Indiabeat co-founder Samiran Gupta - Our goal is to make that which is not mainstream commercially viable
If you have a yen for non-stop Jazz fusion, Indo Jazz fusion, Jazz Rock, Raga Rock, World, Mid Eastern, Crossover, Indipop and music with an Indian / MidEastern feel, it's now available just a click away. Samiran Gupta has entered the music scenario with Indiabeats, an online radio station and now...
Blue Frog Records'founders Ashutosh Phatak & Dhruv Ghanekar - We want to give non mainstream music a platform because it deserves a wider audience
Blue Frog started life as a revolutionary Mumbai night club in December 2007. May 2008 saw the launch of three new music businesses from the founders - Blue Frog Production, Blue Frog Soundlabs and Blue Frog Records. At a time when CD sales are declining and the number of record labels shutting...
TAM Media Research vice president Pradeep Hejmadi - 'Kolkata should be on our radar by June'
It's been a hectic six months for TAM Media Research's Radio Audience Measurement wing, which launched in the three metros of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore in November 2007. Launching the service for the first time in the country meant meeting up with media agencies, advertisers, traveling across...
Bangalore stations go the Kannada way
The country's first private FM station launched in the garden city almost six years ago. Several other players followed, and in the radio space, Bangalore has turned out to be one city that never let complacency get the better of it. The trend continues, with many stations having executed an about...
Lyricist Neelesh Misra - There is sincerity in the current breed of lyricists
With the deteriorating state of 'lyrics' in the Hindi music industry today, Neelesh Misra is here to make a difference. He is many faces rolled into one - journalist, lyricist and novelist. A senior editor with The Hindustan Times, music is his first love. With a number of hits tucked under his...
Radio Mango director programmes Ravi Nair - We plan to promote more artistes and bands in the coming year
Having earned the distinction of being Kerala's first private FM station,Radio Mango, started by Malayala Manorama is focused on capturing the Kochi market. Providing listeners with a local music flavour, Radio Mango has created a niche for itself in Kannur, Kozhikode and Trichur. Radio Mango...
Radio Misty CEO Nishant Mittal - Big brands are realising that Siliguri is a fast developing market
He's touted to be the youngest CEO of a FM radio station in the country. To add to his challenges, Nishant Mittal heads his organisation in a state that offers four countries as neighbours to India, a diverse cultural panorama that the station needs to continually needs to address. Radio Misty is a...
It's all about money, honey!
The age old lure of fame and money is what Fever FM's Mumbai station used as bait in its recently concluded Vodafone Fever Contest. Listeners stood to win a sum of Rs 104,000 every 104 minutes (in keeping with the station's frequency) as a part of the contest. The strategy worked. Fever claims to...
Fropper.com business head Navin Mittal - Our idea is to bring networking to an online music experience
The online radio space in India has a new entrant. Fropper.com, the social networking site from the People Group has launched a free online radio service with around 15,000 songs available online for starters. Fropper has set itself the target of expanding its content base to 1,00,00 songs in the...
Composers sound out industry for rights
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy worked on a relatively humble budgeted Johny Gaddar after scheming music for a slate of big banner films. However, the deal was in their favour as the Neil Nitin Mukesh starrer film fetched the trio a plum 50 per cent share of the music rights. The composer trio will now revel in...
