revolution and is also identified with </span><a href="http://free.napster.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Napster</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. Reason being they were the only ones who supported P2P file sharing and even had Napster t-shirts distributed at their concerts. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">9. Phish</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRE3QOrDMS4wcZ1pBxqxEDyBbPy-BLDjVB_yDNauyC_DXndfR0lWBk7DXx0iJvCud4Euiq0PWJuByo2J7HlU5wuXdnIbiEJbiRymlz8rUGLLg8dWpbMB-jtmqQmec6Ld2lZtO9-RuFpEq/s1600-h/PHI002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRE3QOrDMS4wcZ1pBxqxEDyBbPy-BLDjVB_yDNauyC_DXndfR0lWBk7DXx0iJvCud4Euiq0PWJuByo2J7HlU5wuXdnIbiEJbiRymlz8rUGLLg8dWpbMB-jtmqQmec6Ld2lZtO9-RuFpEq/s200/PHI002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">On the surface its a logo that looks like a fish for a band named Phish. But that's only on the surface. If you read it upside down it reads "Acid". Variations of the logo have it reading as liquid (as in LSD). Wicked. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">8. Jamiroquai</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyJTSB6vmtg-paHpq7smDD-onT10qZorz9r-1Fhua7Pv1ugrkcQX7mtvcjL4ZwGZWb2365vnfZlBgld05eY2H_svJLAoPn1QI4gKXkliT9BUBmv8MFYTI7fhRcnTGCrBGJlM5u4YEw61H/s1600-h/jamiroquai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyJTSB6vmtg-paHpq7smDD-onT10qZorz9r-1Fhua7Pv1ugrkcQX7mtvcjL4ZwGZWb2365vnfZlBgld05eY2H_svJLAoPn1QI4gKXkliT9BUBmv8MFYTI7fhRcnTGCrBGJlM5u4YEw61H/s200/jamiroquai.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> This is a very good example of how a picture can lead to brand identification. The picture is an identification for the band's lead vocalist Jason Kay.He did come dressed as a buffalo in quite a few of the videos :)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">7. Nine Inch Nails</span></span></div><b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq-6SkiUFzULqiWjjpCKXVTCpbrB1B0MhsmC9yNrgz07lEG4p7qOdhbOQQ0nHv_sqxolBsrsTspYqw3ZrmZQEnYluDWk8ZMwP6lnm3-yDjhT7tQ_yTuNZZGlwSRmGw2oVEEy5KHq7gXGf/s1600-h/wfnx.nin.ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq-6SkiUFzULqiWjjpCKXVTCpbrB1B0MhsmC9yNrgz07lEG4p7qOdhbOQQ0nHv_sqxolBsrsTspYqw3ZrmZQEnYluDWk8ZMwP6lnm3-yDjhT7tQ_yTuNZZGlwSRmGw2oVEEy5KHq7gXGf/s200/wfnx.nin.ad.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>NIN for the win as they say. If you are from the 90s and if you did not have atleast one t-shirt with the perfectly symmetrical NIN drawn on it then you have not been alternative.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">5. ABBA</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBRt5Im9NhEDmNHFai7AAvr8H0tklLXzcVbadIaoVFvB8MGFFiqQjxfMZJzFCaFgf8mYFq3-m5MGGanlX3riR1akwH0QiuUmO25jQ2Si2z9PcxbQgxz4NebR1A9oie84HIMQ8SKD8eOxu/s1600-h/ABBA_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBRt5Im9NhEDmNHFai7AAvr8H0tklLXzcVbadIaoVFvB8MGFFiqQjxfMZJzFCaFgf8mYFq3-m5MGGanlX3riR1akwH0QiuUmO25jQ2Si2z9PcxbQgxz4NebR1A9oie84HIMQ8SKD8eOxu/s200/ABBA_logo.png" width="200" /></a></div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I find this one especially creative. As we know the band's name is an acronym for the two couples in the group -- Agnetha & Björn, and Benny & Anni-Frid . So in the logo the two B's face each of their respective partner A's. Sensitive Swedes ;)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: 800;">4. Queen</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">3. The Grateful Dead</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy7aBshyphenhyphenWCjrolneYAMV8JxCLyR71TjxuAVqTM7cFuePGVL5O3c9-oyXR8P9N_028ZfRTl5_rvNFxY7snSh0Rim26gqtPUW1XuXZAP4jlBdP-yG6kXlX5y37btwTayeo97udRKIyTG46_/s1600-h/Grateful-Dead-Logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy7aBshyphenhyphenWCjrolneYAMV8JxCLyR71TjxuAVqTM7cFuePGVL5O3c9-oyXR8P9N_028ZfRTl5_rvNFxY7snSh0Rim26gqtPUW1XuXZAP4jlBdP-yG6kXlX5y37btwTayeo97udRKIyTG46_/s200/Grateful-Dead-Logo.gif" width="200" /></a></div>The famous "Steal your face" symbol was originally intended to "mark" the band's equipments so that other rock bands did not accidentally exchange guitars et all during rock festivals.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: 800;">2. Led Zeppelin</span><br />
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1. The Rolling Stones<br />
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One of the most easily recognizable motifs, done by John Pasche the emblem was inspired by Mick Jagger's lips and the Hindu goddess <a href="http://www.bangalinet.com/customize_godwallpaper1.php?thumbcode=kali_35&subcatcode=kali">Kali</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-25321871060051392702009-12-04T01:54:00.001-08:002009-12-04T05:00:09.297-08:00Sorry for being DormantDear RhthymFishers<br />
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Our apologies for being so dormant for such a long time. RhythmFish is going to be back with a brand new look in 2010. So thank you for your patience, and stay tuned.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-43505807956246781612009-10-30T05:52:00.000-07:002010-01-25T05:54:59.127-08:00Hootie and the Blowfish on RhythmFish 21.5FM<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzRSHIuaHi0fNRjr0wehK2w4prFXUbn77RTv3DZm7YNQDL_YMLmTsulC0sFlyYVh6of0sewcBtienCKs_zKjv4OqFK6tJ2Ti6u_yepa7nPKksdTR17Bp59XPqjvc5LLWCDHccA_jGawyy/s1600-h/hootie.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzRSHIuaHi0fNRjr0wehK2w4prFXUbn77RTv3DZm7YNQDL_YMLmTsulC0sFlyYVh6of0sewcBtienCKs_zKjv4OqFK6tJ2Ti6u_yepa7nPKksdTR17Bp59XPqjvc5LLWCDHccA_jGawyy/s320/hootie.jpeg" /></a>Although they split in 2008 (why do great bands always have to split?) Hootie and the Blowfish continue to rule our hearts with their soul stirring rock songs. <i>Cracked Rear View</i> is perhaps one of the most definitive and popular albums to have made it to the Billboard (number 15th actually in terms of best selling albums in the US). We bring you two hours of non-stop Hootie and The Blowfish including quite a few chart topppers <i>Cracked Rear View</i>.<br />
Our sincere gratitude to Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim Sonefeld. ..........why do great bands split?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-32809750173403648302009-10-29T08:01:00.000-07:002009-10-29T08:03:49.437-07:00Where's your will to be weird?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI4hFXaC08kFGJVxUQPgMRuBSDKAW-pEnNpyXo_izCRzWylWrjtmjnN18BUblSpaAAy8dkzNDCjdtlnoHdot1sf8FRD_7LUctJ7QkZlWCEIdR-9T1d1CY6aHvoFtr3eUYr3j7kBxVvyVf/s1600-h/The+Doors+brodskywindow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI4hFXaC08kFGJVxUQPgMRuBSDKAW-pEnNpyXo_izCRzWylWrjtmjnN18BUblSpaAAy8dkzNDCjdtlnoHdot1sf8FRD_7LUctJ7QkZlWCEIdR-9T1d1CY6aHvoFtr3eUYr3j7kBxVvyVf/s320/The+Doors+brodskywindow.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>.... Thus spoke the lizard king. And backed it up with songs like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHFK1yKfiGo">The End</a>. It goes on for 11 minutes and explores a psychiatric condition called Oedipal Complex. High, that;s what we are saying. High and very high :) If you do not believe us take a look at the video.<br />
The band made the Electric Organ it's signature instrument and even today when one listens to The Doors, even without listening to the vocals can make out the distinct high notes. Take a listen to The Doors on RhythmFish 21.5FM for the next coming days. If you haven't loved Jim already, you will now.<br />
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How many times does Jim wish to be loved?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-65965949371110508712009-10-23T08:33:00.000-07:002009-10-23T09:30:06.688-07:00Bangla Rock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZFOCMEhgqRfP65r0GU3E5iCY-c1Tu01zYngCp0SicLpd6zpMtZ0507MC4jetB6jZbhdYl12KssstXSIudm6rjmXblpqHTLNcC_xdiCofL5ykTlCvoWds8gJMRcb05Zi59140kAj55NtI/s1600-h/DrishyomaanMG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZFOCMEhgqRfP65r0GU3E5iCY-c1Tu01zYngCp0SicLpd6zpMtZ0507MC4jetB6jZbhdYl12KssstXSIudm6rjmXblpqHTLNcC_xdiCofL5ykTlCvoWds8gJMRcb05Zi59140kAj55NtI/s320/DrishyomaanMG.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>In our attempt to keep looking for lesser knows bands who are really big on Music, RhythmFish 21.5 FM over the weekend will host a lot of Bangla Rock. Most of these artists have distinct influences of Pink Floyd, Punk Rock, Metallica etc. The heavy bass guitars and the distinct sounds of lead and metal are hard to miss. Also, a lot of songs have a very strong psychedellic bend to them. Combined with fiery Bangla lyrics and a fusion of the popular Bengali <i>folk </i>music poured in generous amounts along with heavy metal , these songs make for a gripping experience.<br />
Sample<i> </i>these soul stirring lyrics from <i>Mohiner Ghoraguli<br />
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<i>bhebe dekhecho ki<br />
tararao joto alok borsho dure<br />
taro dure<br />
tumi aar ami jai krome shore shore</i><br />
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Mohiner Ghoraguli<i> </i>was perhaps the first band that ventured into this phenomenon, which is now mastered by some very popular Bangla Rock bands.<br />
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So if you are in it for the music, and (and you really need not know these lyrics) do tune-in at the hours mentioned on the right hand side events list.<br />
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<b>PS</b>: If you really like some particular song, do leave a comment. This will help us promote the voice behind the song.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-52723830816901652362009-10-21T07:27:00.000-07:002009-10-21T08:06:36.782-07:00Let's go Pearl Jam - ming!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUC_HU6_7vTaw-FuTEo115_W5ZFshLNHHc5b9D0ftACFADf-qV2RNgLIp-BjwQZhnFF5UnCz3xcJvIJoNYDak9UtUhNpa4GidWvlLTyPlbwhV3YantdIJhcVv46s_UHE8EYOZRCO54FSAq/s1600-h/pearljam2006_041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUC_HU6_7vTaw-FuTEo115_W5ZFshLNHHc5b9D0ftACFADf-qV2RNgLIp-BjwQZhnFF5UnCz3xcJvIJoNYDak9UtUhNpa4GidWvlLTyPlbwhV3YantdIJhcVv46s_UHE8EYOZRCO54FSAq/s320/pearljam2006_041.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>We veer into Pearl Jam this week folks. A band that along with bands like Nirvana was responsible for the Grunge movement during the early 90s. <br />
Although Eddie Vedder springs to mind the moment we say Pearl Jam, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready are two of the most underrated guitarists who deserve a lot more credit. Listen to <i>Deep</i> on RhythmFish if you don't believe us. <br />
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We are featuring some of their best albums like Binaural, No Code, Vs and Ten (but of course).<br />
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Also fusion lovers do not miss the fusion titled <i>The Long Road. </i>An amazing fusion by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder - guess we have your attention now :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-25266667819730190542009-10-16T04:56:00.000-07:002009-10-16T06:05:07.331-07:00Pay Heed - It's Amy Lee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jig112BqaKH2qjAUF7izvihvlyfqMVNFWxVC92K_GFFaqu3Q6L_K-D1w2Ug77qsctPO-Av_qgXBbbKIJqq_UfDG1Zobxp_jh7c_9DV7JdpDcGAEPR2ZUoq11jBcx_tJwjY-HWYXxYUMs/s1600-h/amy-lee-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jig112BqaKH2qjAUF7izvihvlyfqMVNFWxVC92K_GFFaqu3Q6L_K-D1w2Ug77qsctPO-Av_qgXBbbKIJqq_UfDG1Zobxp_jh7c_9DV7JdpDcGAEPR2ZUoq11jBcx_tJwjY-HWYXxYUMs/s320/amy-lee-001.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><i>"<b>Britney Spears and all that, they don’t threaten me, they don’t bother me, because they’re not talented.</b></i><i> "</i> . There you go. She said it. And we have agreed. On numerous occasions.<br />
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We also think that it would take some real talent to be a threat to this super rocker from <a href="http://www.evanescence.com/">Evanescence</a>. There have been quite a few women who have tried to imitate her but none have come close to this talented and powerful lead singer/writer.<br />
RhythmFish pays it's respect to Amy Lee. All you rock fans who fancy women power on the rock scene should pay heed and listen.<br />
If you fancy any particular number / songs just leave a message, tell us why and if we find it interesting enough, we shall line it up for you at RhythmFish Radio 21.5FM. <br />
Event List for Evanescence is on the right panel.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-62095941696593019342009-10-15T03:33:00.000-07:002010-02-06T22:06:00.343-08:00In fond memory of Creedence Clearwater Revival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3x33q1O7oO-ZrjL5pYpkfrmbuB2W5k9QT92nYE6Xiv-Z_jAS8UiQI2H9o5n-gO-oyLy00ufx3BiXyBTrpwy6j6UDXTY3YB828NgBREruNL9Miw_w9lfGtoWMwdsbifF_WmuDPzcD_P_9/s1600-h/Creedence+Clearwater+Revival+-+Willy+And+The+Poor+Boys+-+Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3x33q1O7oO-ZrjL5pYpkfrmbuB2W5k9QT92nYE6Xiv-Z_jAS8UiQI2H9o5n-gO-oyLy00ufx3BiXyBTrpwy6j6UDXTY3YB828NgBREruNL9Miw_w9lfGtoWMwdsbifF_WmuDPzcD_P_9/s320/Creedence+Clearwater+Revival+-+Willy+And+The+Poor+Boys+-+Front.jpg" /></a></div>With sincere thanks to the Fogerty Brothers, Stu and Doug, RhymthmFish Radio 21.5FM continues its fervent yet brief rendezvous with classic rock this month. Stay tuned for dedicated CCR radio hours, as in the events listing on your right panel. Honestly, we would have loved to play Creedence all day, but then we wouldn’t be able to give you a taste of RF’s personal favorite - Creedence Clearwater Revisited.<br />
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Laides and Gentlemen - let the Bad Moon Rise.<br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Thank you dear editor for fixing some unpardonable mistakes.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-32267043599752880522009-10-10T01:47:00.000-07:002009-10-10T03:21:33.080-07:00Eighties Rock on RhymthFish - All of OctoberAlright. So it's Eighties Rock for October on RhythmFish Radio. Time for Hard rock, heavy metal, Big Hair Bands, and Glam metal. We have been overwhelmed by the amount of requests for Petty, Genesis, Billy Idol, Motley Crew, Poison etc.<br /><br />Come to think of it guys like Billy Idol aka Broad from The Bromley Contigent were serious punk rockers :)<br /><br />But this post is not about punk rock per say, it's more about crooning to lyrics like :<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Well Ive been waiting, waiting here so long</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">But thinking nothing, nothing could go wrong, ooh now I know</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">She has a built in ability</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">To take everything she sees</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">And now it seems Im fal</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFcw09bepCyh1kfgxisG9XxwXEbBGpLetKZDMjsXEZU5TUJM3IbHUwxjhYBAqF8bS_qt39vd8ZmNCi9okqmZnkonrsvPKzEX1dn51fTZNLTWbOqsCLVfn8-EdrssGZUOek1pshNZYnsZr/s1600-h/6a00d83451ee2b69e2010534a7f87b970b-800wi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFcw09bepCyh1kfgxisG9XxwXEbBGpLetKZDMjsXEZU5TUJM3IbHUwxjhYBAqF8bS_qt39vd8ZmNCi9okqmZnkonrsvPKzEX1dn51fTZNLTWbOqsCLVfn8-EdrssGZUOek1pshNZYnsZr/s320/6a00d83451ee2b69e2010534a7f87b970b-800wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390900466120411810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">ling, falling for her.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">She seems to have an invisible touch yeah</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">She seems to have an invisible touch yeah</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">It takes control and slowly tears you apart.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />If you have figured out the song then it's time to hook on to RhythmFish 21.5 - all through the month....<br /><br />Rock On you junkies!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-72137190394405802902009-09-07T00:24:00.000-07:002009-09-08T08:22:57.134-07:00Enter Originality. Enter Individualism. Enter Grunge.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z8LoXULLdyzfnspwf_xJLniVN6Zay-s_J6bTvGwHOxr4D0ZjaD2UJtzSFHGHf_5JVBbMGGRVUZ8VCcAp71kHBLzC2ZZNFVuBK5FhxwbVLuGem3ufjNUEKIjXKpWe-cQszokRGCjPeCP3/s1600-h/mudhoney.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z8LoXULLdyzfnspwf_xJLniVN6Zay-s_J6bTvGwHOxr4D0ZjaD2UJtzSFHGHf_5JVBbMGGRVUZ8VCcAp71kHBLzC2ZZNFVuBK5FhxwbVLuGem3ufjNUEKIjXKpWe-cQszokRGCjPeCP3/s320/mudhoney.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379113792752315506" border="0" /></a><br />Quite frankly we were tired of listening to Mariah Carey crooning "I'll be there". I mean it was good, but I guess we we were all looking for something more than mushy love songs vis-a-vis Bryan Adams + MLTR + BSB + Boyzone + ....the list is endless, at times relentless ... And then there was "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXO3OMGKPpw&feature=fvste1">Smells Like Teen Spirit</a>" - like fresh air filling in the vacuum created by good original music as a result of impregnable layers of mush. They say that every generation feels that the music they listened to during their growing up years is the best music of all times. And maybe that is true. But then it is also true that this "Alternative" genre of music (punk rock with hooks or the more commercially known version of it called "grunge") was something never heard before and it did take over mainstream music pretty quickly. Yes it did draw inspirations from Heavy metal and hardcore punk and the likes, but what came out was something very unique.<br /><br />I got drawn towards grunge mostly due to Nirvana which is when I started learning more about their influences and it was clear that bands like <a href="http://www.themelvins.net/">The Melvins</a> and <a href="http://www.mudhoney.net/">Mudhoney</a> had already defined this alternative genre of rock, which eventually bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden popularized. Of course there were others like Alice in Chains and Live and Bush, but it was really Nirvana and Pearl Jam who sort of defined the era of their music. Contrary to what most people think, it was not just about sex and drugs and "I hate myself and I want to Die" rants. Of course it was about that too - but then for a completely new style of music that originated from Seattle to take over mainstream music, it was that and much much more. It was also about dry humour, sarcasm, morbidity and overall very good music.<br /><br />So that's me talking about my generation and why I think Grunge rules and unlike what a lot of people say, I totally do not think that Grunge is Dead. Which is why RhythmFish 21.5 FM has distinct flavors of Grunge.<br /><br />Would love to hear from you folks on what are the genres that you absolutely like or hate.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-46558841864838017892009-08-28T05:31:00.000-07:002010-02-06T22:03:32.607-08:00Internet Radio - A marvel of our times<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnteCkWg0rDfZaLk9UNvBFo1WdfRUiurOsPNXZIZzIxACAQjUWB4zi0iDbkfIwL0shI7o8DRFa4pyv6OVSg57EvpPmo2f-4T8AHEild63b_3OKaNfHY0J_xEKOEc5GeqjJu23sUaE9VJV/s1600-h/71276404.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375072289596869554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnteCkWg0rDfZaLk9UNvBFo1WdfRUiurOsPNXZIZzIxACAQjUWB4zi0iDbkfIwL0shI7o8DRFa4pyv6OVSg57EvpPmo2f-4T8AHEild63b_3OKaNfHY0J_xEKOEc5GeqjJu23sUaE9VJV/s320/71276404.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 296px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
My first brush with Internet Radio happened sometime during the late 90s. I had heard "Iris" by the <a href="http://www.googoodolls.com/">Goo Goo Dolls</a> in one of our usual hangouts and was desperate to get a copy of the song. Unfortunately there wasn't a soul that I knew who had that song. Around the same time one of my buddies introduced me to an "internet radio station" website. Needless to say my entire outlook towards accessing music changed post that. Of course my source of internet was a cybercafe near my college and the cafe owner used to stare down on you if he saw you doing anything outside of sending e-mails or chatting on those public forums (if only looks could kill). Although I can understand his problem - bandwidth was at a premium at those times. Needless to say my tryst had ended abruptly with Internet Radio.<br />
However my first experience had left quite a lasting impression for when I had an internet connection of my own the first thing I did was to look for the various internet radio stations over the web. That is when I discovered <a href="http://www.shoutcast.com/">SHOUTcast</a>. For anyone remotely interested in broadcasting, SHOUTcast offers you end to end solutions with regards to the broadcasting tools. Perhaps my curiosity for Internet Radio was partly because of my love for music, I don't know, but it did not take me much time to conclude that Internet Radio was a marvel in itself.<br />
It was not just the music, but also the fact that you could reach out to the entire world with anything that you wanted to, simultaneously / concurrently and instantaneously. The concept is simple. You keep "pushing" (broadcasting) what you want onto a centralized location and then listeners can keep "pulling" (streaming) from there. Internet Radio like many things internet is still evolving and it will be sometime before firm ground is established with regards to working standards and addressing mass bandwidth concerns when it comes to extremely large set of audiences. But with the Internet world evolving at the pace it has been I see that gap closing very fast.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-88978162788067419112009-08-26T23:28:00.000-07:002009-09-04T07:30:06.548-07:00RhythmFish Radio 21.5 FMYou know what they say about coming up with good relevant names for anything? You first try to understand the essence of the object that you want to name. It could be your children, your cat, your business, your house etc. You then make an exhaustive list of names, chew over them, edit the list, make the list smaller, take an opinion poll and then choose one. Well, I did not do anything like that. All I did was ask this super smart friend of mine of what she thought could be a good name for a radio station and she said "rhythmfish". It fit. I added my 2 cents to it and made it "RhythmFish Radio 21.5 RF". So much for originality.<br /><br />The station would host events, take dedications, cater to requests. That's Rhythm. And given that we admire the "radio star" so much we will also seek and promote obscure bands. That's Fish. And we will try to keep doing both in perfect harmony.<br /><br />If you are wondering what 21.5 FM... - well you got to figure that one out yourself.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128698672717781980.post-86972817791016458712009-08-25T13:08:00.000-07:002009-08-29T00:57:30.180-07:00The Radio Star Shines - and how!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gK0-O-XYxSfnOlt1wWyLG6t-jOuawBVrroO3eDqhFJLkpAhyphenhyphenWHuIeZR-cJ8jmFCvVyHhVIcqM5pQd3KP0qoFm3cqbnWkeUt-CMeh0-WaQocG8kOG5LgtUM-K4TvlrMJy7pyEWUUG53xc/s1600-h/buggles.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374209737160775954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gK0-O-XYxSfnOlt1wWyLG6t-jOuawBVrroO3eDqhFJLkpAhyphenhyphenWHuIeZR-cJ8jmFCvVyHhVIcqM5pQd3KP0qoFm3cqbnWkeUt-CMeh0-WaQocG8kOG5LgtUM-K4TvlrMJy7pyEWUUG53xc/s320/buggles.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I am quite certain that The Buggles would be proud to see the radio star not only surviving the biggest homicide attempt towards it by Video, but actually doing pretty well for itself. When I first heard <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtHEmVjVw8">Video Killed the Radio Star </a>I was still in school and did not quite get it. Much later it dawned upon me that even I who quite liked the song was as much part of this homicide attempt. The irony was it took MTV to air the video of this song for it to really take wings....<br /><br />I sometimes wonder what actually happened to the radio star though.<br /><br />I have since then moved on from The Buggles to The Beatles and The Nirvanas and The Perl Jams and The Doors and The Hendrixes et all. And with technology on my side thanks to <a href="http://www.shoutcast.com/">Internet Radio</a> or <a href="http://www.shoutcast.com/">Online Radio</a> as you wish to call it I decided to setup my own <strong>radio</strong> <strong>station</strong> as a dedication to all my favorite stars who did not need TV to let themselves be heard. And yes that includes the now forgotten radio star too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682778234430770418noreply@blogger.com7