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MUMBAI: Following the recent grand announcement by the makers of the action spectacle ‘Devara: Part 1’ starring Man Of Masses NTR Jr, excitement peaks as the film’s first official single titled ‘Fear Song’ created by Anirudh Ravichander is set to be unveiled on NTR Jr’s birthday eve, 19th May 20
read moreMUMBAI: The Digital Asia Festival, incorporating the well-established Digital Media Awards has called for entries and delegate registrations to award the best in Asia’s digital marketing industry. The fest will be held on 7-8 November at the Grand Millennium hotel in Beijing, China.
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MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari is all set to make her international singing debut with acclaimed 3D animated film "Ice Age: Continental Drift". Hydari has been roped in to sing a special Hindi version of the Ice Age theme song 'We Are Family'. The international version has been sung by Jennifer Lopez and other actors, who have voiced key characters in the film.
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MUMBAI: ArtistAloud is all set to launch the second season of TGIRF (Thank God its Rock On Friday) from 13 July. Unlike the first season, this year TGIRF will run for 20 episodes, showcasing musical journey of two rock bands every week. Commencing the season with ‘Neha Bhasin’ and eclectic band ‘Something Relevant’, ArtistAloud will be half-hour series featuring documentaries and performances. 40 artistes will come together from across the country including Oliver Sean, Touch on Tobacco, Shibani Kashyap and Zedde amongst others.
read moreMUMBAI: US-based music company Ultra Music has signed Canadian artiste Raghav to their label. As part of the association, the label will release the singer’s latest single ‘Fire’ across the US and UK. The track penned by Raghav and produced by Jim Beanz of Timbaland Productions, has already been certified gold status in Canada. Timbaland Productions and producer Labrinth have also collaborated for the artiste’s upcoming album ‘The Phoenix’.
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MUMBAI: After churning out chartbusters for several bollywood movies, versatile composer Pankaj Awasthi is all set to release his second album ‘Somrass’ on Times Music. The album comprises of 12 tracks composed and produced by Awasthi and penned by poets like Neeraj Rajawat, M K Mishra, Surendra Chaturvedi and Avanish Gautam. The album features poems infused with various genres of music like ghazals and western music.
read moreMUMBAI: Cashing on the burgeoning popularity of regional shows like Coke studio, Unplugged and Sound Trippin’, Sony Music has once again acquired the distribution rights of Coke Studio@MTV- season 2.
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MUMBAI: Big CBS Spark, the music channel for the youth from RBNL and CBS joint venture, is juggling hard to offer its listeners with the best of international content. After hosting multiple international concerts of world renowned artistes, the channel is all set to launch a new show ‘International Music Favorites’ by July-end or first week of August.
read moreMUMBAI: Teen pop-sensation Justin Bieber attained phenomenal success at a young age and has become a name to reckon with in the music industry. But who does the pop sensation owe his success to? The unanimous answer would be – internet. Bieber was discovered through YouTube videos by a marketing executive of a record label. He then promoted him heavily using social media and other platforms and eventually Bieber was signed up by Island Records. The rest as they say is history.
read moreMUMBAI: The sales of digital music albums have significantly increased by 14 per cent in the first half of 2012 in the US, compared to the same time period last year according to a report by Nielsen SoundScan. The sales of digital tracks have risen by six per cent even as the overall music sales in the first six months of 2012 grew by four per cent over the same time period last year. Overall album sales dipped by about 0.6 per cent and the sales of physical CDs also continue to drop.
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MUMBAI: Renowned music composer Anu Malik, who is currently judging Indian Idol season 6 has scored music for Anil Sharma’s upcoming film ‘Singh Sahab - The Great’. The action film featuring Sunny Deol is cashing on different music directors and the first track, composed by Malik, has been rendered by Mika and Mamta Sharma. The album will consist of tracks from various genres including romantic, folk and regional amongst others.
read moreNEW DELHI: Even as Coca Cola will pay for its branding in Coke Studio which will commence telecast on Doordarshan tomorrow, the marketing will be handled by the public broadcaster. The eight episodes of the second season of Coke Studio will be telecast from 8.30 pm every Saturday from tomorrow, while MTV will telecast the same episodes from 7 to 8 pm the same evening. Doordarshan director-general Tripurari Sharan said at a press meet here that there was no arrangement of any sharing of revenues from the marketing of the series.
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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: Teaming up for collaboration of mighty proportions, German industry disruptors Tube & Berger join forces with Norway-based musical...read 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
MUMBAI: After the tremendous success of his debut track "Tere Vaaste," Varun Jain, the promising singing sensation and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner...read more
MUMBAI: Rapper Yung Sammy opens up about his remarkable journey in the Delhi NCR music scene, in an exclusive interview with Radioandmusic.read more
