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Ray Manzarek of The Doors passes awayRay Manzarek, passed away yesterday at the RoMed…- Daft Punk’s new album climbs the iTunes chartsRandom Access Memories, electronica duo Daft Punk's new offering…
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Buzz
Bob Dylan turns 72, hometown plans a statue in his honour
Born in the city of Duluth, Minnesota; Bob Dylan turns 72 today with the birth name Robert Zimmerman. His hometown Duluth has unveiled a model of a bronze statue yesterday with an artist by the name of Tom Page having … READ MORE
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Agnee and Indus Creed now in Radio City Freedom Awards finals
Agnee, Indus Creed and Kavita Seth are among the finalists to compete in the last leg of Radio City Freedom Awards. Schedules to take place on May 30, an average of five entries have been shortlisted in each genre while the Rock and Metal categories have witnessed a maximum of seven finalists. The … READ MORE
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Tagged Abha Hanjura, Agnee, Atul Churamani, Cosmic Infusion, Indus Creed, Luke Kenny, Midival Punditz, Nandini Srikar, Orion, People’s Choice Award, Providence, Radio City Freedom Awards, Siddharth Basrur, Sonu Kakkar, Sound Box, sound box magazine, sound box music magazine, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trade Music Magazine, Spud in the Box, Vivek Rajagopalan, Yotam Agam
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Dave Grohl’s documentary Sound City to be exclusively screened at blueFROG
Reaching out to the enthusiast of rock music, Hit 95 FM in association with Sony Music and blueFROG will host a screening of legendary Dave Grohl’s (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) documentary Sound City on May 29 at blueFROG club. A feature … READ MORE
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Tagged Dave Grohl, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Hit 95 FM, metallica, music basti, Neil Young, Nirvana, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, Rage Against the Machine, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, sound city, sound city real to reel, The Foo Fighters, Tom Petty, Volvo, Volvo Cars
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Zubeen Garg back on the indie music scenario
Zubeen Garg, the voice behind Ya Ali has recently released a non-film album Pakeeza under Times Music. Released after a hiatus of six years, the album features eight songs sung and composed by Garg. The album also features a music … READ MORE
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Tagged Pakeeza, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, Times Music, Zubeen Garg
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Universal Music appoints Srinivasan Subramani as DGM Digital
Srinivasan Subramani has joined Universal Music Group India as Director General Manager of Digital Services from May 15, 2013. Srinivasan quit Idea Cellular as national product manager for music products. Subramani worked with Idea Cellular for a span of six … READ MORE
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“We have applied for registration of a Copyright Society to take care of singers royalties” -Sonu Nigam
Leading singers in the Hindi film industry have unified under Singers Association of India (SAI). Formed in 2011, it has 60 singers under its fold. Sonu Nigam in a conversation with Sound Box talks about the beginnings of the association … READ MORE
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Tagged Bhushan Kumar, CSA, Indian Singers Rights Association, ISRA, Kailash Kher, MCAI, SAI, Shaan, Shubha Mudgal, Singers Association of India, Sonu Nigaam, Sonu Nigam, Sonu Niigaam, Sonu Niigam, Sonu Niigam Interview, Sonu Niugam, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw
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Ray Manzarek of The Doors passes away
Ray Manzarek, passed away yesterday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a difficult battle with bile duct cancer at the age of 74. He was the keyboardist and also a founding member of The Doors, one of the … READ MORE
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Tagged Doors, Jim Morrison of The Doors, Jim Morrisson, Manzarek, Ray Manzarek, Ray Manzarek Death, Robbie Krieger, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, The Doors
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Power Play
Composers and Singers have formed unions and are taking charge post the Copyright Amendments. Getting the industry to comply with practices dictated by the creators will be a herculean task, Sound Box reports Everybody is talking about change. Change in … READ MORE
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Tagged Clinton Cerejo, copyright, copyright (amendment) act 2012, copyright (amendment) act india, Copyright Act, Copyright Amendment Act, Copyright Amendment Bill, Copyright amendment bill 2010, Copyright Board, copyright societies, Copyrights, Indian Copyright Act, India’s copyright law, ISRA, MCAI, Music Composers Association of India (MCAI), proposed copyright amendment bill, SAI, Shankar Mahadevan, Singers Association of India, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, Sulaiman Merchant, The Copyright (Amendment) Act, the Copyright Act
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Daft Punk’s new album climbs the iTunes charts
Random Access Memories, electronica duo Daft Punk’s new offering went live on iTunes on 14 May and shot to the top of the iTunes charts within a few hours of its release. It’s the duo’s first album in eight years … READ MORE
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Tagged Daft Punk, Oasis, Random Access memories
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Ranbir grooves on Remo’s Retro Moves
“Ranbir possessed unparalleled energy like that of Shammiji when it came to dance,” Remo D’Souza ———- The moment Yeh Jawaani Hain Deewani’s song Badtameez Dil, sung by Benny Dayal and Shefali Alvares, hit television screens, everyone fell in love with Ranbir Kapoor’s dancing skills. … READ MORE
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Tagged Badtameez Dil, Balam Pichkari, deepika padukone, Kalki Koechlin, Ranbir Kapoor, Remo D’Souza, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw
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“Old Sock Is A Tour From My Childhood Till Now” – Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton is a name synonymous with the ‘God Of Guitar’. The veteran musician has such energy that doesn’t ever seem to get depleted – proof of the same being his 21st studio album Old Sock, which sees him in a totally … READ MORE
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Tagged Blues Guitarist, Clapton, Crossroad Guitar Festival, Crossroads, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Eric Clapton, Fender Stratocaster, Old Sock, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw
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Star Struck!
Children of Bollywood’s best musicians and singers come together for an EDM project conceptualised by Lesle Lewis. Sound Box brings you the insight. ————– Continuing the musical legacy of their parents, progeny of Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa, Kavita Krishnamurthy … READ MORE
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Tagged Akshay Hariharan, Alyssa Mendonsa, Ambi Subramanium, Bindu Subramanium, Choice Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Artist, Divya Lewis, EDM, EDM (Electronic Dance Artist of the Year), EDM artists, EDM DJ, EDM Music, EDM Scene in India, Electronic, electronic dance music, electronic dance music act, Electronic DJ, Electronic House, Electronic Music, Electronica, electronica band, electronica music, Hariharan, Indie (Electronica, Karan Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, L Subramanium, Lesle Lewis, Leslie Lewis, Loy Mendonsa, Shane Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadeva, Shankar Mahadevan, Shankar Mahadevan (Vocal), shivam mahadevan, Siddharth Mahadevan
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Where’s the sizzle in Madhuri’s Ghagra?
The beauty of a successful album today might be redefined – out of seven tracks, two may not end up working at all. Ghagra from Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani might go with the latter. Madhuri Dixit may be looking stunning … READ MORE
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Javed Akhtar nominated as Vice President of CISAC
Javed Akhtar’s name was unanimously forwarded for Vice-Presidency of CISAC to the General Assembly by its Board of Directors recently. This designation is because of his role in the Amendments and the Copyright Act in Parliament. The Board also recommended the … READ MORE
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Tagged Ana de Hollanda, CISAC, Copyright Act, Indian Copyright Act, Javed Akhtar, Jerold Nadler, Maka Kotto, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, Susana Baca, the Copyright Act
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Yo Yo Honey Singh’s new album in the making
If updates on the rapper’s Facebook page are to be believed, Yo Yo Honey Singh is working on a new album titled Bebo. This will be his 21st studio album, with Born This Way having released and topped the charts … READ MORE
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Tagged Alfaaz, Alfaaz-The Boy Next Door, Angrezi Beat, Bebo, BORN THIS WAY, Brown Rang, Dope Shope, Honey, Honey Singh, International Villager, Mtv, MTV channel, MTV India, MTV News, mtv yo yo honey singh, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, Yo Yo Honey Singh, yo yo honey singh techzone
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Radiowalla to launch eight more channels
Considering the response that they have received to their content, internet audio service providers Radiowalla is in the process of launching about eight new channels this month to boost the offerings. These include seven regional channels and a kids channel. … READ MORE
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Tagged FM, FM channel, FM radio, FM radio stations, Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), Radiowalla, radiowalla.in, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw
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Hrithik Roshan to endorse Ground Zero car audio
After several speculative reports, Sahil International has finally confirmed that Hrithik Roshan would be the brand ambassador of its Ground Zero products in India. The company is the authorised importer and distributor of the car audio, accessories and mobile entertainment products … READ MORE
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Tagged Car Audio, Endorse, Endorsing, Ground Zero, hrithik roshan, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw
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Will the Radio ad hike really pay off?
Addressing the current mounting inventories and the changing market dynamics, several radio stations have increased their advertising rates. After My FM hiked its rates by 20 per cent and Radio One by 30 per cent, Fever FM, Big FM and … READ MORE
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Tagged 92.7 BIG FM Studios, Ad Hikes, Ad Rate Hikes, Big FM, radio, Radio Ad Hike, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, Swagata Panjari
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