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MUMBAI: Pop band Faridkot, consisting of members IP Singh and Rajarshi Sanyal, recently sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss their latest EP, 'Ibtida', and their future projects.Regarding the genesis of their EP, IP Singh and Rajarshi Sanyal shared an intriguing backstory.
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MUMBAI: Percept Limited's event arm Percept Live is all set to invest 20 million dollars over the next three years to globalize its ‘Sunburn’ brand. The brand, built on its internationally known annual Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival- ‘Sunburn Fest’- will be expanded to include festivals, arena gigs, club events, setting up sunburn bars and clubs, stores and cafes.
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MUMBAI: Exploiting digital medium to its core and spreading the popularity of Coke Studio@MTV- season 2, Sony Music today launched an app that hosts the show's episodes, audio, artiste profiles and twitter feeds amongst others. This app is available on android phones on the PlayStore and will be available on the iOS platform across the globe. It is embedded with social media allowing users to share what they are listening to on Facebook and Twitter.
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MUMBAI: The afterglow of the London Olympics 2012 is bathing the artists who performed at the recently concluded global event. British singer Emile Sande who performed at the opening ceremony has his album ‘Our Version of Events’ at number four in the top 200 list. Ed Sheeran’s album ‘+’ is lodging at number three and Jesse J’s ‘Who you Are’ is perched at number seven.
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MUMBAI: Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber will play a cameo in the new season of famous animated show ‘The Simpsons’. The singer will be featured as himself in the show wherein he will be shown as participant in a talent contest along with Bart Simpson. Confirming the news, ‘The Simpsons’ executive producer Al Jean said, “He tries to get into a talent show that Bart is playing piano in and they won't admit him. Draw your own conclusions... It's a cameo, but all of his fans should watch every minute of the show, before and after he's on.”
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MUMBAI: Being a chief executive officer (CEO) of a radio station can be a very difficult job as you have to effectively balance the three main departments– sales, marketing and programming amongst others. Each works in tandem with the other, for the station to attain the number one position in the highly competitive radio industry.
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MUMBAI: Barely 24 days after launching online with test signals, Radio Whiskey has expanded its repertoire by signing around 25-27 independent artistes from across cities. The internet radio is all geared to unveil new initiatives and widen its listenership.
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MUMBAI: Sony/ATV which is co-owned by Sony Corporation and Michael Jackson Estate is all set to take control of the King of Pop’s own back catalogue, after signing a deal with the legendary artist's Mijac Music.
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MUMBAI: Continuing its legacy of celebrating the city’s birthday every year, Big FM Chennai has announced the second edition of ‘Big Chennaiite Awards’. The awards honour ordinary people who have made significant contribution towards the betterment of society. At a function held yesterday, the station unveiled the logo of the awards in the presence of singer Mukesh, actor Dinesh and director Ranjith.
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MUMBAI: Multi-talented singer-composer Shweta Pandit prefers to release a series of non-Bollywood singles for fans in lieu than full-fledged albums. It’s a more effective way to reach fans and makes more business sense. “The Indian market for full-fledged albums is completely washed out. It takes me eight-10 months to make an album and if it doesn’t reach people, I’d feel very down. Instead I plan to release singles one after another. As soon as I have around eight singles, I’ll compile them in an album for my fans.”
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MUMBAI: After setting a benchmark in bollywood music industry, renowned singer Shaan is now experimenting with his acting skills in Sunil Agnihotri’s upcoming movie ‘Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaye’. Apart from Shaan, the movie will also see another singing sensation Mika testing his acting skills. For the first time, the duo will render a track together. Earlier, the duo shared the stage together in singing reality show ‘Music ka Maha Muqquabla’(2009). Produced under T-Series, the movie is scheduled to release by year-end.
read moreNEW DELHI: Following Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) minister Ambika Soni's presentation of 17 advertisements of 2011-12 as 'under consideration' by the Ministry on surrogate and 'misleading' advertisements to Parliament last week, the decision of the government may have a significant impact on the music and entertainment industry.
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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
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MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
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MUMBAI: Pacha Ibiza and Solomun reveal the highly anticipated Solomun+1 lineup featuring renowned artists such as Âme, Jamie XX, Denis Sulta, HAAi,...read more
MUMBAI: Pop band Faridkot, consisting of members IP Singh and Rajarshi Sanyal, recently sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss their latest...read more
MUMBAI: Logan Lynn has just released “I Feel Alone When I’m With You”, the latest single off his brand new studio album SOFTCORE out June 7 via Kill...read more
MUMBAI: 'Bewitched: The Goddess Edition', the new release from GRAMMY-winning Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-...read more
MUMBAI: Singer-songwriter Armaan Malik has had music in his heart since childhood, with his musical journey dating back to the age of 4. In 2008, he...read more
