MUMBAI: A one-of-kind festival called 'Bandish' dedicated to yesteryear legendary composers of classical music will be presented by today's eminent Indian classical musicians from 9-11 July, 2010 at NCPA - Tata Theatre, Mumbai
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MUMBAI: Music2Deal.com, the worldwide music networking community recently entered India. Based out of Hamburg (Germany), Music2Deal.com is a one-of-its kind B2B networking platform developed specifically for the global music community. The internet platform aims to provide a common marketplace for artists, lyricists, composers to interact and promote themselves.
So, what promise does India hold for Music2Deal?
According to Music2Deal.com Asia Pacific MD Sudhir Shreedharan, India has talent in abundance.
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MUMBAI: Hip-hop singer Drake is being sued by Playboy Music for an alleged copyright infringement.
Bosses at Playboy allege that the rapper's breakthrough hit, Best I Ever Had, samples a 1975 song by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, owned by Playboy Music
The lawsuit, which includes allegations that have not been proven in court, asks that each defendant account for how much the song has earned in order to seek damages
Drake's debut album, "Thank Me Later," topped the charts in the U.S. and Canada in its first week of release.
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MUMBAI: Ian Halperin, author of the 2009 New York Times Best Selling book Unmasked: The Final Years Of Michael Jackson, released Gone to Soon, a documentary believed to be the most groundbreaking unofficial documentary ever made on Michael Jackson
Ian Halperin is a Canadian investigative journalist and writer from Montreal, Quebec.
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MUMBAI: Sri Adhikari Brothers is gearing up to launch its new music and entertainment channel Mastiii TV.
The company, which has already soft launched the channel, is targeting early July to take the channel on-air.
We will be launching the channel officially in early July. The marketing activities will be lauched soon,... Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network MD Markand Adhikari told Indiantelevision.com.
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MUMBAI: In its bid to fight the rampant piracy in the digital music space, handset manufacturer Nokia along with South India Music Companies' Association (SIMCA) has launched its localised Ovi Music Unlimited service in Tamil Nadu.
The service enables users who have Nokia Ovi Music Unlimited-enabled devices to download millions of tracks free. Users can also direct theses downloads to their mobile phone or to their PC from the Ovi Music Store for 12 months and keep all their downloaded music forever
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MUMBAI: In its endeavour to add regional music in its offering, Radio City Bangalore has inserted a new segment in its morning show called 'Super 60' which will play 60 minutes of non-stop Kannada music everyday
The segment which will be aired between 8am -9am boasts of an hour of uninterrupted music with no advertisements
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MUMBAI: Veteran tabla player Pandit Chandrakant Shantaram Kamat passed away following heart failure at his Pune residence on 28 June 2010 He was 76.
According to reports, Kamat returned from his routine morning walk sessions after which he suffered a heart attack
Born on 26 November 1933 at Dhulia, Kamat would often travel with his singer-actor father Shantaram Kamat and act for Sangeet Natak companies. Interestingly, he had learnt to play the tabla from the drama troupes
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NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcast Ministry might soon commence the roll out of the pending FM radio Phase III, as was indicated by I&B minister Ambika Soni. She pointed out that the process will begin shortly.
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MUMBAI: On the anniversary of Michael Jackson's untimely death aged 50, the King of Pop's older brother and fellow member of The Jackson Five, Jermaine Jackson, spoke to BBC World Service and accused the media for their conduct
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