https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/ Recent content in Beyond Listening on Nishanth Veduruvada — AI Platform Architect Hugo en Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/ep03-khwabon-ke-parinde/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/ep03-khwabon-ke-parinde/ Latin styles doing narrative work — how bossa nova's unconventional chords lift a scene, and why those chords are the ones that fit. https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/ep02-om-namaha/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/ep02-om-namaha/ A love song built on a heartbeat rhythm in 7/8, a melody that keeps leaping instead of stepping, and a male-female duet that swings between tonic and dominant like a pendulum. https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/elements-of-a-musical-composition/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/elements-of-a-musical-composition/ Sound is everywhere. Only some of it is music. A standalone episode on the elements that do the separating — rhythm, melody, harmony, tone colour and form. https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/ep01-chinni-chinni-aasa/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://nishved.com/beyond-listening/ep01-chinni-chinni-aasa/ A. R. Rahman's debut album still sounds new three decades on. Trying to work out why is what started this whole series.