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September 10, 2005
Artists from developing countries embrace online music sales
In the past one had to go to an Asian community in the US or Europe to pickup hindi, urdu or chinese music CDs. With the emerging popularity of online legal downloading services, music from many developing countries is finding way to such services.
At Apple's online Itunes music site that sells over 1.5 million songs daily one can find latest albums and songs by Asha Boshley, Ravi Shankar and a slew of popular artists.
Usually, Hindi, Bangla or Chinese album CDs sell much less than their English counterparts at Asian communities such as New York's Jackson Heights. However, on Itunes songs from international artists are selling at the same US 99 cents per song.
Itunes is not the only online legal music download channel. Early this year a California company has launched what it calls the first online music download store dedicated to music from India and the Indian sub-continent.
CrimsonBay offers music from premiere Indian labels such as Saregama India Ltd, Ishq Records, Yatra Communications and others.
Posted by admin at September 10, 2005 08:00 AM