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MUMBAI: A R Rahman's father was a very-much-sought-after person in the Malayalam film industry as he was an efficient assistant and arranger but went unnoticed in the music scene as he ended up ghost composing in many movies without any credit, says a new book.
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MUMBAI: The Mosquito menace has hit the city even before the monsoons have made their presence felt! With unhygienic neighborhoods, garbage filled streets, clogged drains, rampant construction activity, and other infrastructural activity in most part of Mumbai, Mumbaikars face the mosquito menace with pest borne diseases like Malaria, Chickungunia, Dengue, etc. on the rise! And it's just going to get worse with the monsoon around the corner!
read moreMUMBAI: Radio Misty's Gangtok and Siliguri stations will launch a new show solely devoted to ghazals beginning 21 June 2009. The new show will be called �Shaam-E-Ghazal' – and is a blend of ghazals, mushairas and �live on-air' performance by leading ghazal singers .This show has been done after extensive research, says Radio Misty CEO Nishat Mittal, This was one of our random surveys that we found that our listeners have a strong liking for ghazals and it's not just the mid-age listeners, but also youngsters who are showing interest....
read moreMUMBAI: Global spending on entertainment and media will reach $1.6 trillion in 2013 at 2.7 per cent annual average growth rate with growth in digital content offsetting declines in traditional media revenue models, says the just released PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2009-2013. The migration to digital entertainment will accelerate as companies seek efficiencies in advertising and distribution in a downturn and consumers want greater control and higher value.
read moreMUMBAI: ScreenPlay Inc., a provider of one of the world's largest catalogs of promotional video content, today announced the expansion of the ScreenPlay Passport(TM) Content Management System to include delivery of customized media assets to 19 countries in 12 languages.
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MUMBAI: He has strummed along with R D Burman as a youngster. Composer, Background scorer Raju Singh who dons several hats, has his hands full with a couple of projects on the silver screen as well as the small one Some of his early compositions include serials like �Dekh Bhai Dekh', �Filmi Chakkar', �Aahat', �Boogie Woogie' and �C.I.D'. He has belted the hit track �Soniyo' from �Raaz 2' and has composed music for movies like �Traffic Signal', �Satta' and many more.
read moreMUMBAI: Business models within the music industry are being reworked and rehashed. Labels are now offering consumers an increasing range of new services with leading technology partners. While still generating value in an environment where 95 per cent of music downloads are illegal and unpaid. For music companies, illegal downloading is still the biggest challenge for music companies and their commercial partners, says a report recently released by the IFPI.
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MUMBAI: If anybody knows how to do it economically and sensibly - it's the indie bands. Delhi based Them Clones would soon releasing their album Love.Hate. Heroes which they have been planning for the last eight years. What makes this album stand out is that it is compleetely based on votes received through their official website www.themclones.com. For spreading the word across, the band is using a combination of live performances, networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
read moreMUMBAI: An array of champions, which includes former and present champions, will be seen in action when the 9th East zone and Inter zone national carrom National carrom championship gets underway at Indoor stadium at Siliguri from 5th July. Radio Misty 94.3 FM, the First and Number one fm station of North Bengal has partnered with this event. Leading the impressive list is Arjuna awardee, A Maria Irudayam, Two times world champion RM Sankara. M Natraj, D Kubendra Babu and Sandip Deorukhkar.
read moreMUMBAI: The Indian corporates have all the reasons to smile in this scorching summer of June, as they can take their teams on the fast track. Radio City Connect, activation arm of Radio City, India's first and leading FM radio brand has partnered with Force India F1 team for Corporate Go Karting Championship across Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Corporates from these five cities will get an opportunity to participate in the Maruti Suzuki Ritz presents Force India & Radio City Connect corporate Go Karting Championship.
read moreMUMBAI: Knoxville, Tenn. based Web Services Corporation has launched a user-friendly website where musicians and artists can sell music online and instantly deliver digital music, ring tones, or any type of digital content. The sale of tangible merchandise items like t-shirts, hats, pins, and event tickets is included too. This virtual utopia known as TheTuneDepot.com is the answer to many digital prayers. The beauty of the site is that the seller can sell directly from his or her own website and keep 100% of their royalties.
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MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
MUMBAI: Vianet Media, founded by Mr.read more
MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
