India does not have an official YouTube chart, a privilege currently enjoyed by over 40 other countries, including those with much smaller markets than ours.
In any given week, Indian....
It’s one thing to create content, quite another to make it accessible and if the content is not accessible, what really is its point?
If we go back in time,....
OTTs (over-the-top platforms) are quickly making OSTs, or original soundtracks, more popular than tracks for Indian TV shows ever were. Millions of viewers are tuning into OSTs of....
Streaming manipulation – the practice of artificially inflating stream counts to produce false listening data – is the music industry’s biggest concern when it comes to monetization currently.
Recently, an....
In an unprecedented move, orchestras, opera companies, concert halls and record labels are being urged to join a campaign for gender parity in the music industry.
The PRS....
Today marks the day when the house gig platform LVNG innaugrates their collaboration with beverage company Moonshine Meadery for a new gig series titled the Moonshine Experiment.
The four shows....
When we were asked at Loudest.in to attend another gig property, we were amused at first but not surprised.
Even as the independent music scene in India grows, particularly in....
The north-eastern states of the country like Mizoram have been known to foster the independent music scene before the rest of the country but even as the tier-1 cities like....
The Indian music streaming industry has seen a boom in the last two years with homegrown music streaming apps, and international giants are battling it out to capture the lucrative....
Sofar Sounds has announced $25 million in new funding led by Battery Ventures and Union Square Ventures with participation from existing investors namely Octopus Ventures and Virgin....
The many twists and turns of making your own music your career can have a savage impact on your wallet, on relationships and, mainly and most frequently, on your mental....
The good news is that the music industry is adapting more quickly with each wave of digital disruption. Streaming now accounts for most of the major labels' revenues and emerging....
Apple posted its Q2 2019 financial results on April 30 and reported quarterly revenue of $58 billion, a year-on-year decline of 5%.
The’s company’s Services revenue hit an all-time high....
New Delhi community radio station Boxout.fm is celebrating completing two years in action with a celebration of homegrown and electronic music. The second edition of their very own music festival,....
One of the newest additions to the group of artists working with Warner Music Group is a bundle of code that is under contract to release 20 albums this year.....
China-based music streaming service Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has published its full year and Q4 earnings for 2018 which is its first earnings report since its IPO on the New....
The penetration of adults that claim to listen to whole albums monthly, stands at just 16% (Q4 ‘18 data from MIDiA, a drop from 22% in the previous quarter), compared....
The Indian audio over the top (OTT) industry is valued at $280 million with revenues from the audio OTT industry contributing to 67% of the total recorded music revenue in....
With 225 million YouTube users in India and massive streams of Indian music on the platform, the ‘value gap’ battle is a growing battle in India.
What is the Value....
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Coldplay, John Mayer, Maroon5 or Ed Sheeran- global singers' cover versions sell more than original work in Bollywood music dominated India, says
The clubbing culture of India has transformed over the last 10 years. A decade ago, while the rich partied in clubs at five-star hotels, those lower on the wealth scale....
Rockumentary: Becoming of Indian Rock, a 24-minute documentary that explores the state of rock music in India.
Abhimanyu Kukreja, who began his career as an entertainment journalist, felt that there....
Five years back, Saregama was struggling to sell CDs and was forced to shut its chain of stores, including the biggest one on Park Street in Kolkata which was a....
The end of the year is the year is intense for smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo and Google Home, and Q4 is absolutely the bumper sales quarter, as people rush....
Sony Music Entertainment 's Japan entity (SMEJ) has partnered with Rhapsody International to launch what is being touted as the first on-demand, high-resolution music streaming service in Japan.
While SMEJ....
According to reports, Spotify has geared up to launch in India as soon as six months.
Now, one loc
When Chinese conglomerate Tencent Holdings unveiled its plan to list its music division on Wall Street, it was poised to become one of the largest companies to list on the....
Independent record labels are earning money more than ever before and now reports back the data.
Global revenues have reached an all time high with independent record labels generating....
British artist Imogen Heap has launched ‘Life of a Song’ project, which focuses on a single track that she released back in 2005 called, ‘Hide and Seek’,....
Chance The Rapper, known for flouting his ‘independent’ tag released his "Coloring Book" album on the Soundcloud for free, after a short teaser on Apple Music and even shouted out....
The Indian music industry, which is currently estimated at around Rs 8.5 billion, could reach Rs 20 billion if practices to curb piracy are adopted to....
BIG FM which is one of India’s largest radio networks has bagged 4 awards at Radio Connex, a one-of-a-kind platform that celebrates the work on radio and its excellence on....
Being an independent artist is difficult. What is more difficult is finding the right artist management company at the right time.
An artist manager can help you propel in the....
Achal Dhillon is the MD of Killing Moon; an independent British music company and his recent blog on the untouched topic of....
Marriott's W Hotels chain has recently launched its own record label called W Records, First Single By Amber Mark
W Records plans to support its signed artists through....
While Indie-Indian singer-songwriters are gaining ground in India, it is still unlikely for them to fly off to another country and get the same kind of response they get here.....
Spotify recently launched a new feature in the US which will enable independent artists to upload tracks to the service directly, without any requirement for a third-party aggregator or record....
Artist Aloud, a Hungama- owned platform that promotes and supports independent music, announced its partnership with ATKT.in today, which is a digital platform that promotes original content by college students.....
If the idea of meeting people online sends shudders down your spine, then you're not alone. While a lot of relationships in the digital, modern age we live in stem....
Few bands these days focus on the melodies of the voice as most songs have become beat-centric with the rise of genres like Electronic music.
As we find many songs....
If you are someone who loves Jazz then its possible that you like the old-school kind of music; the one that comes out of instruments and people and not particularly....
There are few bands that leave you with a feel-good vibe long after the concert is over. One such young band called Easy Wanderlings recently captured my attention when I....
House concerts have become synonymous with hipsters as they look for a better alternative to clubs or even full-blown concerts.
How house gigs happen
In India, house concerts have come....
While the country and the world sits with bated breath to find out what's happens in the next season of Sacred Games, we decided to look bad at Season One....
If you’re a Prateek Kuhad fan residing in one of the non-metros, do we have news for you!
Pagal Haina records, the record label representing Prateek Kuhad is....
The upcoming month of August is slated to bring the release of the film “Karwaan” which not just brings about a change of narrative with its fresh storytelling....
2018 has been an eventful year for the music industry in India and we have noticed some trends making headlines and for good measure.
As the Indian music industry grows....
9X Media is celebrating International World Music Day held on 21st June this year, by launching a 9X Media original track titled Bajne Do Night & Day. The....
If you thought Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant were enough for your hands-free music requirements, you can expand your horizon alongside your playlist.
Music app Gaana....
If your day starts with singing in the shower while you dream of performing in front of an audience, you can make it a reality.
Palm Soundscape, which is India’s biggest forum on DJing, Electronic Music Production and Entertainment Event management is happening from May 31st till June 2nd, 2018.
As....
When Billboard came out with its first “Hot 100” in the first week of August 1958, it used to track songs that were popular on the radio stations....
Music knows no boundaries and it's becoming increasingly clear that in India, the independent music wave has surpassed its usual suspects.
Besides the metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai,....
Independent musicians have a lot of concerns in India but possibly the biggest hurdle is ‘booking a gig’. In Delhi, where there are multiple venues that provide a stage....