MUMBAI: Film director Vikram Bhatt is foraying into the music business scene and is planning to launch a music label, ASA Music. This sister concern of Bhatt's ASA Productions will be open to market music produced by other production houses as well.
Confirms Vikram Bhatt, "We would be marketing and distributing film as well as non-film music and are also ready to market films outside ASA Productions."
ASA Music will be headed by Crescendo managing director Suresh Thomas. Says Thomas, “Vikram just wanted an inhouse label to promote his ASA productions but soon we thought of launching a full-fledged label. The label will be open to promote productions by other producers as well.”...
MUMBAI: The Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI), has launched its first ever campaign to evangelise radio.
Underscoring radio’s cost-effectiveness as a public broadcasting medium, the campaign intends to shatter myths about radio and examines radio’s effectiveness especially for delivering localised messaging. Directed at advertisers and media planners, AROI’s maiden Radio Evangelising campaign drives home the fact that radio is the best medium for localized reach and micro marketing, both in metros as well as small towns because of its reach and cost efficiency....
MUMBAI: Polish band Zakopower will perform live in Mumbai for the first time on 24 November at the NCPA.
Zakopower, that was nominated for the 'Best Polish Act' at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards, is part of the cultural line up which the Consulate General of Poland has drawn up celebrations to mark its 75th year in Mumbai and the 90th year of Poland's independence.
Combining traditional folk music of Polish Gorals with modern beats and rhythms, the band captures the quintessence of Polish music today. Seamlessly crossing and combining genres, they create an eclectic mix of music that spans electronic, pop and folk rock. ...
MUMBAI: Roger Waters, Will.I.Am, Anoushka Shankar, Hard Kaur, Jalebee Cartel, Vishal and Shekhar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Niigaam and Shaan are among the musicians who will perform with Jon Bon Jovi at the Live Earth India concert on December 7.
The other celebrities who will be on stage during the event to be telecast on Star World and Channel V are Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Shiamak Davar, Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal and Purab Kohli. ...
NEW DELHI: Shraddha Pandit, who has earlier done playback playback for films like Khamoshi-The Musical, Sangharsh, Khoobsurat, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai, Soch and Raju Chacha- has now come out with a new album for which she has not only sung but written and composed the lyrics.
The new album 'Teri Heer' by the 24 year old singer, combines Sufi and Indian genres and has been released by Sony BMG.he has attempted to cover all styles such as folk, classical, Bollywood with a tinge of we...
MUMBAI: Five of the most luminous names in music - conductor Zubin Mehta, tenor Placido Domingo, conductor-pianist Daniel Barenboim, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and soprano Barbara Frittoli will perform in Mumbai in a special series to mark the centenary of Zubin's father, Mehli Mehta, in October this year.
Four concerts will be held at the Jamshed Bhabha Opera House, the Domingo-Frittoli show will be at the Brabourne Stadium, offering some of the most well-loved arias and duets. The series of concerts will begin on 7 October with Barenboim and be followed by two Zukerman nights. Organised by the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, it has taken three years of assiduous work to assemble this star cast. ...
MUMBAI: The Rock phenomenon which kicked off in Kolkata on 31 July 2008 concluded on Saturday with Pune’s Silver declared as the undisputed winners. The multi-city festival was in full action at the Chitrakoot grounds in Andheri in suburban Mumbai.
The five bands which slugged it out for the coveted I-Rock title were The scavenger project from Kolkata, Another Vertigo Rush (AVR) from Delhi, Silver from Pune, Rainbow Bridge from Bangalore and Black from Mumbai. The I-Rock finals were judged by Assistant Editor, The Rolling Stones (India) Bobin James, Bobby Talwar, Bassist of Zero and the common judge, E-18 CEO Farhad Wadia. All the chosen bands representing the different cities gave the Mumbai audience a good time with some real rock n’ roll. For those who couldn’t catch the action, here’s a lowdown of the event....
MUMBAI: Known to be Subhash Ghai's most ambitious project till date, multistarrer Yuvvraaj's music was launched under the T-Series label at a suburban hotel in Mumbai on Thursday.
Though the multi-star cast of the film was not in attendance, the man behind the much anticipated film's music A R Rahman was present with his mother Karima Begum, who officially launched the music of the film along with lyricist Gulzar and director Subhash Ghai.
A R Rahman, who has previously worked with Ghai on the 1999 musical hit 'Taal', said, "Well, comparisons are bound to happen between Taal and Yuvvraaj's music. But, both the films are different and I would suggest that you listen to Yuvvraaj's music with an open heart – don't compare this with anything (laughs)." ...
MUMBAI: Anuj Sharma, the forgotten third finalist of Indian Idol's second season is ready to cut his debut solo Hindi album.
Says the singer, “Universal Music is launching my solo Hindi debut album, ‘Khwaab’ in December and I would be making my comeback in the Hindi music scene.”
The music for ‘Khwaab’ has been composed on an assortment basis by Gaurav Dayal of (Dil le gayi kudi Gujarat ki fame) and Saibal Basu, who had earlier composed for the 2003 film Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II.
Says Sharma, “Khwaab has eight tracks, five composed by Gaurav and three by Saibal. The album is a mixed bag of all genres, rock, hip hop, which appeal to youngsters today.”...
MUMBAI: T-Series Public Performance License (TPPL) president M M Satish has put in his papers at music company T-Series, with which he was associated for over last five years.
The anti-piracy crusader, who made headlines with his anti piracy measures as head of the PPL at the Indian Music Industry, and then as head of TPPL, is turning scriptwriter and producer for Hindi films. Satish will be taking up the position of CEO of a reputed entertainment company within a month....
MUMBAI: Legendary rock band 'Queen', which released their first studio album, The Cosmos Rocks with multi instrumentalist and Grammy nominated vocalist Paul Rodgers recently, was paid tribute by Mumbai's music connoisseurs on Tuesday at the Hard Rock Cafe.
The album, released in the EU on 13 September, is scheduled to be launched in North America on 28 October.
This is Queen's first album after a 13 year long break. Mumbai's classic rock purists 'The Works' were chosen to play some hand picked tracks by Queen for the launch. The band played some of Queen's old classics like, I want to be free, We Will Rock You and also a few Elvis tracks, as Queen's lead vocalist Freddie Mercury was known to
MUMBAI: Anuj Sharma, the forgotten third finalist of Indian Idol's second season is ready to cut his debut solo Hindi album.
Says the singer, “Universal Music is launching my solo Hindi debut album, ‘Khwaab’ in December and I would be making my comeback in the Hindi music scene.”
The music for ‘Khwaab’ has been composed on an assortment basis by Gaurav Dayal of (Dil le gayi kudi Gujarat ki fame) and Saibal Basu, who had earlier composed for the 2003 film Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II.
Says Sharma, “Khwaab has eight tracks, five composed by Gaurav and three by Saibal. The album is a mixed bag of all genres, rock, hip hop, which appeal to youngsters today.”...
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MUMBAI: T-Series Public Performance License (TPPL) president M M Satish has put in his papers at music company T-Series, with which he was associated for over last five years.
The anti-piracy crusader, who made headlines with his anti piracy measures as head of the PPL at the Indian Music Industry, and then as head of TPPL, is turning scriptwriter and producer for Hindi films. Satish will be taking up the position of CEO of a reputed entertainment company within a month....
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MUMBAI: Legendary rock band 'Queen', which released their first studio album, The Cosmos Rocks with multi instrumentalist and Grammy nominated vocalist Paul Rodgers recently, was paid tribute by Mumbai's music connoisseurs on Tuesday at the Hard Rock Cafe.
The album, released in the EU on 13 September, is scheduled to be launched in North America on 28 October.
This is Queen's first album after a 13 year long break. Mumbai's classic rock purists 'The Works' were chosen to play some hand picked tracks by Queen for the launch. The band played some of Queen's old classics like, I want to be free, We Will Rock You and also a few Elvis tracks, as Queen's lead vocalist Freddie Mercury was known to