After tremendous success on Android, Music learning app 'Riyaz' launched for iOS users
Bengaluru: Music tech start-up Riyaz has finally launched iOS version of its App to allow the iOS users to enjoy and practice classical and popular music in its entirety anywhere, anytime with instantaneous feedback for learners to practice singing. The App has also significantly eliminated challenges of learning music, according to its users.
With over 1.5 million active users currently, Riyaz comes packed with well-curated courses and hundreds of practice lessons that serve both beginners and advanced learners in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music traditions, along. The app is also packed with necessary tools for singing such as Smart Tanpura, Breath monitor and Vocal monitor.
“At Riyaz, we believe that quality music education must be accessible and affordable to every aspirant out there in the world.” Gopala says. He founded Riyaz with Prof. Xavier Serra who heads Music Technology Group in Barcelona, Spain. “Many of us have been bathroom singers and shied away from formal learning owing to challenges associated in learning music. Riyaz has eliminated those. A million plus learners on our android offering is a resounding testament to this!” says Gopala, a PhD holder in Music Technology.
The content comes from reputed musicians and music tutors of the country as well as from in-house content production lead by Chief Content Officer, Trilochan Kampli, a renowned Tabla maestro. Riyaz in its fore is a practice app and is rapidly introducing other genres such as Light classical and devotional.
“Indian diaspora from around the world have expressed immense interest in Riyaz as learning Indian classical music is even harder when you’re away from home. We duly obliged and launched the iOS version of Riyaz. While at the same time, we are ramping up on our partnerships that will hugely benefit our learner base in the coming days!” says Anil Kumar Alaham, who heads marketing and partnerships at Riyaz.
With beautifully visualised screens and a highly resourceful feedback system on Riyaz, becoming a professional singer or even honing the skill as a hobby singer, is no longer a challenge. Riyaz is your pocket music guru and a ‘must-have’ singer’s companion.
The app is available on Google Play Store and now on Apple App Store for free.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
