Live music on a different beat

Live music scene in India has grown, branching from sporadic open air ground events to new age music venues. The Indian live music scene has become...

FM, music industry to tune on royalty

MUMBAI: The radio and music industries in India has been out of tune over music royalty for years now, but it seems melody might be regained with the...

Music launch of the film 'Toss - A Flip of Destiny'

A time to wake up

The third phase of financial bidding for FM stations is around the corner and the players are all geared to bag the few metro stations and a clutch...

NY based musician Wayne Sharpe - "Composing for a Bollywood film is like scoring for two Hollywood films as it is twice the amount of work!"

New York based musician Wayne Sharpe grabbed Filmfare awards in 2004 for his background score in Prakash Jha's �Gangajal'. His background scores in...

Bollywood and the magic of monsoon music

Bollywood filmmakers have always been fascinated by the rains and have tried to depict them in a myriad ways.

An ode to the Sony Walkman

MUMBAI: The Walkman, once a status symbol of the young and old alike, turned a mellow 30 this week. Owning a Sony Walkman was a statement, a...

Outlandish - "This album has more of tempo and more heart energy"

Multi-award winning hip-hop group Outlandish will soon be starting their mini India tour as a part of VH1 Handpicked. Starting from Mumbai, the band...

IMI president Vijay Lazarus - Differences with the radio industry need to be bridged

Vijay Lazarus, the president of the Indian Music Industry (IMI) has over 35 years working experience in the global audio and video industry. Since...

Labels ready music promotions of long delayed releases

MUMBAI: Friday was marked by frenetic activity as music labels struggled to chalk out music promotion plans for feature films whose release dates...