Mr.Gurmeet Singh , MD, MUSIC TODAY in an exclusive chat with The IMI Editor Sudhir Shreedharan.

Mr.Gurmeet Singh, MD, Music Today.
..."I’d like to proudly announce our tie up with STAR PLUS where we are going to release over 200 hours of STAR TV software. It’s a first of its kind tie of this scale & magnitude in the Indian Music Market."...
..."Times Music is our competitor in the spiritual and devotional segment and Saregama is our competitor in the Indian Classical Segment. As for T-Series, they are not a competitor in the real sense but more of a nuisance value."...
..."Last year we did about 10 crores in sales of which 33% came in from Indian Classical Music which is 1/3rd of our sales."...
"Currently, labels are slowly losing interest in promoting the Indian classical music due to the falling prices. I think this will be an opportunity for us to consolidate our position in the market and gradually increase prices of our products."...
..."If we feel that by pricing a soundtrack on a website for a lesser price is going to attract sales then we don’t think twice about it."...
..."There is a lot of talk today that MUSIC WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE to the consumers and the monies would come in through advertising."...
..."PIRACY is as much a nuisance value for me as it is for a bollywood film music produced by SAREGAMA. But the problem is how do we get IMI’s attention onto it and how do we get IMI’s resources onto it?..."
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October witnessed MASS RAIDS in CHENNAI
Chennai, T.N. :- Simultaneous raids were conducted on 5 vendors in Ambattur, T. Nagar and Saidapet area of Chennai on 24th October. 727 MP3 CDs and 2198 pirated DVDs were seized. 5 persons were arrested and remanded to 15 days judicial custody. (Value approx. 2.9 lakhs)
Chennai, T.N. :- 5 vendors were searched in Ambattur and Salinganallur area of Chennai on 25th October. 630 MP3 CDs and 2176 pirated DVDs were seized. 5 persons were arrested and remanded to 15 days judicial custody (Value approx. 2.8 lakhs).
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