MUMBAI: As part of its �sounds of the summer' celebrations, audio giant Audio-Technica has conducted a study into the nation's musical preferences to find out just how obsessed we are when it comes to our tunes. More than 1,000 people were questioned - and with singing at work and dancing in the street common place - we've certainly got some strange habits!
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MUMBAI: CBS Interactive Music Group today debuted the redesign of MP3.com, the original online source for free legal music downloads. At launch, the new MP3.com offers more than one million complimentary tracks. The site also has begun an extensive 30 day promotional campaign online and across CBS RADIO's 90+ music stations featuring free songs from a sampling of today's leading artists including Arcade Fire, Britney Spears, 30 Seconds to Mars, My Morning Jacket, Jennifer Hudson, and Moby, among others.
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MUMBAI: Dutch musician, DJ and record producer Tiesto and Believe Entertainment Group today announced plans to launch an all-new, digital video series entitled "In The Booth," a documentary-style show that will go behind the scenes with the world-famous DJ and give fans an up-close, personal look at the electronic/dance music superstar's life and the global movement he has fueled.
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MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM and 92.7 Big FM were the big winners from India with two Gold, two Silver and three Bronze metals, at New York Festivals 2011 Radio Program & Promotion Awards.
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MUMBAI: McCann Worldgroup has bagged the bronze Radio Lions, making it the sole award for Radio from India, at Cannes Lions 58th International Festival of Creativity.
McCann campaign for Mirc Electronics' Onida title 'Terminator' won the award in the Home Appliances, Furnishings, Electronics and Audio Visual category. The campaign was head by Prasoon Joshi, and the creative directors were Akshay Kapnadak, Rahul Mathew and O.r. Radhakrishnan.
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MUMBAI: Nine FM paid tribute to music legends and local singers on World Music Day.
Beginning with the breakfast show, Nine FM featured trivia related to the life and works of music legends like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Michael Jackson, Kishore Kumar, Bob Marley and more. The radio station also aired unplugged songs of local musicians who were also a part of the celebration and shared their experiences with music. Nine FM hosted a contest for listeners where they had to define music, and the best definition won prizes.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mantra celebrated 'World Music Day' with exclusive interviews of music directors, playback artists along with their best compositions.
The station played interviews of Jatin-Lalit, Anand Raj Anand, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishal-Shekhar, Salim-Suleman, Sunidhi Chauhan, Daler Mehndi, Neeraj Shreedhar and many more.
Radio Mantra national programming head Kanwar Sameer said, Music is the backbone of any radio station and what better than showcasing who's who of the musicians and artists, getting to know them better on World Music Day....
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MUMBAI: Extreme Music, the production music arm of Sony/ATV, and A+E Networks proudly announce the release of the soundtrack to the History channel's inspirational WWII in HD series. Available now for the first time on iTunes, the soundtrack is packed with 19 triumphant tracks, including the main title theme, used to create the audio backdrop that helped breathe life into this epic 10-part docu-series.
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MUMBAI: 94.3 Radio One's MJ Prachi gave the listeners of her blockbuster evening show �Family No. 1' yet another memorable evening to revere, when she was accompanied by Amitabh Bachchan. The undisputed Shahenshah of Bollywood visited 94.3 Radio One studio to chat up with MJ Prachi about his upcoming movie �Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap'.
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MUMBAI: Pop Art has always been Fashion's Albatross. Founding Father of Pop Art – Andy Warhol not only turned the art world upside down but also heavily influenced fashion. The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.
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