The Big Boom

Lady Gaga,Imogen Heap,Pitbull,Shakira,Bob Sinclar,Zeb and Haniya everybody with a song wanted India to listen up. From private gigs to big-ticket events where thousands of fans screamed in crescendo,music lovers watched live performances by international pin-ups.

Frequent Flyers

Lady Gaga,Imogen Heap,Pitbull,Shakira,Bob Sinclar,Zeb and Haniya everybody with a song wanted India to listen up. From private gigs (Shakira at DLFs head honcho KP Singhs birthday bash) to big-ticket events where thousands of fans screamed in crescendo,music lovers watched live performances by international pin-ups. There were also dollops of controversy Bryan Adams concert was postponed in Delhi,and Metallicas was first postponed and then cancelled in the Capital before the band played to a packed house in Bangalore. But India continues to lure them expect English DJ Pete Tong,Pakistani-American singer-songwriter Nadia Ali,Israeli psychedelic trance act Infected Mushroom,and Dutch trance producer Armin van Buuren at the Sunburn Festival in Goa at the end of the month.

Wannabe Woodstock

Once,we didnt know where to go for a music festival. Were we still wearing our Woodstock bifocals? Yes. All that changed this year,as rhymes,reasons and beats tried to up the ante. NH7 Weekender in Pune was a traffic-stopper with its edgy line-up,the Escape Festival raised the heat in Naukuchiatal,and Sunburn Festival in Goa and Invasion festival in Bangalore became new music destinations.

Indie Go

For decades,indie musicians battled several problems when it came to getting their music released. Record giants had little interest in them. But 2011 saw a rise in indie record labels. Qilla Records,Audio Ashram,Inkroom Records,and Amarass Records made their presence felt. In the last year,there has been an increase in the number of independent record labels. Though they cant survive on album sales alone,the situation is improving. A mini indie music industry is shaping up, says Laiq Qureshi,who set up Inkroom Records in Mumbai.

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The Big Boom

Lady Gaga,Imogen Heap,Pitbull,Shakira,Bob Sinclar,Zeb and Haniya  everybody with a song wanted India to listen up. From private gigs to big-ticket events where thousands of fans screamed in crescendo,music lovers watched live performances by international pin-ups.

Lady Gaga,Imogen Heap,Pitbull,Shakira,Bob Sinclar,Zeb and Haniya everybody with a song wanted India to listen up. From private gigs to big-ticket events where thousands of fans screamed in crescendo,music lovers watched live performances by international pin-ups.