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MUMBAI: The premiere of musical Aalaap was a star-studded one. A film by youngsters made with grit, most of the making their debut including producer Nishant Tripathi and Abhishek Mishra, director Manish Manikpuri, actors Amit Purohit, Abid Shameem, Ruhi Chaturvedi, Harsh Rajput and even the cinematographer and the editor, the film was lauded by one and all for its revolutionary content.
read moreMUMBAI: Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today released a new addition to its Sony Sound Series offerings: Production Music, which consists of a unique selection of royalty free music tracks for both personal and commercial use. The Production Music collection provides customers with immediate access to an extensive range of choices, featuring more than 1,600 tracks, each consisting of four different cuts – 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds, and full length.
read moreMUMBAI: Tired of travelling with heavy equipments and untimed technical errors, Bangalore-based Rave iband has innovated a unique way to play live music with the help of digital media. The tech-savvy band has taken the aid of smartphones, tablets and app world to create foot tapping numbers.
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MUMBAI: Hariharan will pay tribute to late ghazal king Mehdi Hassan in a special concert titled ‘Abke Hum Bichade’. The concert will be held tomorrow at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: Spikes Asia, the annual award and festival for creative excellence in advertising and communications, has announced the jury members for its radio, film, print and outdoor categories. DDB Worldwide chief creative officer Amir Kassaei is the jury president while the jury this year includes McCann Worldgroup chief creative officer Ashish Chakravarty from India.
read moreMUMBAI: Exploring the wide market space of music channels, Creative Channel Advertising & Marketing is all set to launch free to air Hindi music channel Khushboo TV. The channel is on test run and will be officially launched on 1 August.
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MUMBAI: Kobalt Music Group has inked a long-term administrative deal with Paul McCartney and his company MPL Communications to manage its catalogue outside North America, Britain and Ireland.
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MUMBAI: In the ongoing Samsung’s alleged patent infringement case, Apple seeks to recover $2.5 billion in damages faced for more than $30 per device sold by Samsung. The iphone-maker revealed its initial trial brief filed in the court this week. As noted by Florian Mueller, an intellectual-property analyst who runs the patent blog FOSS Patents, Apple believes Samsung's alleged infringement has cost the iphone maker $500 million in profits and $25 million in ‘reasonable royalty damages.’
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MUMBAI: The Indian Army will mark 13th anniversary celebrations of its landmark victory over Kargil with a series of musical events. Renowned musical trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy along with singer Akriti Kakkar and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra will perform a stage show as part of the anniversary commemoration. The two day event will witness a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial, sainik samelan (soldiers meet), memorial service and band display.
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MUMBAI: Noted mridangam exponent Mavellikara Velukutty Nair passed away late last evening after suffering from age related illness. It is learned that Nair, 86, was admitted at a private hospital on 20 July in Thiruvananthapuram. He is survived by his wife, five daughters and three sons.
read moreMUMBAI: How do you make your company an exciting place to be – one where your skill sets are constantly being upgraded so that you feel you are constantly growing professionally and you are working in a cutting edge firm? Well you could take the tack that Radio One is taking.
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MUMBAI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has announced the appointment of Dr Bikrread more
MUMBAI: The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced today that it has filed a legal aread more
MUMBAI: The world is a stage! Literally.read more
MUMBAI: Anara Publishing continues to make waves in the Indian music scene, building on their iniread more
MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
MUMBAI: Following the recent grand announcement by the makers of the action spectacle ‘Devara: Part 1’ starring Man Of Masses NTR Jr, excitement...read more
MUMBAI: Singer, songwriter and composer Samarth Swarup is all set to release his highly anticipated EP, "Sama." In an exclusive interview with...read more
