Creators push for fair royalties at the United Nations
MUMBAI: Speaking at the United Nations on behalf of CISAC, composer-songwriter Eddie Schwartz, co-chair of Music Creators North America and President of the Songwriters Association of Canada, said that songwriters, composers and lyricists have seen the value of their works diminish over the past
The Broadway Crossroads to premiere in Pune in first week of June
MUMBAI: Bringing classic Bollywood tunes to life soon, will be multiple-award winning singer Benny Dayal in The Broadway Crossroads. This one-night event is a tribute to Indian music, presented in a unique fashion, using multiple screens for wider impact on the audience.
Radio Flote co-founder creates new IP called The Mighty Rock Union
MUMBAI: Bangalore-based online radio station Radio Flote's co-founder Sikanth Gopinath has left the station to start his own music shack called Groove Shack, next to the beach in Calicut.
Corona India announces the debut edition of the Global Corona Sunsets festival in association with Submerge
MUMBAI: Hitting Indian shores this summer is the much anticipated Corona Sunsets Music Events.
Jay Z takes to Twitter to defend Tidal against "smear campaign" by big companies
MUMBAI: After coming under fire from both, musicians and fans, Jay Z has finally addressed the criticism his latest venture- Tidal has been subjected to in recent weeks. The ‘Holy Grail’ rapper took to micro blogging site- Twitter, which he hardly ever does, to put his point of view across.
P. Diddy's Revolt TV unveils new programming and target audience at second Omnifront
MUMBAI: Revolt, the digital cable television network, owned by Grammy Award winning rapper Sean Combs aka P. Diddy, recently revealed its new programming line-up along with a revamped strategy targeting a younger demographic.
Music streaming company C?R Media names Jay Clark as chief content officer
MUMBAI: CÜR Media, Inc. announced the hiring of Jay Clark as chief content officer. His responsibilities will include developing professionally curated genre stations for CÜR Music, the Company's social mobile and web streaming music service.
Sony Music commemorates Padma Bhushan Awardee Mallika-Ghazal Begum AkhtarÆs birth centenary
MUMBAI: Sony Music Entertainment, global music giant, announced the release of exclusive recordings of the legendary Ghazal Queen Begum Akhtar titled 'Masterworks From the NCPA Archives'.
Farout Media plan to have live IP under MARD by end of 2015
CEO and co-founder of Farout Media, Anurag Rao does more than just look into the business aspects of the company. He is often seen sharing the stage with his Farout Media co-founder- Farhan Akhtar as part out Farhan Live because playing live music is Rao's passion.
Warner/Chappell Music elevated Katie Vinten as VP A&R
MUMBAI: Warner Music Group's music publishing arm-Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), has promoted Katie Vinten to A&R vice president. She previously served as A&R director for the company.
