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Hong Kong: Music labels need to get into artiste management seriously, just as they need to work with television stations for creating innovative content, said Saregama India's Vice President, Artiste and Repertoire (A&R), Publishing and New Media Atul Churamani.
read moreMUMBAI: The music of Apoorva Lakhias upcoming film Mission Istaanbul was launched at the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Bangkok. The music of this muliti-starrer film, launched under the T-Series label, has been scored by four music directors namely Annu Mallik, Shameer Tandon, Mika, and debutante Chirantan Bhatt. The audio CD of the film is priced at Rs 160 containing seven tracks, six of which are originals and one remix.
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MUMBAI: Music Today has launched a DVD titled 'The Amazing Trio' showcasing the merger of three musical maestros - Dr. L. Subramaniam and Jean Luc Ponty on the violin and Billy Cobham on the drums. With the backdrop of the historical Gateway of India in Mumbai, this live performance creates an electric atmosphere giving the listeners a chance to witness the musical fiesta. Known for their virtuosity on the instruments, the three musicians are a true representation of 'east meets west'.
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MUMBAI: After a creative break of one and half years, Annamika is back with her next album 'Mithe Mithe Bol'. The album is launched under her own music label Ace Muzik. Speaking about launching her new label, she says, "What usually happens is the artist approaches the music label with his recorded songs and the artists are also made to pay for the album's promotional costs. As such no money is left with the artist, so it is more viable to launch the album under your own label."
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MUMBAI: Joint Secretary of South Indian Music Companies' Association (SIMCA) S L Saha resigned from his post a few days ago. Though Saha will no longer be the Joint Secretary of the association, he adds, "I will continue to be the member of the association."
read moreMumbai: EMI Virgin announced their exclusive distribution agreement with boutique music label, IndiaBeat today.
read moreMUMBAI: The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has accepted the final recommendations by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), with some modifications. The telecom regulator had recommended a draft policy that permits a satellite radio service provider to hold the permission of satellite radio channels. Among its various recommendations submitted by Trai, the ministry has also accepted the government's proposal in the draft policy on restrictions on news and advertisements in satellite radio service.
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Hong Kong: Issues of venues, ticket prices, overheads and artiste costs are some of the common problems that dog organisers of live music events across the Asia Pacific.
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Hong Kong: Nokia has rolled out its music stores in 10 countries to-date. In Asia Pacific- the two markets are Australia and Singapore.
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Hong Kong : Music Matters, the forum for the music industry in Asia released the third annual MTV study results gauging the music listenership patterns across 12 nations. These list includes, Hongkong, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Australia, Vietnam. The last two are new additions this year.
read moreMUMBAI: Media regulator Ofcom has fined MTV ?255,000 for broadcasting "highly offensive language and material" pre-watershed. These included the pre-9pm broadcast on MTV Networks Europe's UK channel TMF of an Aphex Twin video featuring offensive words including "motherfucker" and a daytime trailer for a Jodie Marsh reality show featuring the phrase "fucking wanker".
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MUMBAI: Today, M3F Festival, Northread more
MUMBAI: Hoopr, a leader in the royalty-free music space, is proud to unveil its latest innovationread more
As part of its refresh, the radio network recently launched its flagship show Dhun Badal Ke Toh...read more
MUMBAI: In a world where men are often encouraged to hide their emotions, we tend to overlook theread more
