Anara Publishing’s 2020 Round Up

2020

2020, with all of its challenges, has been full of positives for Anara Publishing. It’s almost impossible to write a summary about this year without of course mentioning the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst this changed many of our usual plans for the year, such as travelling to various music industry events and conferences, I am proud … Read more

Content ID and Your Music Rights Explained

It’s now possible for your music to be available across hundreds of different platforms around the world thanks to digital distribution services. We are also seeing a big increase in the number of platforms that use “Content ID” systems to track the usage of music by their users such as YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. There … Read more

Music for Livestreamers – Anara Publishing partners with Pretzel

Anara Publishing are pleased to announce our new partnership with Pretzel, a music licensing platform for livestreamers. This means that our catalogue is now available for their users to use within their videos and that our songwriters are fairly compensated for the use of their music. This year, we have seen a huge increase in … Read more

Anara Publishing sign Nivid

Anara Publishing are pleased to announce their latest signing from India, Industrial Rock outfit Nivid. Founded by Aditya Virmani and hailing from New Delhi, their music contains provocative and theatrical narratives, written in Hindi, based upon reflections of the self, society and civilisation. As well as releasing music with his Nivid project, Aditya is an … Read more

Sync News: Pratilipi Advert

The Track: “It Is Time” by Bombay Acoustic People. Based in India, Bombay Acoustic People seamlessly blend acoustic and folk sounds with world music influences. Their music is a refreshing and organic attempt to make people slow down in today’s hectic lives. “It Is Time” is taken from their Postcards EP. The Client: Pratilipi, an … Read more

Supporting musicians during the COVID-19 outbreak

With the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we are in uncharted territory in many aspects of our lives. Within the music industry, we have seen this start to affect a lot of artists and businesses especially within live music. Many festivals have now been postponed including SXSW, Glastonbury, Coachella and Liverpool Sound City. Numerous artists are … Read more

Anara Publishing sign Swarathma

Anara Publishing are pleased to announce the signing of Swarathma, one of India’s top folk rock bands. The band comprises of songwriters Jishnu Dasgupta, Joel Milan Baptist, Pavan Kumar KJ, Sanjeeva Nayak Sooda, Varun Murali and Vasu Dixit. Swarathma’s sound fuses together Indian folk with rock, reggae and blues. They stand out from the crowd … Read more