For Indian independent artists in the early stages of their career, access to funding “remains one of the biggest challenges”.
Tag: Songwriters
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Amplify Music Incubator for artists launches south India-focused edition
The Amplify Music Incubator (AMI) has launched AMI South, for talents from the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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Sony Music Publishing, IPRS songwriting camp focuses on new Punjabi, Haryanvi talent
When up-and-coming independent artists participate in songwriting camps, there’s often a chance that the resultant compositions won’t eventually be released. In the case of—take a deep breath—‘The Indie Circle Songwriting […]
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Warner Chappell Music signs publishing deal with Indian composer Anurag Saikia
In August 2025, after Australian multi-service music company Unified Music Group and Indian booking and talent coordination agency 7Entertainment formed the joint venture Uni7ied “to bring India’s music to the […]
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Björn Ulvaeus warns majors over AI deals: ‘We have to be consulted’
Last week saw the first Stockholm Music Week, a conference intersecting music industry, business, tech and academics.
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Creators’ needs now: how SACEM is adapting to new modes of creation
This is the second episode in a two-part series about the evolution of CMOs – recorded as collective management organisations undergo their most significant transformation in decades. In this episode, Sacem’s […]
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Havells mYOUsic aims to be a talent hunt with a difference
Havells mYOUsic is an Indian talent hunt that distinguishes itself from similar initiatives in multiple ways. Firstly, it isn’t restricted to singers and is also open to music producers, lyricists, […]
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Ankur Tewari has a dozen new songs on DSPs — but he didn’t record any of them
When Indian singer-songwriter Ankur Tewari went to his Apple Music account this past weekend, he was shocked to find that his ‘latest release’ wasn’t his new single ‘Chand Takiye’ but […]
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Kaafi Aalsi, Inshallah Babes have won the 2026 TFA Awards for Music
There’s a severe lack of grants for Indian independent musicians at the early stage of their careers. Bengaluru-based non-profit trust Toto Funds The Arts (TFA), which was set up in […]
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Heard conducts songwriting camp for artists outside the label/management ecosystem
Best known as a music supervision firm whose credits include a number of Netflix shows (Mismatched, Saare Jahan Se Accha), Mumbai-based Heard is equal parts a publishing company that works […]
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Lyrics and the pressure to go viral: ‘You have to get somebody in two seconds!’
“Lyrics are so important to modern music, because people feel so deeply – and they really struggle to express that.”
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ECSA and Gesac press case to clamp down on ‘coercive buy-outs’
ECSA and Gesac have renewed their calls for a clampdown on ‘coercive buy-outs’ – particularly from big video-streaming services.
