Live music - juggling the highs and lows
With physical sales of the record industry registering a constant decline of almost 44 per cent each year from 2000 through 2007, the live music...
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Music historian Dinesh Ghate - "Advances in technology have put many musicians out of work"
Musician Dinesh Ghate is on a mission to honour the unsung instrumentalists' contribution to the golden era of Bollywood music. Profiling them and...
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Prasoon Joshi - Ghajini's music augments the storyline
Prasoon Joshi has carved a niche for himself as lyricist in Hindi films by bringing in word play which is simple yet deep - an expression which...
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Soumya Raoh - 'It's time to take a stance'
The Taj was burning, and we were watching helplessly, crying our hearts out. Hundreds of innocent lives were snuffed out. Many brave men died,...
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Panditji and I - Chaitanya Kunte
MUMBAI: When Panditji was still recovering, I went to accompany him for his Riyaz this was the first time that Panditji was singing at his home after...
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The reality behind music talent shows
MUMBAI: The ripple that started in 2005 has become a flood now, and shows no sign of abating. Year after year, television channels churn out 'talent...
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Sneha Khanwalkar - "I want to let my work speak for me"
If the pucca Punjabi tunes of Oye lucky lucky oye that are ruling the charts on television and radio make you think it's a Punjab da puttar who has...
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Parvati Kumari - "I don't believe in the ÔÇ?Gharana' music tradition"
After an initial struggle in the music industry, Underground artiste Parwati Kumari released her new album �Barse Barse Naina' with a fabulous...
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Going for a song
The rules of the music rights game in the Hindi film industry are changing at light speed. When music wizard A R Rahman refused to compose for Farah...
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