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'''Mirko Pajčin''' ([[Learn Cyrillic|Serbian Cyrillic]]: Мирко Пајчин; born 13 October 1966), better known by his stage name '''Baja Mali Knindža''' ([[Learn Cyrillic|Serbian Cyrillic]]: Баја Мали Книнџа), is a Bosnian Serb folk singer and poet. He is most known for his wartime music and remains to be one of the most popular artists in Serbia.

During the early 2000's albums of Baja's live performances would be produced. The legitimacy of these labels are unknown and it is not known if Baja had any involvement with producing these albums. In 2002, [[Carisma Disc International]] released [[!!! Luda žurka !!!|''!!! Luda žurka !!!'']]. In 2003, a cassette titled[[Uživo (Baja Mali Knindža 2003)|''Uživo'']] was released, though its publisher remains anonymous. A year later, another concert recording on CD also called [[Uživo (Baja Mali Knindža 2004)|''Uživo'']] was released. In the same year, [[Još sad pa ko zna kad !|''Još sad pa ko zna kad!'']] was released both as a two part Cassette release and a two CD version. The live performance used for volume one is also used in ''Ajmo braćo u kafanu''. In 2006, [[Cronic München]] released [[Ajmo braćo u kafanu|''Ajmo braćo u kafanu'']], [[Gara iz Nemačke|''Gara iz Nemačke'']] and [[Hoćemo li brate zapjevati|''Hoćemo li brate zapjevati'']]. Information regarding the performances themselves are currently unknown.

==== Songwriting ====

In 1993, Baja wrote songs for artists in PGP RTS, the label that, two years prior, refused to publish his debut album. He would write the song "Rastanak" with the music being composed and sang by Rođa Raičević in ''Tako Je Suđeno''. It would also be covered by Cakana in the same year, although Baja would not be credited. He would also write the lyrics for "Đetić bez mane" for the 1993 Miloje Bubanja album, ''Život teče dalje''. He would also write and compose "Čujem da me tražiš" and "Dosta je bilo lutanja" for Jane Kačar's "Smiluj se, bože", published by Produkcija "Južni Vetar". While at Nina Trejd, he would compose and produce Goran Krajišnik's debut album, ''Koridor slobode'' as well as contribute an early version of "Dražo" (titled "Ustani čiča Dražo") to the Boro Srbin album ''Ja sam Srbin''. At SuperTon, he wrote the song "Prvi put" for Azbuka ljubavi by Nina Nikolić. Baja would also compose for Boban Zemunac's debut album, Ne daj se Srbijo moja and would feature an early version of "Neće biti granica na Drini". Its title track would use the tune of "Nemoj me lagati mila" and some elements in the instrumentals throughout the album would appear in later Baja albums albeit slightly altered.

While Baja only released one album in 1994, he would contribute to many albums that year. He would write the song "Princeza" for Srećko Ćosić (who would later guest star in Zbogom oružje and Plači voljena zemljo) for ''Maximalan'' which was also published by PGP RTS. He would write the song "Kapetan Dragan" for Bora Drljača on the album Nedam Krajine (whose title track is a cover of "Ne dam Krajine"), released by Melos and Master Music. He would write "Pismo" for the Mile Delije album, ''Siromah bez rodnog kraja,'' released by Master Music. He was the primary songwriter in the Gordan Krajišnik album, Život damo Krajine ne damo with "Nikad više zajedno" being the first and only appearance of the song in an album as it was solely performed live prior to its release. The song "Prsti sudbine" would appear again the next year in the Nina Kay album, ''Nisi Taj''. He would write for Rade Tešić's and Braća sa Dinare's debut albums both published by SuperTon.

In 1995, Baja wouldn't contribute as much as the previous year as he would write the lyrics to "Stara kalja a momak u duši" for the Bora Draljača album ''Nema raja bez svog zavičaja'' (whose title track is a cover of Nema raja). He would write the song "Nestao si kao dim" for the Simona album of the same name. Both albums were published by PGP RTS. Baja would also be the primary songwriter for Gordan Krajišnik's ''Nema laži, nema prevare'' with a disco version of "Nema raja", titled "Nema raja, bez rodnog kraja". He would also be the primary songwriter for ''[[Bila jednom jedna zemlja]]'' and ''Seobe''.

In 1996, Baja would contribute to four more albums from SuperTon: ''Svrati posle snegova'' with Obrad Vukovljak, Plači voljena zemljo, the songs "Pesma za ostavljene" and "Zorica" on Vojo Terzić's ''Kraljica bez krune'', and the title track and "Hey nevero" on Sveto Jovanović's ''Boem''. At Diskos, he wrote "Imala je oči" and the title track for Jane Kačar in ''I bogati plaču'', "Čekala me majka" on Božo Vorotivić's debut album, ''Nedam te!'', and "Ženama sam dušu dao" in Svemir Serdar's debut album ''Momak najbolji''. He would return to Nina Trejd and would work with Ličanin again in ''Će s'tobom biti'' where he would write "Jedna jela sa ličkoga prela" and "Otrov sam za žene".

In 1997, he was the primary songwriter in ''Ja se svoga, ne odričem do groba''. He would contribute to two Lazarević Produktion albums with the first being the primary songwriter of Jovan Perišić's debut album, ''Zbogom lažne ljubavi'' and the second being Marko Đuronović's ''Momačko veče'' where he would write the songs "Dajte nešto veselo" and "Da li ti suza krene".

In 1998, Baja would contribute to a few more more Lazarević Produktion albums. He would write the title track and "Morao sam poći" on Lepi Mića's ''Svaka me zima na tebe sjeća.'' He would collaborate with Božo Vorotivić again as he wrote the title track, "Kesteni", "Nije život sto godina", and "Žena bogataša" for ''Ko će da te čuva'' along with a reworked version of "Prvi put". The songs "Idi, idi, drugoj", "Bila sam u zabludi", and "Duša ranjena" on Gordana Filipović's debut album, ''Ogledalo devojačko'' were also by Baja. He would work on Miroslav Marić's Srce Skitnice as he wrote "Ove noći si moja" and "Daleko u svetu". He would work again with Bora Drljača on the song "Plači mala plači" for his self-titled album as well as "Neka piju, nek' se biju" on Biljana Jevtić's ''Bogataš'', both released by ZaM. He would also work on three Nina Trejd albums: ''Vratiće se Danijela, Idemo do Kraja,'' and ''Ličanin bez Like'' by Jadrino Jato, Braća sa Dinare, and Borislav Ličanin respectively. He would write three songs for ''Vratiće se Danijela:'' "Vratiće se Danijela", "Lutalica" and "Ništa nije kao prije", and was the primary songwriter for ''Idemo do kraja'' and ''Ličanin bez Like''. He would write songs for Jadrino Jato again in the Renome album ''Stigla danijela'' where he was the primary songwriter. He would write the title track, "Volim te ludo", "Talasa se, talasa", and "Prokleta Bila" for Rade Lukić's ''Moj brat je daleko,'' also published by Renome. Baja would write for Boban Zemunac one more time for the album ''Lutalica'' (published by Getex). He would write the song "Pevaj mala, pevaj" for the group Srpska Tromeđa on the album of the same name and would be the last SuperTon-related album Baja would work on.

In 2000, he would write for Novica Tekić's debut album, ''Plače nebo, plače Bog''. He also wrote the song "Dođi mala Romaniji Gori" and "Ostavi me Čana" as well as adapting the title track "Motokultivator" for Miško Cvijetić in the album of the same name. The ladder would become one of Cvijetić's most popular songs. He would write Božo Vorotivić's ''Svi si odnela'' and Tromeđe's ''Pusto polje''.