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MUMBAI: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) shortwave broadcasters' meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 2 Febuary, has renewed its support for the creation of a monitoring network to assess the reach and quality of their broadcasts. The backing came at a meeting of the Steering Committee of the ABU Shortwave Coordination Group, ABU-HFC. Over the past few years the committee has been looking into the development of a monitoring unit. Audio monitoring within the ABU-HFC would be a bilateral process, with ABU providing its support at no extra cost.
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MUMBAI: Grammy award winning Indian musician A R Rahman has joined voices with some of the biggest names in the music industry like Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Barbara Streisand and Kanye West to record a cover of Michael Jackson's peace anthem 'We Are The World'. The 44-year-old singer-composer who picked up two golden gramophones over the weekend, headed straight to the studio afterwards to record the song which will help raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake, along with 80 other artistes .
read moreMUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is looking to have international music acts for the third edition of the event. On his Twitter account IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi reveals that they are trying to get Akon to India. He says that with his new album, the singer should be a hit in the country. This will probably be for the opening ceremony.
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MUMBAI: After a successful stint down South, composer G V Prakash is all set to make his mark on Bollywood. The young composer will score the music of Shirish Kunder's directorial debut Alien Sahib staring John Abraham. Contrary to media reports doing the rounds, the musician denied that he would be composing music for Farah Khan's Tees Mar Khan staring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. "I am composing for Shirish's maiden directorial venture Alien Sahib and not Tees Maar Khan," he corrected. The composer will start working on the film from August this year.
read moreMUMBAI: British advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has banned a radio ad featuring a man speaking loudly in German and the voice over asking, "Is your boss a bit of a tyrant?" Thirteen complaints were filed for the ad for recruitment firm Reed which was banned by the ASA for using 'outdated stereotypes' and implying Germans were tyrants. It banned the ad for breaching rules on good taste and decency.
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MUMBAI: Legendrary sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar has become the latest musician to have floated an independent music label, called East Meets West Music (EMWMusic) In the last couple of years, many prominent Indians musicians have commenced venturing into the music business on their own, mostly due to growing dissatisfaction with the way big music labels in the country function
read moreNEW DELHI: Employees of All India Radio and Doordarshan have resumed their agitation for repeal of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act 1990 on the ground that the experiment has proved financially unviable and the decision to treat employees in service (as on 5 October 2007) as deemed government employees will create different cadres.
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MUMBAI: Kolkata based tabla genius Pandit Tanmoy Bose, who has performed with the likes of Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan released his new album Baul N Beyond recently. The most interesting part of this album is that Bose explores one of the most native forms of music Speaking about what drove him to this music, Bose says, "I could find a connection between Folk, Jazz, Indian classical music paired with the timeless philosophies of the Baul music. However, it's unfortunate that people are not aware of our indigenous genres."
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MUMBAI: After a relatively dull last year, the composer duo of Vishal and Shekhar have several projects in their kitty. The duo have recently come on board as composers for Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan staring Akshay Kumar. They would also be scoring the music of Shahrukh Khan starter RA-1.
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MUMBAI: India's first music expo, Baajaa Gaajaa, is back with a more diverse schedule this year. Not just Hindustani, but Carnatic and Folk music will also be the mainstay of Baajaa Gaajaa 2010 Started in 2009 with a vision to represent India's diverse music by Underscore Records, an independent label founded by Shubha Mudgal and husband Aneesh Pradhan, Baajaa Gaajaa 2010 will be hosted at Pune's Ishanya Mall starting from 5 - 7 February 2010. The event will be inaugrated by Santoor meastro Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
read moreMUMBAI: Hungama Digital Media has launched Hungama MyPlay, a music application for Facebook. Facebook users can now enjoy songs by adding this application to their profile pages and play the latest music via live steaming. It also enables interaction through features such as �share' and �dedicate'.
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MUMBAI: As India's music industry undergoes a seismic shift away from traditional labels and filread more
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MUMBAI: Since 1945, the name Sennheiser has stood for pioneering audio technology and passionateread more
India’s First Stand-Up Comedy Radio Property. Every Day, Every Hour. read more
MUMBAI: Swedish-born producer and DJ Claes Rosen has finally unveiled his track ‘If This World Were Mine’, a viral remake of the 1967 Marvin Gaye...read more
MUMBAI: San Francisco punk rock band Tess & The Details return with their first original single since 2023, announcing the anthemic “Take Me...read more
MUMBAI: There’s a quiet magic in the bond between a father and child — a kind of love that doesn’t always need words yet speaks volumes. It’s in the...read more
MUMBAI: Come witness a rare and enriching musical experience as two leading orchestras of the two nations come together to present two unique...read more
Mumbai, June 13: After cementing his place as one of Indian hip-hop’s most raw and honest voices, Panther returns with a refreshing twist in 'Manwa’...read more
