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MUMBAI: digitalmusic.org, the home of music business association NARM’s digital initiatives, is looking to clean up and simplify the listing, ingestion, and management of music at digital retailers with its Music Industry Style Guide, released today during the Music Biz 2013 Metadata Summit.
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MUMBAI: In its zest to offer listener friendly content, My FM, one of the leading players in the non-metro markets, has recently launched a new segment titled ‘Bhagwat’ on its morning show ‘Aaradhna’ across 17 stations. The segment airs on the show every day (Monday to Saturday) from 6:45-7am, in the voice of Pandit Vijay Shankar Mehta.
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MUMBAI: Bollywood’s reigning stars gathered in full strength for the music launch of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (YPD 2). In attendance were Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan, Anupam Kher who lent their support for the film which releases on 7 June. Also present at the occasion were Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D'Souza, Rakesh Roshan, Kunal Kohli, and Juhi Chawla amongst others.
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MUMBAI: Singer-composer-ace guitarist Lesle Lewis and his leaders of the young brigade of musicians, Akshay and Karan Hariharan, Siddharth and Shivam Mahadevan, Shane and Alyssa Mendonsa, Bindu and Ambi Subramaniam and Divya Lewis celebrated their coming together with an Electronic Dance Music (EDM) album with a simple cake-cutting ceremony at Studio 590 at Andheri, followed by a jamming session.
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MUMBAI: With a noble aim to raise funds for girls’ education projects, Erotica singer Madonna sold abstract painting by French artist Fernand Leger for more than $7million at a New York City auction. The pop singer aims to raise funds for girls’ education projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries.
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MUMBAI: 'Tum Tak', the first song from music maestro AR Rahman's next venture 'Raanjhanaa' that was unveiled earlier this week has been much appreciated for its soothing music. The innocent teenage romance of Dhanush-Sonam Kapoor has captivated the heart of the aficionados. Famed singer Javed Ali and Keerthi Sagathia have rendered the track comprising of lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil. Ali-Rahman association has been for more than six years including films like Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Rockstar, Raavan, Delhi-6, Jodhaa Akbar, Yuvvraaj, Ghajini and many more.
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MUMBAI: Fans of good old’ Western pop music are in for a treat. The much anticipated charity concert for NGO Akansha to be held at the city’s Blue Frog club on 8 May gig will see a lineup of iconic musicians play an encompassing set of classic and contemporary hits. The ‘All Stars Evening With Sharon Prabhakar And Friends’ concert will truly entertain the audience, with no negativity, headlining artist and pop diva Sharon Prabhakar said.
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MUMBAI: Having received widespread acclaim for his singing skills, actor-singer Ayushmann Khurrana is fast gaining popularity as the upcoming singer in bollywood. After enthralling fans with his songs in Vicky Donor and Nautanki Saala, the singer will now lend his voice for a song in YRF's upcoming romantic comedy. The yet untitled film will be produced under the Yash Raj banner and will be directed by Nupur Asthana, starring Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor in pivotal roles.
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MUMBAI: The famous disbanding of one of the world’s premier band, Led Zeppelin, remained as even invitation from former US President Bill Clinton could not get the remaining members to reform for a benefit concert. CBS’ webcast on Monday 6 May revealed that Clinton was enlisted to ask the British rock legends (who disbanded in 1980 following death of drummer Jon Bonham) to get back together last year for the Superstorm Sandy benefit concert in New York City. “He asked, they said no”.
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MUMBAI: Popular video sharing site YouTube is expected to announce the launch of a series of its new paid channels in the coming weeks. The new paid channels will be in addition to its existing free channels that receive more than a billion hits monthly. It is not clear if the new channels will be advertisement-free. Earlier reports from the media had said viewers could be charged as little as $ 1.99.
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MUMBAI: Big FM’s Delhi station recently culminated the on-ground campaign of its popular cooking contest ‘Rasoi Ki Rani’ with Chef Rakesh Sethi. The event witnessed a large section of women from the society participating in the month long activity. The campaign received over 1000 registrations from house-wives across Delhi, coming forward to fight for the coveted title from across the on-air promotions and on-ground resident welfare association activations. As per the entries, the teams were divided into four zones of North, South, East and West Delhi.
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MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: Swastik announces the expansion of its digital leadership team with the appointment of Jiread more
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based rap sensation MC Altaf, a trailblazing figure in India’s burgeoning hip-hop scene, today released his highly anticipated debut...read more
MUMBAI: Juju Baby Music – operating under the banner of Artium Originals - is excited to announce the release of its newest EP, ‘Folk Outta The Box...read more
