Jim Ankan Deka | Music, Photography and More

There was a time when people would give their entire savings to get featured by MTV and yet, it never came easy. Only the most talented and lucky ones could get a chance to be associated with mighty MTV. After the ripsnorting growth of internet, probably MTV thought that it will be a good idea to do things little different. And definitely, that's a great news for the musicians across the world. Those who already know about ArtistLink this write-up is not for you, but for the musicians who are longing to get focused and some respect from fellow musicians and fans. It ain't too bad to have your name listed on MTV website as an artist, is it? Do you want to get your music on TV? Do you want more fans/listeners? Do you want to make money? Here is what MTV has to say about this to new as well as renowned musicians, "Our brands were built off the power of music and now we've built a platform that puts the power in the hands of artists. The doors into MTV, VH1, and CMT ha...

Bangalore (Bengaluru) is not my birth place. Nor it's where I studied. I came here looking for a job in 2006. Since then, more I explored, though I didn't understand the language, I somehow managed to understand the city a bit. There are high-rise edifices with high living standards and low-rise shanties marked by poverty and inferior living conditions. I have been trying to capture the beauty, the happiness, griefs and brokenheartednesses of the metropolis. Bangalore through my eyes ! Mercantile establishments at Brigade Road, Bangalore (© Jim Ankan Deka) Famous Brigade Road in Bangalore (© Jim Ankan Deka) Illustrious MG Road, Bangalore (© Jim Ankan Deka) Vendor selling 'paan' (betel leaves) in front of Barton Centre, Bangalore (© Jim Ankan Deka) A trafficker selling shoe-laces at MG Road, Bangalore (© Jim Ankan Deka) A common view in Bangalore - fruit vendors (© Jim Ankan Deka) At a coffee shop in Bangalore (© Jim Ankan Deka) Som...

Many budding musicians and bands from India have been asking me a question for quite some time now - ' how to sell music on iTunes or Amazon or distribute music online? ' Till two years ago I thought it was a time consuming process. I never even bothered to try that myself. I was happy sharing my music through Reverbnation , SoundCloud or MySpace for free. Now, sharing your music with people for free is not a very bad idea if you want to get noticed. Once you have enough fans on Facebook and followers on Twitter , you should think about selling your music. If you are in the US or Europe, distributing or selling music online is not going to be a big deal. But if you are in India and not really sure about publishing your music on platforms like iTunes or OVI (Nokia Music), the number of times you bang your head on the wall will be more than the number of concerts you do. After much research (with food, beverage and sitting in front of laptop for days), I came to an unders...

I started 'blogging' from 2008. Before that I had very less to no knowledge about blogs and sites. I created my first blog with Blogger and later checked out Wordpress too. But I thought of sticking with Blogspot, which I felt easy compared to Wordpress. I ended up learning CSS and HTML and created 6 website like blogs in the next four years including Eastern Fare , Music Malt , North-East-India , Eric Johnson and EF News International . Here are some tips for the Bloggers. One can modify the Blogspot Page with these tricks. These are very easy to use HTML Codes / Javascript. How to Add Post Summaries With Thumbnail in Blogger Blog How to Create RSS Feed (RSS Feed Generator) How to Make Images Open in a Pop-up Window How to Add Animated GIFs to Blogger How to Create Typewriter Effect for RSS Feed and Atom How to Add Facebook Share Button in Blogger / Blogspot Posts How to Create Extra Pages (Static) in Blogger / Blogspot How to Create a Static Home Page in Blogger...

When I landed in Bangalore in 2006, the first thing I noticed was inaccessibility of restaurants or food joints serving pork items. I had always been a die hard fan of meat - specially pork. And it became more important for me to search for an eatery that has excellent 'pork' service than a job or a cot with roof. It took me almost six years before I could make a list of handful of eating joints where one can get an impressive menu of pork dishes. I got the taste of Naga pork (pork from Nagaland), Chinese pork, Thai pork (pork from Thailand), Italian pork and pork momos. Below are few joints where one can get hold of these. This is to help people who come mainly from North-East India to Bangalore in search of job. They would rather spend (waste) their time searching for work and a structure that provides privacy than pork. The Naga Kitchen (Try smoked pork with bamboo shoot or smoked pork thali) Koramangala 112, 6th Cross, 6th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore - 080 4167...