The Indian Music Industry is now faced with a
shape-shifting issue pertaining to a proposed amendment to
the Copyright Act of 1958.
The fruition of this bill would surely bring about a drastic
change in the way creators, and composers are remunerated
for their works.
The Film & Music Industry must congratulate the HRD Ministryfor the proposed Amendments, recently approved by the Cabinet, to the IndianCopyrightAct. The Bill is now expected to be introduced & passed by Parliament during the Budget Session this February. The amended Act in expected to be compliant with WCT [World Copyright Treaty] & WPPT [World Performance & Phonograms Treaty]. This step by the Government once again expresses its noble intentions of keeping INDIA in the fore front of being a country which is committed to encourage, develop, harness & protect Intellectual Property Rights [IPR].
10 Influential Men of Indian Music Scene
Talk about the road ahead
With every New Year that comes our way,
changes seep into us and our surroundings. Music industry
also embraces this change and newer initiatives in store in
this New Year. Our correspondent, Ria Shah chased 10
influential men in the Indian music business to know their
key projects, strategies, views on newer technologies like
3G, development of music and artist plus the opportunities
and threats they see today. We at Indian Music Talks wish
2010 to be the year of more music, higher revenues, newer
business models and stronger bond between the music
companies, artists and audiences.
Hard Rock Café’s in Mumbai and Delhi have
recently hosted a sensational Pink Floyd tribute band not
surprising called – Think Floyd. The band might just
be our country’s first ‘supergroup’ in rock music.
Featuring immensely talented musicians from our country’s
foremost bands – Parikrama, Advaita & Themclones and
a couple of backing singers provided by Artistes
Unlimited - the group enthralled audiences with perfect
renditions of Pink Floyd repertoire. Think Floyd was shaped
about 3 ˝ years ago after a chance summon to play at an
outdoor college gig and this Mumbai gig was just their 2nd
performance (1st in Delhi Hard Rock Cafe) after
all those years. It is hard to believe. We are all hardcore
Floyd fanatics – says the drummer from Themclones, Surojit
Dev – and that probably explains why they sound so
delightfully tight. It is hard to bring them together for a
performance, the ensemble tours most of the year with their
respective bands.
It wouldn’t be preposterous to assume that Padmabhushan awardee, Shri Jagjit Singh is single handedly responsible for popularizing Ghazals in our country, taking it to the universal appeal it now enjoys. His celebrated albums are often received with the same kind of anticipation as is reserved for a landmark Bollywood movie album. It might also be argued that he is probably the country’s biggest independent artist. What started as a foray into singing Ghazals, an ancient form of singing couplets, for this Rajasthani born Punjabi bred maestro, eventually led to release of over an incredible 50 albums. Although his exposure to Bollywood has been minimal, the mellifluous songs he sang for a few of these films will stand the test of time.
Our inaugural guest for “Striking
Chords” is Sridhar Subramanium, Managing
Director, Sony Music India. Asked to pick a random
relevant topic by our correspondent Ria Shah, he
surprisingly chose Devotional Music….and when you
are done reading this, you will know exactly why and what
makes him a smart thinker.
THE RECORDING ACADEMY® AND EMI MUSIC TEAM UP TO
RELEASE 2010 52nd Annual GRAMMYNOMINEES
CD- Available Jan. 19, the 20-Song Collection Benefits MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation
India’s biggest contemporary fusion band - Indian Ocean lost one of its founders & the band’s signature sound - vocalist and percussionist,Asheem Chakravarty. He died on 25th December 2009 in Delhi due to a heart attack leaving his band members Susmit Sen, Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam in shock. It was a dark Christmas for all who knew & loved him.
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