MUMBAI: India is a country which has always had a rich tradition as far as its culture and family values. If we look back at our cultural heritage we see how children of the kings were educated in ashrams, lived in the forest and sought guidance from sages. Even later, children grew in the joint family system where story telling by grandparents and values taught by elders were instilled in kids from a very young age!
read moreMUMBAI: Productiontrax.com, a global leader in royalty free music and media distribution, today announced an expanded partnership with Pro Sound Effects. The expanded partnership will make over 30,000 new royalty free sound effects and royalty free music files available for download on the Productiontrax.com website.
read moreMUMBAI: It's not the first thing people expect to hear when listening to a folk rock album. The indistinguishable greeting of an elephant's trunk and other wild animal sounds can be heard on the opening track "Miracles" for the new album The Elephant Groove from Miss Kristin. The Elephant Groove will go public worldwide on iTunes and Amazon.com under the contemporary music genre Jan.10, 2012. The Elephant Groove is an independent production from Big Fuss Records Inc.
read moreMUMBAI: According to Warner Music Group, the company has grown digital revenues and has established more comprehensive artist partnerships. The company's continued transition from physical to digital revenues streams continues to expand. The company experienced revenue growth in France, Spain and Latin America, although this offset weakness in the US, Japan and the rest of Europe. Digital revenue as a whole, accounted for nearly 30% of fourth quarter revenue, with growth in digital reflecting growth in global downloads and subscription services.
read moreYangaroo Inc., the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, today announced a partnership with San Francisco based INgrooves, a leading provider of online retail distribution, marketing and promotion services to the global music and video community. The partnership provides Yangaroo's DMDS music and music video delivery services, at preferred prices, to the thousands of INgrooves clients via their recently upgraded Client Console.
read moreMUMBAI: With the onset of New year, the music and radio industry in Asia is advancing towards new technologies. On 1 January, Dhaka FM, the first commercial HD Radio station was inaugurated in Bangladesh.
read moreMUMBAI: Metal legends The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath will headline the 10th edition of year's first biggest music festival �Download 2012'. The three day fest will commence from 8 June 2012 at Donington Park in London. Metallica will perform on its 'The Black Album', whilst the Prodigy will jam on their upcoming tracks. Black Sabbath will be marking their hugely anticipated comeback at the fest.
read moreMUMBAI: Anirudh Ravichander, music composer of the latest youth anthem 'Why This Kolaveri Di' has signed a deal with entertainment and marketing company Kwan. The company will handle Ravichander's commercial ventures from music compositions(for films, ads and television) to live performances.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM Mumbai has planned month long activity along with a special time band �Yaadon Mein Pancham' (from Monday to Friday at 9-11pm), to commemorate the death anniversary of musical legend RD Burman. The radio station hosted a musical event by versatile singer Neeraj Shridhar yesterday, the day of singer's death anniversary.
read moreMUMBAI: Samsung has introduced two audio docks system DA-E670 and DA-E750, to enhance the digital sound clarity of Apple iOS and Galaxy S smartphones. The product will be unveiled at the Consumer Electronic Show to be held from January 10-13 in Las Vegas.
read moreMUMBAI: Renowned tabla wizard Zakir Hussain will perform at a two-day annual music fest �CITI–NCPA Aadi Anant', starting from 7 January in Mumbai. Specially conceived by Hussain, the music festival is a blend of melodies from north and south India, as well as from the world of jazz. The music festival will showcase works that are deeply embedded in such traditions, and yet seek to reach out into the infinite realms of creativity, fostered by the contemporary socio–cultural milieu.
read moreMUMBAI: Amit Saigal, founder & editor of the music magazine Rock Street Journal has passed away. He had been an encouraging entity to several independent rock bands and musicians. In January 1993, Saigal initiated the rock magazine �Rock Street Journal' in Allahabad along with Shena Gamat to popularize the independent music scene in India. With over 25 years of experience in the music business in India, Saigal was also closely involved in the club and the concert market.
read moreMUMBAI: Finland's Nokia Corporation is moving its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Singapore to Beijing as part of plans to raise business efficiencies and meet savings targets. A Nokia spokesperson said in an emailed response to queries from Dow Jones Newswires that the move is part of their strategy to adapt their operations to the business environment to ensure competitiveness. This includes an increasing focus on assembly in Asia, close to Nokia's suppliers.
read moreMUMBAI: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today expanded its family of networking devices with the release of two new Elite(R) branded networked audio players. Both the N-30 ($499) and N-50 ($699) are equipped with AirPlay(R) and DLNA(R) 1.5 wireless technologies, offering music lovers access to their music stored in a variety of different sources. With the growing popularity of high-resolution audio available for Internet download, Pioneer's networked audio players are designed to handle and expertly reproduce high-resolution digital music.
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