MUMBAI: The former director general of Indian performing rights society (IPRS), Sanjay Tandon, was recently bestowed with the honorary membership of the Music Composers Association of India (MCAI) at their AGM.
Legendary composer Shri Raviji honoured him with a plaque and shawl. Also present at the occasion were Lalit Pandit, Ram Sampat, Leslie Lewis, Surender Sodhi, and Raju Singh.
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MUMBAI: US broadcaster TLC takes viewers beyond the music and past the hype with an intimate look into the inner workings of Justin Bieber's world in the one-hour holiday special, This Is Justin Bieber on 21 December.
In addition to sharing revealing personal interviews, the winning artist sings acoustic renditions from his new holiday album 'Under The Mistletoe', as well as new performances of his own songs and other R&B hits.
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MUMBAI: After enthralling audiences at Rockstar Concert, the music genius AR Rahman is all set to perform at the audio launch of "Ek Deewana Tha" to be held on 21 December at Taj Mahal.
The music launch will also witness the presence lyricist Javed Aktar along with the actors Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson and director Gautham Menon.
Gautham Menon said, "The audio launch will happen at the Taj Mahal and Rahman will perform as well."
Sony music has acquired the audio right...
MUMBAI: Going beyond playing music, Red FM has launched upcoming writer Ravinder Singh's love story - �Can Love Happen Twice' across its networks.
Singh's story which goes through many twists and turns unfolds at a radio station and since the author narrates his experiences at the Red FM studio in the book, the station decided to launch it.
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MUMBAI: VH1 is all set to celebrate Christmas with a two-hour music special,featuring popular pop-icons like Bob Dylan, Coldplay, The Killers, Mariah Carey, Train, Destiny's Child, Justin Bieber and many more crooning their hit numbers.
The show will include tracks: BAND AID - They know it's Christmas, WHAM - Last Christmas, Justin Bieber – Misletoe, Justin Bieber/Mariah Carey – All I want for Christmas is You, COLDPLAY - Christmas Lights, Bob Dylan – Little Drummer Boy, DESTINY'S CHILD - Rudolph The Red.
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MUMBAI: Nokia has also joined the league of promoting its brand through musical concerts. With its recent launch of Lumia series the handset maker kicked-off concerts across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
Starting with composer duo Vishal and Shekhar in Delhi, the musical extravaganza was followed by KK and Parikrama in Mumbai, and Raghu Dixit and Indian Ocean in Bangalore.
Nokia India general manager-west Prashanth Mani said, The launch events are integral to the theme of buil...
MUMBAI: After five years of hiatus, MTV's popular VJ Ramona is back in a different role. The VJ has released her first international single 'Feel' in collaboration with Spanish singer Rickber Serrano under the label Beat Box.
Speaking on the single Ramona said, It's been a dream of mine to be a singer so �Feel' is very special to me. As I heard Rickbers' tune, I loved it and instantly the words 'There's 'something' about the way I feel tonight' came out to me. The song has a dream...
MUMBAI: Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber is featured in Google's top 10 list of most searched person by Indians in 2011. Bieber has ranked at the fifth position while bollywood actor Katrina kaif has topped the category. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs posthumously has also been included in the list at the Ninth position.
Jobs and popstar has also featured in the category of 'Fastest Rising People', which is the list of people that have gained interest of Internet users. No other music ...
MUMBAI: Shilpa Rao, one of the most promising singers in Bollywood, will perform for ArtistAloud.com's digital music property Webcert (Live music concert on Web) on 19 December, 2011.
Rao, known for her songs like Jazba – Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl, Khuda Jane – Bachna Ae Haseeno, Tose Naina Lage – Anwar, I Feel Good – Anjaana Anjaani.
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NEW DELHI: The Government has set aside Rs 9.34 billion for All India Radio and Rs 6.2 billion for Doordarshan for digitisation all over the country in the 11th Plan allocation.
Schemes of Rs 9.08 billion have already been sanctioned out of the total amount for All India Radio and are under implementation. AIR is already digitising with the adoption of the DRM standard.
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