News From the World Of Music

1st July , 2007

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This page of our newsletter updates you on the happenings of the month from the world of music, artistes, the world wide music industry and related news on the Indian Music Industry. We have compiled pages from the available internet data sources to let our readers know the most happening and relevant news.

Indian consumers jazz up mobile music sales

NEW DELHI: More than most, the top honchos at India’s music companies know that declining physical sales in stores are no reason to feel the heebie-jeebies. And if they are listening to a song when the phone rings, they might as well carry on. Because it’s that ringing tone along with the handset that is coming to the industry’s rescue.

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Data Source - economictimes.com, Manoj Nair & Joji Thomas Philip

'The music industry needs cleaning up'

Anaida

Her refreshing looks and free spirited songs in the hit single Hotline gave her a hatke debut. And now, she is conquering new territories with production.

Simple , straightforward and with an unassuming personality . That's pop princess Anaida for you. The petite lady who is producing a new album called Naya, recently recorded a song with the Pakistani band Noori for the album.

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Data Source - The TIMES OF INDIA, Chithra Unnithan

Channels bet on music shows

Music talent TV shows are attracting big advertising bucks as they command a high viewership rating. The three general entertainment channels (GECs) - Zee Television, Sony Entertainment Television (SET), and Star Plus - have been wooing audiences with their shows SaReGaMaPa, Indian Idol and Star Voice of India, respectively. The three channels are expected to mop up over Rs 60 crore on advertising revenue and for companies such as Zee it already constitutes for 6 per cent of their total ad revenue.

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Data Source -Business Standard, Aminah Sheikh

Lata back with Sadgi after 17years

Lata Mangeshkar

"I am a musician and for me everyday is a special music day there's no special day like father's day, mother's day for me I touch my parents feet daily," said the queen of melody on her album's launch coinciding with the World Music Day. On the eve of World Music Day Indian music industry's nightingale released her album after 17 years.

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Data Source -ndtvmusic.com

The maestro’s mehfil...

Pankaj Udhas on the future of ghazals, beyond the din of pop. And the changing face of the music industry.

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Data Source: Pune Newsline , Kalyani Sardesai.

Indian radio industry is growing rapidly, says Broadcast Architecture’s Allen Kepler

Allen Kepler, President, Broadcast Architecture, sees huge potential in the Indian Radio industry. Broadcast Architecture is based in the US that does radio research and show production. Kepler was in Mumbai recently to attend a radio conference.

Data Source : exchange4media.com, Abhijeet Mukherjee

Piracy threatens moviedom in India

As sales slump, the music and home-video industries overseas have turned into a worried lot. While this is not entirely confined to Bollywood—and the American studios are as concerned, the downside for the Indian motion picture industry, I believe, is a lot higher, given our dependence on extremely select revenue streams in the international market. Some will argue that a number of avenues and rights have indeed opened up internationally for potential exploitation but I continue to maintain that revenue from these streams is still incremental and not principal in nature.

Data Source : The Financial Express, Tanuj Garg

Country tops in digital music sales

Here is yet another piece of evidence that indicates that Indians are emerging as among the most tech-savvy people in the world. India has emerged as the first country in the world where digital music sales have outpaced physical music sales...

Data Source : Deccan Herald, Uttam Borpujari

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