MUMBAI: Harsh reality awaits reality show contestants post the instant stardom they receive being part of the reality shows.
Controversy prevailed on Music Ka Maha Muqabala over the weekend as Raja Hasan, part of Himesh's Warriors, voiced his opinion on the flooding of Pakistani singers in Bollywood.
After receiving appreciation for his rendition, an emotional Hasan questioned, We are appreciated after we sing covers sung by cross border singers, so why don't music composers i...
NEW DELHI: It is up to the listeners and the media including radio and music television channels to help change the tastes of the public to good lyrics and better music, since a lyricist or a music director is often under compulsion to give what the producer or director want.
It was different three decades earlier when filmmakers like Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt and Dev Anand had some knowledge of music and the music directors put their soul into the music for those films.
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MUMBAI: Renowned Hindustani classical musician Bhimsen Joshi has been honoured with a life time achievement award by the Delhi government for his extraordinary contribution to music.
The awards, carrying a cheque of Rs 11 lakh each and a citation, were given by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to relatives of Joshi at a function.
Sahitya Kala Parishad under Delhi government instituted the awards in 2004 which are conferred on eminent personalities for their outstanding cont...
MUMBAI: Composer and music producer Biddu, who is considered one of the pioneers of the indie-pop music was conferred the 5th Jack Daniels Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday evening in Mumbai.
The 60 plus musician shuttles between London and Spain and is currently in India to promote his autobiographical work 'Made in India'
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MUMBAI: Music group EMI has revealed pre-tax losses of Ł1.75bn ($3.17bn) in the year ended 31 March 2009 and said it needed more money to stay afloat
Blaming "the global economic slowdown and the continuing rapid decline of the physical market", EMI wrote down the value of its music publishing and recorded music divisions by 1.04bn pounds.
The results for EMI, which has deals with Robbie Williams and Coldplay, include more than Ł1bn in write-offs.
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MUMBAI: After giving a new life to lavani and tamasha music in the Atul Kulkarni starrer Marathi film Natrang, the National Award winning composer duo Ajay-Atul will now be experimenting with grand orchestral music.
According to sources, the talented musicians will next be composing for a untitled Bollywood project produced by veteran actor Hema Malini.
Confirming the news, Atul says, "We are doing a film produced by Hema Malini - the music will be heavy with string arrangemen...
MUMBAI: In a joint initiative to revive the now extinct bandstand culture of Mumbai, the Indiatourism Mumbai (Ministry of Tourism, government of India) and Bombay Chamber of Commerce and industry have come together to organise an 18 week long musical fest.
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MUMBAI: Liquor major Diageo plans to promote the electronica music scene of India in a big way to kick-start its Life is Calling, Be There... campaign.
Smirnoff's creative team has scoured the deepest corners of the internet and trawled through every late night music venue in the country to find India's hottest acts, says the company.
The result of their exhaustive... search can be seen from February 2010 on the Smirnoff website - ...
