MUMBAI: Over the past decade, independent artists have earned significant income from traditional licensing opportunities in TV and film, but with YouTube quickly becoming the most popular online music-discovery platform, there are countless opportunities to license music on a much smaller scale.
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MUMBAI: Chart-topping singer-songwriter Julie Frost is proud to add Golden Globe Award winner to her list of accomplishments. Frost recently won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for co-writing "Masterpiece" with Madonna and Jimmy Harry. The song was produced by William Orbit to be featured in Madonna's new film, "W.E." Frost's road to success is a fairytale that took her from indie artist to sought-after singer-song writer. "It is an honor to receive a Golden Globe Award and to be acknowledged in a category that included so many of my musical heroes," says Frost.
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MUMBAI: Thousands of people cast their votes to help People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India determine the Hottest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2011, and Dhanush and Mallika Sherawat have been declared the winners. Dhanush and Sherawat beat out early leaders Vivek Oberoi and Vidya Balan and faced further competition from Sonu Sood, Shahid Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Kareena Kapoor.
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MUMBAI: Indian users can now make free calls from their iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android phones to others across the world and also use their premium service to make very cheap calls to all fixed and mobile phones.
Sweden based company freephoo launched their free mobile VoIP application in India that enables users to make free calls from their iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android phones free of cost using the WiFi or 3G network.
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MUMBAI: NCPA hosts seminars on Indian music from 20th to 22nd January, 2012 from 9.30am to 5.30 pm.
Presentations in Music Research in collaboration with Indian Musicological Society and Indian Council for Cultural Relations
From historic times, there has been a strong scholastic tradition in the field of Indian music, which continues in the modern period as well.
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MUMBAI: This weekend, on �Bollywood Blockbusters - Music Maestros', CNN-IBN pays tribute to the versatile musician - O P Nayyar, who gave Hindi cinema some of its peppiest numbers through the 50s and 60's.The show will take the viewers into a musical journey through the life of O P Nayyar, the man who brought Asha Bhosle into the limelight and remains one of the most respected music composers of the Hindi Film Industry.
Watch �Bollywood Blockbusters - Music Maestros', only on CNN-IBN.
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MUMBAI: MakeMusic, Inc. today announced an upcoming iPad music app that will enable iPad users to view, print and play electronic sheet music.
Viewing music on the iPad frees musicians from sorting and managing printed music, and makes it easy to bring thousands of pieces of music to practice, rehearsals and gigs. Unlike the printed page, this music can play back, facilitating learning and selection of new titles. Music for the iPad app can be created using Finale as well as with the free, downloadable Finale NotePad.
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The Music launch of Hindi feature film " Married 2 America" took place at The Club, Andheri on 16th January 2012. The Music of the film is released by Worldwide Records.
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MUMBAI: The house where music maestro Sachin Dev Burman lived at Chartha in Bangladesh's Comilla district, about 50 km from here, is likely to be converted into a cultural centre.
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MUMBAI: Yamaha Music Interactive, Inc., a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation, today announced the launch of NoteStar, Yamaha's iPad app designed to provide keyboard players with the experience of playing their favorite songs with a real band. The app provides smooth flowing, easy-to-read sheet music, accompanied by real backing bands and vocals. The app is a free download from the App Store and each song sells for $3.99 USD. The app is available immediately in 29 countries including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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