Multi-instrumentalist Prem Joshua left home when he was 18 years and came to India. Born in Germany, his journey took him to countries like Greece, Turkey, Afghanistan and India. Inspired by the music of Pt Ravi Shankar in his younger days, Joshua developed a liking for the sitar and later learnt it from from Ustad Usman Khan – after his association with India for 30 years, this affable musician never misses coming to India every year, no matter what.
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MUMBAI: 95 percent of music downloads remain illegal although the global music industry is making progress in clamping down on online piracy by evolving radical new ways of selling tunes, a new IFPI report says.
The annual report of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on the state of digital music, says new business models helped the legal online music sector balloon for a sixth straight year in 2008, growing by 25 percent to 3.7 billion dollars (2.8 billion euros) in trade value.
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MUMBAI: Intex, which had unveiled its music phone IN3333 a few months ago in India, has now made it available in a new avatar with the inclusion MSN Messenger Live and Mobile Tracker.
This is said to be the first Value Added Service to the Intex range of mobile phones.
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MUMBAI: Sidhharth Coutto, drummer and founding member of erstwhile band 'Zero' has composed the background music of PVR Pictures' upcoming film Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aye and is also making his Bollywood debut as an actor.
Veteran composer Javed Akhtar, singer Alka Yagnik and composer Lalit have also done cameos in the film.
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MUMBAI: In an effort to promote and popularise Indian music in association with the Indian Music Academy (IMA), founder members Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia and Pt Jasraj flagged off the concert series Idea Jalsa on 15 January in Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM's Bangalore Station conceptualized a campaign that will ensure its listeners get a chance to get tough on the current slowdown. Aptly christened 'Bitti Harusha Idi Varusha', the contest was aimed at giving listeners a chance to win free goodies to last them an entire year during this Sankranthi. The contest which began on January 8th concluded on January 14, 2009 with winners being declared every single day.
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MUMBAI: She belongs to the family who own India's Number One Music Company, T-Series. But that is certainly not her claim to fame. Fulfilling her Father, Shri Gulshar Kumar's dream of wanting his daughter to become a singer, Tulsi Kumar has left no stone unturned in doing just that. She says, "It was my fathers dream to see me singing. So somehow it was understood in my family that I would become a singer".
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NEW DELHI: T-Series has released the music of Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye, the latest production of PVR Pictures that is slated to hit the theatres on 6 February.
The movie is written and directed by debutante Madhureeta Anand and stars Raima Sen, Randeep Hooda and Arbaaz Khan.
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MUMBAI: A R Rahman has done it again. After pocketing the Golden Globe and the LA Critics Award for Danny Boyle's feature film, the music of Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for the UK Bafta awards, to be given away in February.
The BAFTA nominations for 'Slumdog' come days after the film stormed away with four prizes at prestigious Golden Globe awards on January 11 where Rahman bagged the Best Original Music Score award for 'Jai Ho', a first for any Indian.
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