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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: In a move to beef up its BTL team, Reliance Media World Ltd. announces the appointment of Sameet Sharma as regional head -west for Big Events, a part of Big Live, the experiential marketing arm of Reliance Media World Ltd. In his new role, Sameet will be responsible for augmenting the business in the western region through growing the corporate clientele base by increasing the assortment of services provided under the events and BTL space.
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MUMBAI: After garnering bouquets for 3 Idiots, composer Shantanu Moitra is back composing a track for Prakash Jha's political drama 'Rajneeti' starring Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor. The assorted album has three other composers on board, including Aadesh Shrivastava, Pritam and Wayne Sharpe apart from Moitra. Wayne Sharpe has also composed the background score for the film.
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MUMBAI: When four stalwart musicians gather, entertainment is guaranteed. But guitarist Prasanna, and bassist Victor Wooten were not touring just to entertain. Along with Bangalore Amrit (kanjira) and Dr. Karthick S (ghatam) their energetic ensemble toured Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai for a purpose. And, the purpose was to raise funds for the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music (Chennai) - a music school started by guitarist Prasanna.
read moreRadio DesiBeat is an American radio station on high definition format that will be catering to an audience base from the Sub-Continent. The radio can be accessed from the iPhone as well as on BlackBerry applications and live streaming on internet.
read moreMUMBAI: Brand Radio Mantra is celebrating three years of its operations across its network of eight cities spread in the state of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand respectively. To mark the triple anniversary bonanza, the station has planned several on-air and on ground activities for its listeners. As a gesture of expressing its gratitude towards its audiences Radio Mantra has launched a contest 'Teen Patti – triple dose har roz' across network.
read moreMUMBAI: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure on Thursday gave its approval to the proposal of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting regarding 11th Plan Scheme of Doordarshan – �Digitalization of Transmitters & Studios in Doordarshan Network'. Rs 9.20 billion have been set aside in the 11th Plan for AIR's digitisation plans, it is learnt. AIR has already begun moving towards digitisation with the adoption of the DRM standard in certain parts of the country.
read moreMUMBAI: 6 Music and Asian Networks, two of the BBC radio stations that are earmarked for closure have won several nominations at the Sony Radio Academy Awards to be held on 10 May.
read moreMUMBAI: Reliance Media World's radio arm 92.7 Big FM announced the appointment of Saurabh Doshi as regional head – west zone In his new assignment, Doshi will be responsible for the west markets of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra (except Mumbai).
read moreMUMBAI: South Indian Music Companies' Association (SIMCA) is making the right moves to make its presence felt in the furore surrounding the proposed amendments to the Indian Copyright Act. Representing the South Indian music industry with 80 labels under its umbrella, SIMCA has made appointments at key positions in the organisation.
read moreBANGALORE: 94.3 Radio One has been awarded gold for the best public service campaign award on April 3rd at the PRCI Corporate Collateral Awards 2010 held in Delhi. The award was received by Radio One managing director Vineet Singh Hukmani at the function held at the Indian Habitat Centre conducted under the aegis of Mr. Manishankar Aiyar, advisor to the bureau of parliamentary studies and training, former Union Minister of petroleum and natural gas and Joginder Singh ex director of CBI amongst other key dignitaries.
read moreMUMBAI: MTV has cut 30 jobs in India as it continues with its restructuring exercise, peppering the youth channel with more long-format shows while bringing down its music content. Part of Viacom18, a joint venture between Viacom and IBN18, MTV has decided to disband its in-house production capabilities for long-format shows. These properties will now be outsourced to production houses that will effectively bring down the costs while laying out the structure of a general entertainment channel.
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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
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
MUMBAI: The worlds of art and technology have always had an intricate relationship, but in recenread more
MUMBAI: Following the success of its inaugural edition, Goafest 2024 is set to bring back 'Advertising Rocks', an initiative that offers a unique...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
MUMBAI: Many new and exciting Indian pop talents have called Molfa Music home in the past year, including singer-songwriter Ananya Jafa, whose latest...read more
MUMBAI: In a spectacular blend of tradition and innovation, Amandeep Singh, the son of renowned musicians and singers Bhupinder Singh and Mitali...read more
MUMBAI: Popular youth entertainment channel, Zing, remains steadfast in its commitment to embodying the spirit of the youth. Following the successful...read more
