Been in my feelings about the relentless invisibilization of women in most spaces in India and then I rediscovered this gem of a line from Cardi, "I got enough bras, y'all ain't gotta support me"
My hope is that one day South Asians will stop dragging their own people down when they achieve something. Even if it was paid, not every song is making it on to these pages n the artist has every right to put himself on the shelf to be discovered. The work is stellar.
Man. Half the time you get into a regular conversation with men in India, they're trying so hard to prove that they know more that it just sucks the fun out of life. Like why you got such a chip on your shoulder dawg? I know shit too but I just wanna laugh a lil.
Hey rappers in DHH! Just wanted to let u know that ur producers are composers too because you don't have a song without the musical notations and arrangement that are part of that beat. So unless you wrote all those chords n got your producer to program only, credit them right.
Pink Blue just hit a 14k streams a day. Nearly 2x day one streams. It's also a reminder that all your little ideas do add up n create a ripple effect. And that you should def comb thru your YT, Apple & Spotify analytics on the regular.
If you missed it:
Artists, your team will meet your work with the energy you meet your team and work with. Your work's not done with just writing and recording the song. None of us will care about how it reaches the public if you don't show any enthusiasm.
Super productive day today. I think I may have just done the BEST Hindi + Haryanvi to English translation DHH has seen. Watch out for the subtitles (if we stick to these) on this upcoming Raga EP lmao
@EwillMyth
Got to shout “Language!” at my mom cos she said, “what an asshole!” In front of my 8 yr old cousin. Most satisfying moment of the day. Loved every second. How the turntables have turned. Like, all of that 🥹
A reminder to take chances and take your cold emails seriously. Gasoline by Apashe and Raga is in the trailer for the new Dev Patel and Jordan Peele movie, ‘Monkey Man’ 🦋
Yeah for real. Fuck not enjoying music festivals and experiencing joy cos it’s just “usual”. Seek joy, spread joy and don’t let anyone try and tell you that actualising your ambition will entail killing joy. They’re doing it wrong then.
People in the entertainment and advertising industries really need to stop behaving like mankind will end if their influencer and advertising campaigns don’t go live within 24 hours of their conceptualising them.
Privileged to see my friends and I bringing our individual passion projects to life little by little and being able to make our careers in what gives us purpose 🌕 🧿
My leadership coach called me a "Ball-busting Ice Princess' recently. First off, it should be 'Queen'. Second, why hasn't this been my Twitter bio like always?
The indie scene in India really needs to stop rewarding weak songwriting. Just cos it’s in English and has some guitar picking thrown in, doesn’t mean it’s good.
The DHH community truly does love their moms and the women in their lives. The amount of “fuck your mom” and derivatives they constantly use is surely a testament to it.
Should get royalties for every time someone uses “Raga bhai ka aaya phone” when I hit them up for work related to him. I’d be a millionaire by next week 🥲
One of the big reasons we cant export our music is tht so many venues will demand DJs dnt play any Punjabi/Hindi music, irrespective of their genre. We will restrict our own music impacting innovation and audience creation for it due to post-colonialism and classism. It's so sad.
@YungstaHipHop
Love how this turned into a woman bashing thread so quick like all men in this country are listening to hip hop and not half your artist managers are women.
You can give mediocre music as many playlist covers as you want across as many platforms as you want. The audience will not lap it up and it will only be detrimental to the growth of new soundscapes.
One of the pillars of my master's thesis was the positive correlation between streaming and live music. Seeing these little jumps in streaming numbers on Spotify as my artists tour is such satisfying real-world validation 🌞
I was told a registry for housewarming gifts is a little excessive, so I'm sending out Pinterest boards according to what people have committed. I'm all about making my friends' lives easier. 😇
More people need to talk about how much you can miss the regular supply of freshly cut fruit & fresh juice when living by yourself rather than making fun of brown parents for providing it 👀
Who tf decided that it's necessary to create over 40 water purifiers under one brand and then not add a comparative analysis option on the website?
#Aquaguard
😩
With CBSE, an Indian engg degree, a couple years at Deloitte and grad school, I can safely say I have a PhD in Bullshitting and it is my greatest weapon.
RAWAL x Bharg's first tour kicks off in Mumbai this Friday with some help from friends around the country. Come through.
Tickets:
#sabchahiye
#rawalxbharg
#desihiphop
But we live in a country where the State prefers teen pregnancies over access to safe sex so wanting folks to even acknowledge that clubs n music festivals exist as a legitimate part of the culture n encourage constructive reform to create safe spaces seems like a tall order 😞
I dream of a day where we can have legitimate Harm Reduction at Indian clubs and music festivals - instead of shoving it under the rug and giving it a dose of moral policing 🙏
That constant urge to write, "That's not how it works..." when you're working in music publishing in India. I would've added a
#iykyk
but I know not enough know.
Made a playlist of some of the releases that my roster and I have worked on since 2021. True to the name, Of the Wilderness doesn't stick to a genre. Save it!
#indianindie
#independentmusic
Started the day feeling meh and then a server at a Starbucks I’ve only been to once before remembered my name cos apparently the shirt I wore last time looked good on me and now I feel fucking radiant.
I need Indian companies to understand that a person's socials are their mouthpiece and not an extended mouthpiece for the company till the individual wants them to be.
Some days I wake up wanting the confidence of an Indian man who is persistent enough to send you video messages on IG despite radio silence from you for 3 weeks straight on a dozen of his messages.
There should be a message scheduling feature on WhatsApp. All these things I remember to follow up on at 1 AM in a country where people love to work on WhatsApp. 🙃
If you’re negotiating with someone and your entire concentration is on highlighting what you think they won’t get in the market vs what you’re able bringing to the table, you’re not going to inspire too much confidence in yourself.
Woke up at 5 AM through this week to work across time zones and I finally know what my mom meant when she said, “mera aadha din nikal gaya hai” at 10 AM all these years.
Indian men on Twitter today defending a dude whose job offer apparently got revoked cos he posted something about all women in tech being diversity hires only and should not be taken seriously. Crazy to me that our culture is so deeply fractured.
Finally someone said what I’ve been saying for a minute. It’s an opt in world right now and the culture is shouting where it stands with women. Same goes for why a Beyoncé n Nicki will chart everywhere else cept India n Indian men will behave like Pusha T is dropping masterpieces
Pat on the back for men who do a decent of not being sexist themselves. Now please also start calling a spade a spade and point out sexism for what it is when you see the women in your life encounter it, especially in the workplace.
I'm chill with people generally mispronouncing my name and coming across as idiots when they can't copy it from my email/social handles. But if the rest of your behavior don't work proper, then bitch you better practice and get my name right or things can get ugly.
#saymyname
That’s a wrap on AHH Backstage
#2
!
Full conversation out soon on our YouTube channel ⏰
Thank you
@mrdhruvv
@TanmayaBhatnag3
and
@BhargKale
for sharing your stories, and
@Depot_48
for giving space for hese stories to be told 🙌🏽
Having said that, I am very lucky and grateful to have found a few great people to work with who are open to having conversations about these issues. ✨
Every couple weeks my dad sends me an Afrobeats song he found on social media and I was obsessed with in the past week saying it's a good song. If that's not a wholesome relationship with your dad, idk what is 😭
Took the Mumbai Metro today. Apparently, to change lines, you have to get off and buy a new ticket for your new destination on that line?! Mumbaikars you surely know that this is ridiculous n not normal?
Wrote a piece for
@hivewireclub
on the intersection of some of my favorite things - public policy, cultural export and the current techscape for media consumption. Thanks for the opportunity
@srishtitechts
!