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MUMBAI: Music major Saregama India has released Karaoke series of golden chartbuster hits and immortal melodies on CDs. The Karaoke series consists of legendary singers like Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi, Mukesh and a host of other maestros with their immortal melodies One can hum and sing along to the tunes including Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara, Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhagi Si, Mere Dil Main Aaj Kya Hain among others.
read moreMUMBAI: BBC director of audio and music Tim Davie announced the launch of the BBC Audio Research Partnership at an industry event at MediaCityUK. BBC Research and Development will use the initiative to work in closer collaboration with leading universities in the field of audio research and innovation. Its primary academic partners will be University of Surrey for audio-visual research and University of Salford for research into acoustics.
read moreMUMBAI: �Con Brio 2011 - Western Music Festival & Piano Competition' begins today at Experimental Theatre, NCPA. The festival presented by NCPA and Furtados is dedicated to the late John Gomes for his 50 years of contribution in the development of music. Directed by Parvesh Java this year the fest will be anchored by four pianists: Marialena Fernandes, Mark Troop, Paul Stewart and Ranko Markovic along with soprano Patricia Rozario. Con Brio 2011 will also celebrate the birth bicentenary of Franz Liszt and death centenary of Gustav Mahler.
read more*Sheila and Munni continue to rule the Heartbeats MUMBAI: The war between two best item songs of 2010, Munni Badnaam (Dabangg) and Sheila Ki Jawaani (Tees Maar Khan) still continues, as they carry on to reign musical charts with rankings in the top five countdowns.
read moreMUMBAI: Clear Channel Radio has announced the �iHeartRadio Music Festival', a two-day music event hosted by Ryan Seacrest, on 23 -24 September at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The music festival will celebrate the official launch of the new iHeartRadio and also mark the biggest live concert event in radio history.
read moreMUMBAI: Microsoft has announced the launch of music streaming service �Xbox Music' which will offer instant access to more than 11 million songs. Based on Zune Marketplace, the service will enable users with voice commands to search for songs. CEO Steve Ballmer revealed in a Conference, that Xbox Music will be available through the Xbox Live community and is expected to be in market by October. Users with Kinect for Xbox 360 will also be able to perform voice searches for the songs.
read moreMUMBAI: The new FM radio policy will speed up growth but the pie will not expand enough to make the sector profitable unless the bids are pursued within rational limits, experts said. The private FM radio sector, sized at around Rs 10 billion, is expected to grow at 30-35 per cent due to Phase-III expansion as new towns surface and stations broadcast differentiated content in metros.
read moreMUMBAI: Indian Music Industry (IMI) with the help of Cyber Crime Wing of Mumbai Police tracked down pirated website songsdl.com, which allowed people to download pirated music and songs for free. IMI has been tracking more than 80 such illegal sites catering to Indian music content.
read moreMUMBAI: AirCheck India has compiled a comprehensive airplay chart of songs and movie/music album on popular radio stations across the country for the first six months of 2011. The radio monitoring service monitors 92 commercial radio stations in 18 cities across India.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi premiered the music of �Aarakshan' with the star cast of the film on Hi Mumbai. The cast and crew including Amitabh Bachchan, Prakash Jha, Manoj Bajpai, Prasoon Joshi, Prateik Babbar, Shankar Mahadevan and Loy Mendonsa shared their experience about the moviewith RJ Jeeturaaj. The musical morning show had some impromptu singing much to the delight of the listeners. The �Aarakshan' team broke into songs and poems and stars also opened up to reveal their spirited sides.
read moreMUMBAI: Selena Gomez & The Scene recently released its third album, �When The Sun Goes Down'. In the United States, the album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. With almost 78,000 units sold in the first week, the total track sales rose 91% over the previous release
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MUMBAI: Hoopr Smash, a first-of-its-kind, automated, self-serve, music licensing marketplace annread more
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MUMBAI: Global technology brand OnePlus, today announced the launch date of their upcoming audio read more
MUMBAI: This World Music Day, Ultra Media and Entertainment Group pays tribute to India’s cinematic golden age by bringing iconic songs back to life-...read more
MUMBAI: Celebrated Indie singers Aanchal Tyagi and Madhur Sharma have come together again for Adhoora, a beautiful duet about love that feels...read more
MUMBAI: On the occasion of World Music Day, some of India’s most popular and celebrated musical talents have come together to share what music truly...read more
MUMBAI: Bollywood consists of an impeccable range of talent, where actors are also soulful singers. They have lent their vocals to Punjabi raps,...read more
MUMBAI: JetSynthesys’ Global Music Junction powered Hari Prem Films (HPF), has announced an exclusive partnership with renowned Indian folk singer...read more
