MUMBAI: NDTV awarded music composer Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy as �Entertainer of the Year (Music)' at the �6th Indian of the Year Award 2011', held on Tuesday 18 October at Taj Palace Hotel in Delhi.
SEL received the honour for their composition in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. On winning the Entertainer of the year (Music) title, the trio said, We have to thank Zoya (director) and Farhan as working with them brings out the best in us."
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MUMBAI: Violinist Ganesh and Kumaresh, the jovial brotherly-duo have introduced innovations in the grammar of Carnatic music with their novel musical form �raga pravaham.' The duo has been riding high on the concert podium from the early age of seven and has myriad of titles in their kitty.
The duo for the first time have scored music for the film �Lessons in Forgetting' directed by Unni Vijayan. The movie is an adaption of novel �Lessons in Forgetting' written by Ani...
MUMBAI: YouTube has announced a new feature called the Merch Store that will allow artistes to sell merchandise, music downloads and concert tickets to fans directly via the site.
It has partnered with Amazon and iTunes to power music downloads, Topspin for merchandise and tickets as well as Songkick for concerts. The site claims that it has made a few changes to make it easier for indie labels to become YouTube partners and share revenue when their music is played, even in user generated content.
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MUMBAI: The performance line-up for 2011 MTV EMA Awards has just got bigger with the inclusion of Paparazzi Queen Lady Gaga and Global star Bruno Mars.
Gaga and Bruno Mars, who have topped female and male nominations of 2011 MTV EMA Awards, will perform headline act at the event in Belfast.
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MUMBAI: Recording artiste LMFAO will headline their first arena tour �Cherrytree Pop Alternative' from 13 November - 23 December in Canada.
The duo will be assisted by Far East Movement and Natalia Kills with Frankmusik, Kay, Colette Carr and Rye Rye.
LMFAO will also be headlining a sold out European tour this October and November before attending MTV EMA awards where they have received two MTV nominations. The duo will also be performing hit tracks at the MTV EMA event....
MUMBAI: For the on-going festive season, Karbonn Mobiles has launched series of touch-screen phones Karbonn Tornado (K 1616), Twister (K1818), K 1515 and K 1010.
The three handsets Tornado, Twister and K 1515 are enhanced with 3D UI interface, live motion wallpapers, Java app K-zone, EGDE browser and e-mail support.
Tornado is embedded with 8.9cm hi-resolution HVGA capacitive touch-screen, G-sensor, proximity sensor and 3.2 MP with digital zoom. The device is priced at Rs 459...
MUMBAI: In honor of United Nations World Food Day, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is challenging the world to help provide one million meals for hungry children in just one week. From Monday, October 17 to Sunday, October 23, every time someone "Likes" Jackson's new Street King energy shots on Facebook, ( http://bit.ly/Hustleto1MM ) he will provide a meal to a child in need. In addition, Jackson will match the donation and provide a million more meals if the Like count reaches 1 million within the week.
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MUMBAI: American Express announced today that it has launched the Amex Entertainment channel on Facebook that will provide its community of music fans and cardmembers with access to exclusive ticket offers, insider updates and innovative experiences with some of the biggest names in music. Content on the channel is being created in partnership with Billboard and Billboard.com.
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MUMBAI: Sirius XM Radio today introduced the SiriusXM Edge Dock and Play Radio, the first satellite radio able to receive an expanded lineup of commercial-free music channels, sports, and comedy, as well as SiriusXM Latino, a new suite of Spanish-language channels.
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MUMBAI: Spinlet is a company dedicated to meeting the needs of music lovers and artists. The company will become the premier digital distribution service to enter the African market and is focused on promoting music as the catalyst for positive social engineering. San Francisco based Spinlet is committed to ensuring they have their finger on the pulse in the Nigerian and African entertainment industries and have recently set up a location in Lagos, Nigeria. The company has hired a local team to assist in the launch of the new Spinlet service set to release this November.
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