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Introducing India’s Digital Music Industry
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HypeBot
An emerging market which is taking its sweet time to emerge, Ed Peto here offers us a view of the India's digital music industry, taking into account both its enormous market potential, and the many barriers which stand its way. Guest post by Ed Peto of Outdustry This article, authored by Outdustry’s Ed Peto, originally appeared as a feature in the Music Ally Report on June 28th 2017. It represents the start of Ed’s Masters thesis research into the Indian ...
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India.arie - Ginny's - April 13! Special Acoustic Engagement!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Ginny's Supper Club India.Arie Just Added! - Monday - April 13! Marc Cary - Album Release Party! Damien Sneed, Brianna Thomas, Michael Mwenso, Fela! & More! Ginny's Supper Club at Red Rooster - Harlem 310 Lenox Ave. (Between 125th & 126th) New York, NY 10027 Monday, April 13 INDIA.ARIE 8:00PM An intimate acoustic evening with India.Arie Celebrating her first book: ...
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Jazz Near You Adds Six More Cities: US, Japan, Belgium and India Included in Latest Round
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All About Jazz
Jazz Near You now services over 250 cities worldwide with the additions of Greensboro (NC), Beacon (NY), Sarasota (FL), Bruges (Belgium), Nagoya (Japan) and Chennai (india). If your city has an active jazz scene and isn't represented at Jazz Near You, please let us know and we'll add it. About Jazz Near You Jazz Near You is a simple yet powerful way for fans to discover who is playing where and when. It's also is a free opportunity for musicians ...
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"All India Permit" - New Project & Ep From Pacific Nw-based Guitarist/Composer Alex Pinto, Due For 11/4 Release On Pursuance Records
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Alex Pinto
Calarts Grad Alex Pinto has been busy since the release of his highly praised debut album Inner State (Pursuance Records) in 2011. The guitarist launched SF Offside, a Bay Area jazz and creative music festival, with music curator Laura Maguire in 2012. He was an active presence in the bustling Bay Area indie scene, collaborating with animator Jeremy Rourke, while also holding down bass and/or guitar duties in Magic Fight, Petejota and The Lawlands. Capping things off, Pinto was awarded ...
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India Embracing Digital Downloads? Flyte Surpasses 600k Downloads in 6 Months
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HypeBot
Back in February, India's largest web retailer Flipkart announced its entry into the world of digital music sales with Flyte. In less than six months, the service has already seen more than 600,000 cumulative downloads, and according to the company, is seeing nearly 5,000 downloads each day - accounting for 1% of Flipkart's overall revenue. Flyte currently offers over two million tracks from 55 languages and 700 genres, and is seeing positive response from Indian users. Flyte has also launched applications for ...
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India Provides a Glimpse into the Future
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Digital Cowboys By Dave Kusek
ll markets are not the same. Most people in India have not had access to high-speed Internet or a PC. The wired broadband penetration of India stands at about 13 million subscriptions and there are only 50 million PCs in the country. Very few Indians have broadband or a PC of their own. 3G expands consumer audience by 100 million listeners Despite the lack of broadband and PC penetration, there are currently 121 million Internet users in India. Guess where ...
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CBC Radio And Sirius - Finding Carlton - Uncovering The Story Of Jazz In India
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Susheel Kurien
Susheel Kurien, the filmmaker of FInding Carlton—the documentary film that uncovers the story of jazz in India was interviewed on CBC Radio One—Dispatches with Rick McInnes Rae. The film follows Carlton Kitto , a guitarist in Calcutta, India and through his and other musician's stories, tells a remarkable and fascinating tale of how African-American musicians brought jazz to India. Through Carlton's world we hear of how jazz transformed a whole generation. The film features Dan Morgenstern as a historical narrator ...
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Enter Music Network Rocks To India Through Percussive Partnership With IndianDrummer.com
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif.,—The Enter Music Network, (EMN), recently launched as the first niche, drum industry ad/marketing network, has expanded internationally through a percussive partnership with IndianDrummer.com. The addition of IndianDrummer.com, the premiere South Asian drumming web site, enables the EMN to capitalize on the far East drumming market. The alliance benefits Indian Drummer since it is extremely receptive to bringing networks like the EMN into the region. “We are delighted to be allied with Indiandrummer.com," said Phil Hood, President of ...
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"Finding Carlton": Discovering Jazz In India
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Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
This remarkable photograph was taken in the Fifties—the saxophonists and other players are assembled to pay tribute to Benny Goodman. That in itself would not be unusual. But that the tribute took place in Bombay is a surprise to those who do not associate jazz and India. The photograph comes to us through the kindness of Susheel J. Kurien, the creator of a new documentary, Finding Carlton, a film about the story of jazz in India. Here's how Susheel describes ...
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Joelle Leandre and India Cooke - Journey (Nobusiness Records, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
It is always exciting when two musicians get together to improvise in real time. Violinist India Cooke and bassist Joelle Leandre performed live in Denver during an academic conference called “Improvisation and Identity: Discovering Self and Community in a Trans-Cultural Age," and their duet was the perfect choice to reflect the nature of the proceedings musically. Spontaneously composed and improvised, their performance is suite called Journey, broken for the sake of programming into six sections. The music develops like the ...
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