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Reviewed: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Artist: Pritam Label: T-Series Pritam has undeniably entered a new era of music with great panache. After the award winning sound track of Barfi!  Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani mixes melody and fun in a very modern way. Badtameez Dil is … READ MORE >>

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Amit Trivedi out of tune in Bombay Talkies

The title track of Bombay Talkies misses Amit Trivedi’s ingenuity stamp Song: Bombay Talkies Title Song Artist: Amit Trivedi Label: T-Series Apparently a tribute to a hundred years of Indian cinema has to only include the stars of the films … READ MORE >>

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Zila Ghaziabad Soundtrack Review

Album: Zila Ghazibad Artists :Amjad-Nadeem, Bappa Lahiri Label: T-Series ‘Zila Ghaziabad’ boasts of a strong cast and has many expectations riding on its music…lets dive in our ears to see how well it fares! The title track defines the feel … READ MORE >>

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Review of Matru ki bijlee ka mandola

Album: Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Artist: Vishal Bharadwaj Label: Sony Music Vishal Bhardwaj, who never ceases to surprise you with his music, is back again with his Haryanvi flick Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, having Gulzar as the perfect … READ MORE >>

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Don’t look! A&R’s changing..

Ayush Shrestha is a twenty-something year old who was selected by the D&F Academy in Germany for a fellowship called ” The Music Project,” a program installed in order to inspire people through music. Vasuda Sharma is a twenty-something year … READ MORE >>

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AR Rahman honored at the 3rd Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) Awards 2012

Academy Award winner AR Rahman was graced with a special tribute during the 3rd Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) 2012 held recently in Mumbai. The act was dedicated to honor him for his contribution towards the Indian Music Industry over … READ MORE >>

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Top 10 most-downloaded Bollywood songs of the Sept Week III from the Nokia Music Store

how does credit repair work S.No. Song Album Artist 1 The Disco Song Student of the Year Benny Dayal 2 Halkat Jawani Heroine Sunidhi Chauhan 3 Ishq Wala Love Student of the Year Shekhar Ravjiani 4 Dreamum Wakeupum Aiyyaa Soumya … READ MORE >>

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The Indian music industry salutes Parliament for Copyright Amendment bill 2012

India’s top musicians brought Shukrana a sensational musical celebration, to express gratitude to Parliamentarians across political parties for the passing of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2012 last evening at the Parliament’s G.M.C Balayogi Auditorium. The event was presented by The … READ MORE >>

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GiMA Nominees: Film Music Category

BEST MUSIC ARRANGER & PROGRAMMER Arranger & Programmer Song Film Name Abhijit Nalani, Abhijit Vaghani Criminal Ra.One Abhijit Nalani, Giorgio Tuinfort Chammak Challo Ra.One A.R. Rahman Saadda Haq Rockstar Hyacinth D'Souza Subha Hone Na De Desi Boyz Shankar – Ehsaan … READ MORE >>

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Film category nominations announced for GiMA 2012

The 3rd Chevrolet Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) Awards yesterday announced its nominees in the film music category for its 3rd edition. An initiative by Wizcraft International Entertainment, GiMA is a pioneering effort to recognize Indian music, transcending genres in … READ MORE >>

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Flipkart’s Flyte collaborates with popular music artists for World IP Day, 2012

For this year’s World IP Day, on April 26th, Flipkart’s Flyte, India’s largest legal digital music store has collaborated with popular artistes like Sonu Nigam, Mohit Chauhan, Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Kailash Kher and Sunidhi Chauhan to launch a musical anthem. … READ MORE >>

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Didgeridoo, anyone?

A chance meeting with an Australian tourist in Assam introduced Manas Chowdhary to the didgeridoo. And thus began his lifelong affair with the wind instrument, that’s native to the indigenous tribes of Australia. Today, Manas is the only didgeridoo player … READ MORE >>

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Rockstar’s music wins big at FICCI Frames Excellence Awards

The thirteenth edition of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) recently took place at The Renaissance, Powai with the FICCI Frames Excellence Awards 2012 – presented by UTV Stars. Celebrating excellence in the verticals of film, … READ MORE >>

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Bollywood musicians come together to fight piracy

For the first time ever in India, six singers of the music industry have come together to give voice to an anti-piracy movement. Sonu Nigam, Mohit Chauhan, Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Kailash Kher and Sunidhi Chauhan are collaborating on a track … READ MORE >>

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Upping the digital ante

Exploring the mobile and digital space, Universal Music India has a string of products up its sleeve, finds Anita Iyer Digital’s the new frontier, and music labels and content aggregators are busy trying to figure out ideas to create viable … READ MORE >>

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Rahman and Rockstar dazzle at Filmfare Awards

A R Rahman and his magic in the film Rockstar definitely worked wonders. Having bagged top honours at the Colours Screen Awards this year, Rockstar won Rahman the 2500th black lady (diamond-studded statuette) for the title of Best Music Director. That … READ MORE >>

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Living in hope!

Apps, apps and more apps! Music applications were the flavour of the year– for facebook, apple devices, Android and even for Samsung Smart TV platforms The trend for launching music applications continued with Sivakumar Lokanathan of Carnegie Mellon developing ‘Carnatic … READ MORE >>

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Firang sightings

  International musicians who landed on Indian shores in 2011 Imogen Heap With a gig in Blue Frog and being the headlining act of the NH7 Weekender, she was also a speaker and performer at Nokia Music Connects in Mumbai. … READ MORE >>

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