MUMBAI: Over 50,000 fans were left spell bound after experiencing a sensational first day at Sunburn 2012. Sunburn, Asia’s biggest music festival, was back for its 6th edition at Candolim Beach with 32 mind numbing acts led by Dutch Trance ace DJ Sander van Doorn along with Grammy Nominee Brian Transeau (BT) who brought down the house with two adrenaline pumping sets that set an electrifying tone for the 3 day electronic dance music festival.
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MUMBAI: Pop beauty Taylor Swift topped the list of 2012’s most charitable US celebs — by donating $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Swift topped ‘Top 20 Celebs Gone Good of 2012’ list of DoSomething.org, an organization that gets teens involved in social change. This year, she also became the youngest-ever recipient of the Robert. F Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award.
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MUMBAI: Percept has announced a three-year association with global video sharing giant YouTube for live streaming all Sunburn events on the popular website.
As per reports, the association which includes all Sunburn properties – Sunburn Goa, Sunburn Mumbai and Sunburn Noida - will have the events live streamed to a global audience in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Earlier also Sunburn had partnered with YouTube, both, in 2010 where Sunburn Goa was streamed live across 82 ...
MUMBAI: The headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will soon have its own community radio which shall serve listeners under the radius of 8 to 10 kilometers. It will broadcast issues pertaining to rational thinking, gender issues and various other situations that can be brought forward for the community welfare.
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Although 2012 had some hiccups for private FM radio with the delayed launch of FM Phase III, the year is ending on a brighter note with most broadcasters registering a good growth across markets. While the biggest challenge was to create innovative programming using music as the base, FM Radio in India has come along with many unique initiatives in programming and activations.
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Niche genres of music have been struggling to preserve their sounds ever since cable TV and internet invaded the country’s popular sound and visual scape. Two decades on, bastions of jazz and pop music, mainly in urban areas, are still thriving albeit smaller but more fanatical followers may who faithfully keep the fire burning.
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MUMBAI: Karbonn mobile has launched ‘A30- Ta Fone’ an android dual-SIM smartphone, with 5.9 inch display TFT display.
The device runs on Android 4.0 ICS operating system, 1GHz Dual Core processor, dual SIM Capability, 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera Wi-Fi, 3G, 2G, 2500 mAh battery and up to 32 GB extendable memory.
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MUMBAI: 9X Jhakaas Music Yatra - the travelling musical platform by Maharashtra’s first Marathi music channel 9X Jhakaas, will air a unique musical show called Goonj. A complete treat for instrumental music lovers, Goonj will feature internationally acclaimed flutist Pravin Ghodkhindi and his son Shadaj Ghodkhindi. Goonj will premiere on 9X Jhakaas on Saturday, 29th December 2012 at 9pm and will also have a repeat telecast on Sunday, 30th December 2012 at 9 am and at 10 pm.
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To conclude with, soundtrack of Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is one of those tracks that come and go. Apart from some songs like ‘Badal Uthiya’ (Rekha’s version), ‘Lootnewala’ and ‘Khamakha’ has some beautiful lyrics and composition. Other songs might work well in the movies, hopefully....
