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MUMBAI: Bristol born, London based DJ & producer Coldbank has today dropped his addictive new single ‘Never Be The Same’.
read moreMUMBAI: Vevo, the new music video and entertainment service site, has announced an agreement with EMI Music apart from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in providing music fans with professionally-created video content when the service debuts on December 8 in the United States and Canada. Vevo launched as both a Web site and an embedded video player is created in partnership by Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and Abu Dhabi Media Company has been launched powered by YouTube.
read moreMUMBAI: A rock band from Nagaland has won the Hornbill national rock contest 2009, in which a total of 20 bands from different cities of the country participated. "OFF", the band from Nagaland was awarded Rs 5,00,000 and a Casio WK 3300 synthesizer after the grand finale of the contest which concluded midnight last night, according to a PTI report. "Hypnosis" from New Delhi and "Kaivaalya" from Kolkata were adjudged second and third respectively.
read moreMUMBAI: Reliance Media world, the company which operates Big FM, has inked a content partnership with the BBC World Service for entertainment updates for 32 of its FM radio stations Reliance Media World said that entertainment updates from BBC will be available to audiences across the cities of Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amritsar, Asansol, Baroda Bhopal, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Indore, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kota, Mumbai, Patiala, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shimla, Sholapur, Srinagar and Surat.
read moreBANGALORE: Life and general insurer Bajaj Allianz (Bajaj) recently launched an innovative brand building campaign to run for a month across a number of cities, christened the �Tax Campaign'.In an innovative twist, the company will use FM radio to push awareness about the campaign in these cities.
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BANGALORE: Tata Tea has roped in Fever FM for the second phase of its �Jaago Re' multimedia campaign which was recreated to spread widespread awareness on the issue of corruption and to take the first phase tagline �Aaj Se Khilana Bandh, Pilana Shuru' to the next level.
read moreMUMBAI: Bombay Rock Association and Percept Networks are bringing down canadian rock n' roll band Diemonds between 11 and 23 December 2009. Though the band rose to popularity in Canada, it does have an Indian connection in lead vocalist Priya Panda, "It'll be a spiritual journey for me. I've wanted to come to India with a band since I read about the Beatles coming here when I was a small child. This will be my first time out with Diemonds and I know it won't be the last. Get ready India!"
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MUMBAI: Edelman India has appointed Karthik S as Head of Digital Strategy (India). Karthik is wellknown in the Indian internet space for his hugely popular blogs on music - Milliblog (a 100-word music review blog) and ItwoFS (a 10+ year-old website that tracks music plagiarism in India).
read moreMUMBAI: Brand director of Absolute Radio, Chris Lawson has put in his papers after 18 months with the organisation, to set up a new unidentified digital venture. Lawson, who was responsible for digital, marketing and communications at the station, will not be directly replaced, says a report in the Guardian.
read moreMUMBAI: The Mumbai chapter of the XIIIth edition of India's definitive rock festival - the Fuel Great Indian Rock organised by Rock Street Journal magazine took place over the weekend in Mumbai. The GIR has already seen big concerts in Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata in October. This is being followed by a club version of the festival in the cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Shimla. The Great Indian Rock Festival has over the years, featured some of the biggest names ranging from Parikrama, Orange Street, and Indian Ocean.
read moreCHANDIGARH: Entrepreneur and singer B D Sharma received the Annual Rafi Memorial Award 2009 here for his outstanding contribution in keeping alive the memory of legendary singer Mohammed Rafi through music competitions for the last 24 years. The award was presented at a function in Chandigarh presided over by Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, and the chief guest on the occasion was actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha.
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MUMBAI: The number of Indians staking their claim to the coveted Grammy is growing by the day. Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain has been nominated for the 52nd Grammy award in the Best Classical Crossover album category for the album "The Melody of Rhythm," according to PTI. "The Melody of Rhythm" consists of artists like Leonard Slatkin, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer apart from Zakir Hussain, says a press statement.
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MUMBAI: The market for sample packs is more saturated than ever–forcing modern sample libraries read more
MUMBAI: BIG FM, one of India’s leading radio networks, presented the second edition of BIG IMPACread more
MUMBAI: BIG FM, India's leading radio network, successfully concludes the third season of 'Mairead more
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MUMBAI: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network announced the fourtread more
