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Sony Music acquires rights of Eros’ Raanjhanaa

by Sound Box Team (April 29, 2013)

Seems like Eros International is slowly shifting its loyalty from T-series to Sony Music. Within a month of Go Goa Gone music acquisition, the production house has yet again tied-up with the Sony Music for its forthcoming film Raanjhanaa. On … READ MORE >>

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Magnasound licenses 4500 songs to Sony Music

by Sound Box (February 4, 2013)

Magnasound, the music label from the late 80s known for its Indipop albums has resurfaced. Sound Box has learnt that the label, with 4500 tracks, has singed a license deal with Sony Music to exploit its content digitally. Industry sources … READ MORE >>

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Easily fuse it with the language

by Joseph Thomas (February 1, 2013)

Artist : A.R Rahman Album: Kadal Label: Sony Music Ever since the first single of A R Rahman’s latest offering “Kadal” was out through MTV Unplugged, the expectation on the album was high and Rahman has … READ MORE >>

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T-Series’ pins future Tamil forays on David

by Sound Box (January 25, 2013)

The advent of T-Series competing with existing national players Sony Music, Saregama and Universal Music has further notched up a fight for heady triumph down South. After creating dynamo through the various South film remakes in Bollywood, the burgeoning popularity … READ MORE >>

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Creating the Rahman magic live

by Divya Naik and Anita Iyer (January 17, 2013)

Deepak Gattani and his team at Rapport Productions are the minds behind the larger than life A R Rahman live concerts since 1996. Once the maestro got in the international limelight with the Oscar nominations, the Rapport team at Mumbai … READ MORE >>

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Sony Music pockets Murder 3 and Rangrez

by Sound Box (January 2, 2013)

Strengthening its position in the once-dominated music acquisition game, Sony Music has acquired the audio rights of Murder 3, the next film from Bhatt camp. Composed by Pritam, the music is slated to release soon. Association of Sony Music and … READ MORE >>

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Top 10 most downloaded album songs of the November Week 3 at the Nokia Music Store

by Sound Box (November 27, 2012)

S.No Song Album Artist 1 Hummer The Folk Star Honey Singh 2 Scooty The Folk Star Honey Singh 3 Maa Tujhe Salaam Vande Matram A.R. Rahman 4 Teri Yaad Jab Aati Hai Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai Lucky Ali 5 Dil … READ MORE >>

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Top 10 most downloaded Albums of the October Week III at the Nokia Music Store

by Sound Box (October 30, 2012)

S.No Song Album Artist 1 Jab Tak Hai Jaan Jab Tak Hai Jaan A.R. Rahman 2 Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein – Vol. 1 Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein – Vol. 1 Mukesh 3 Recall Bollywood – K.k. Recall Bollywood … READ MORE >>

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Top 10 most downloaded Albums of the October Week II at the Nokia Music Store

by Sound Box (October 22, 2012)

S.No Song Album Artist 1 Love Songs Of The 70S – Vol. 2 Love Songs Of The 70S – Vol. 2 Mukesh 2 Just Dance 2012 Just Dance 2012 Various Artists 3 Lagan Lagi Lagan Lagi Various Artists 4 50 … READ MORE >>

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Q & A with Thermal & A Quarter

by Divya Naik (October 19, 2012)

Thermal And A Quarter which describes their ‘Bangalore Rock’ has shared stage with acts like Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. Having released four studio albums till date, the band has just released the fifth installment in their series recently. Rajeev … READ MORE >>

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"Lost Festival has certainly not been shelved”

by Divya Naik (October 19, 2012)

The Percept Group has been known for long in the music business for its annual electronic dance music festival Sunburn held annually in Goa with Nikhil Chinapa’s Submerge. Having created many other properties such as Bollywood Live, Metalfest, they have … READ MORE >>

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Loud And Clear

by Anita Iyer & Divya Naik (October 18, 2012)

The music business could truly be said to have its own ways. While the most reputed may have a fallout in one embarrassing incident, there are those who take their own time to grow and then stay afoot, steadily. Only … READ MORE >>

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Jazz Utsav 2012 line up and venue for Mumbai revealed

by Sound Box (October 17, 2012)

Jazz Utsav 2012 will be held at the blueFROG, Mumbau with a smashing line-up of the best on the Indian and International jazz scene. Read on for the line-up. Friday OCT 26th 7pm Matej Benko Quintet (Czech Republic) Matej Benko, … READ MORE >>

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AR Rahman receives his special tribute award from Shahrukh Khan and Lowell Paddock at GiMA 2012

by Sound Box (October 4, 2012)

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Rahman co-founds digital platform Qyuki

by Anita Iyer (October 4, 2012)

A R Rahman will in November, unveil Qyuki – a digital media platform to discover untapped creative talent of India and the Indian diaspora. Rahman along with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is the co-founder of the beta website, which has about … READ MORE >>

Posted in Buzz, Digital News, Main Story, Show Case | Tagged A R Rahman, Anita Iyer, Poonacha Machiah, Qyuki, Shekhar Kapur | Comments Off

Key people at the launch of Royal Stag MTV Unplugged Season 2

by Sound Box (September 28, 2012)

Launch of Royal Stag Mega Music MTV Unplugged- Season 2 with Ranjit Barot, Sunidhi Chauhan, Lucky Ali, A.R Rahman, Aditya Swamy- EVP& Business Head MTV India http://howtousemyipad.com/ size-full wp-image-10879″ title=”Launch of Royal Stag Mega Music MTV Unplugged- Season 2, Ranjit … READ MORE >>

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MTV Unplugged Season 2 returns with A R Rahman

by Sound Box (September 28, 2012)

MTV Unplugged– Season 2 will have Oscar winner A RRahman presenting a live unplugged performance on an episode. Other artists who are part of this season are –Kailasa, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Lucky Ali, Ash King, Agnee and Indus … READ MORE >>

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Rahman to compose for Spielberg's musical

by Sound Box (September 25, 2012)

Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks will soon be making a new animation film Mumbai Musicals, inspired by the Ramayana. Termed the first 'Bollywood-style animation film from the animation studio', the film “revolves around two common monkeys who become unlikely heroes in a … READ MORE >>

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