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MUMBAI: Los Angeles-based web and music service Napster has launched its DRM-free digital music stores. Napster announced that it will sell DRM-free tracks for 99 cents and albums at $9.95, which is comparable with Apple's iTunes Plus DRM-free songs. Prior to this Napster had offered songs protected with Microsofts Windows-based DRM (digital rights management) system, which prevented users from illegally making multiple copies or distributing music tracks to other people.
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MUMBAI: After testing waters with reality show Dhoom Macha De on NDTV Imagine, Richa Sharma is gung ho about launching her music album.
read moreMUMBAI: AOL Music announced the launch of two new websites dedicated to urban and country music genre. The sites are named The Boot and The Boom Box. Surfers can have an access to their favorite artists, including video and song premieres. The site also provides news, photos, exclusive interviews and original editorial features.
read moreMUMBAI: A survey conducted in San Diego by Sonoro audio states that despite the wide popularity of portable music sources, consumers prefer to listen to some form of radio more than MP3 players and CDs. The study states, 57 percent of the time is spent listening to some form of radio, AM, FM or Internet. According to Arbitron and Edison Media Research, 33 million Americans 12 and older listen to Internet radio stations during the week, up from 29 million in 2006
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MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM, is championing the cause of music by highlighting the monotony of noise prevalent in the domain. The FM station has unleashed its new campaign 'Baaki Shor Machaayein, Radio City Music Sunaaaye', showcasing its claim on music on Tuesday, all over the country.
read moreMUMBAI: Sun TV Network Kal Radio is launching its FM station SFM in Kochi on 21 May. The launch is through subsidiary company Kal Radio. With this, SFM's total number of stations have gone up to 38 in India. SFM already operates in Chennai, Combaitore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Madurai, Tuticorin, Lucknow, Bhopal, Pondicherry, Calicut, Indore, Vijayawada, Varanasi, Tiruchy, Rajahmundry and Kanpur among others. SFM will launch seven more stations across the country as it holds license for 45 stations across the country.
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MUMBAI: Phat Phish Records launched a fusion of Punjabi folk-Middle Eastern fare with a touch of Sufi sound album by Da-Saaz titled "Jet Lag" on 16 May. Jet Lag is an album where Sufiana meets electro, Hindi meets Farsi, Urdu, Punjabi and Turkish sounds mingle with percussion from across the world. Da-Saz started this project with the idea of creating a bridge between different cultures and musical poles. The album's 11 tracks, most of them composed and mixed by David Scrufari, were recorded in Da-Saz's home-studio in New Delhi.
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MUMBAI: After trying and testing varied 'Bindaas' programmes, Big FM Hyderabad has come up with a contest called the 'Big Time Bomb' for its listeners. An interactive contest, the listeners will get an opportunity to win up to Rs. 1 Lac as prize money, every hour from 7.00 am to 11.00 am, beginning today May 19. The breakfast show Big Sandadi with RJ Shekar every morning.
read moreNEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister released a music album 'Sohni meri Sheranwali' by Agra-based singer Rahul at her residence on Friday. Renowned sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, who was present on the occasion, said that he had always been enthused by new singers who took to devotional or classical singing instead of just modern or rock music.
read moreMUMBAI: Having earned the distinction of being Kerala's first private FM station, Radio Mango by Malayalam Manorama is launching its Kochi station tomorrow.
read moreMUMBAI: According to newly released figures from the official UK Charts Company - the group which tracks U.K. chart positions, the digital album sales climbed by 69.3 percent in comparison to the first quarter of 2007. The company also confirmed that sales of digital single tracks climbed 42.3 percent, every year. The news is encouraging for the music industry since it means that digital music buyers are beginning to see album purchases as viable as using services such as iTunes.
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network, is proud to announcread more
MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: This is the first time that Shruti have created a multilingual track which includes the lyrics in three different languages Shruti Haasan who...read more
MUMBAI: Armaan Malik, hailed as the Prince of Pop, is aiming to bridge the gap between two different music sensibilities once again with his latest...read more
MUMBAI: Pop star Dhvani Bhanushali is all set to headline this year’s prestigious Mysore Dussehra, sharing the spotlight with musical legends like A....read more
