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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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Tagged digital, Idea, Label: Universal Music, Ria Shah, 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, Srinivasan Subramani, Universal, universal music, Universal Music Gropu, Universal Music Group, Universal Music Group India (UMGI), Universal Music India, Universal Music Publishing Group
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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
Posted in Buzz, Features, Main Story, Show Case, Showcase, Spotlight
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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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
Posted in Buzz, Indie News, Main Story, Show Case, Showcase
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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Tagged Aashiqui 2, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Badtameez Dil, Dilliwali Girlfriend, Ek Do Teen, Farah Khan, Fevicol Se, Ghaghra, Jumping Zapak, Madhuri Dixit, Pritam, Rekha Bharadwaj, Sheila Ki Jawani, 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, Tum Hi Ho Bandhu, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
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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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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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“Whichever music acquisition has gone out of T-Series, was offered to us first”
Fresh from the release of Aashiqui 2, T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar is basking in the glory of the remake. Sony Music actively pocketing recent Hindi films doesn’t bother him, as he says. Kumar gets talking with Sound Box about … READ MORE
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Tagged Aashiqui 2, Balaji Production, Bhushan Kumar, Copyright Act, Copyright Board, Copyright Rules, Dharma Productions, Ek Thi Daayan, Go Goa Gon, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, music acquisition, Rakesh Roshan, Ranjhanaa, Ritesh Sidhwani, Shootout at Wadala, Sony Music, T-Series, T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar, TRAI guidelines, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, Yash Raj Music
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blueFROG’s Facebook Page sees high value content on offer
The Facebook page of Mumbai’s most happening live concert venue, was formed in December 2007 and has garnered 57,955 likes on its page (as on May 14 2013). The amount of ‘likes’ on their page has grown by almost 10,000 … READ MORE
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Tagged Blue Frog, blueFROG, bluefrog mumbai, Facebook, Siddharth Talwar, Sound Boc, Sound Box, sound box magazine, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Trade Magazine, soundbox, Video, YouTube
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“The growth of musical instruments in total is around 12 to 15 per cent per annum CAGR”
Music Expo happens to be the international trade platform which brings together buyers and sellers of the pro audio, lighting, stage equipment, live sound, install sound, music production and AV integration industry. Scheduled to take place from May 30 to … READ MORE
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Tagged Anil Chopra, Bhargava Musik, diversified communications, diversified communications india, diversified communications palm expo, Faith, GBA, Gibson, Godin, Hidersine, Indian Acoustic Instrument Village, install sound, Korg, Laney, lighting, live sound, managing director at Diversified Communications, Mapex, Meinl, Mukund flutes, music expo, music expo 2013, music expo india, Music Production, Musik Lounge, Orange, pahkhawaj, PALM Expo, palm expo 2013, palm expo india, pro audio, sarangi, sitar, Sound Box, 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 Trade Magazine, Srujan Musicals, Srujana harmonium, stage equipment, Tanpura, Taylor, The Piano Hall
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Sony Music leverages iTunes to release Tamil and Hindi sound track in the Made For iTunes version
Sony Music will be releasing the MFIT (mastered for iTunes) versions, for two big albums in Tamil and Hindi, specially mastered for higher fidelity sound. Maryan Directed by Bharat Bala starring Dhanush and Parvathi Menon with music by A R Rahman & … READ MORE
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Tagged Apple iTunes, Apple's iTunes, Apple’s iTunes Store, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Ehsaan, Ehsaan and Loy, Ehsaan Noorani, Ehsaan-Loy, iTunes, iTunes India, itunes india store, iTunes Store, Maryan, Shankar, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shankar Mahadevan, Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment India, Sony Music Indepdendent, Sony Music India, Sony Music South, 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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