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Call for entries announced for the 3rd
edition of
the chevrolet Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) AWARDS
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Includes new additions in categories of POP, ROCK, DANCE and GHAZAL~
The Chevrolet Global Indian Music
Academy (GiMA) Awards, the most definitive recognition platform of the
Indian Music industry,is all set to kick offits 3rdeditionby
inviting entries. GiMA provides a unified platform to celebrate and recognise
those who push the boundaries of Indian Music, across a wide range of film and
non-film music genres. This year, for the first time, GiMA has included new
categories in POP, ROCK, DANCEand GHAZAL, making it a total of 13
awards in the Non-Film music categories and 10 awards for Film music.With
greater representation of Indie artistes, GiMA has incorporated more
contemporary music this year.
Speaking on the occasion, GiMA Advisory Board
member and eminent singer-music director Shankar Mahadevan said, “GiMA
has been a pioneering effort to bring together the entire music industry on one
illustrious platform to honor artists & musicians in front of their peers.
I am personally very excited about the new categories being introduced this
year. With the emergence of digital platforms and new channels for music
discovery, exposure to newer genres of music is also picking up. GiMA is an
excellent platform to encourage new-age talent; it is a great way of nurturing
music and talent across traditional and contemporary genres
Music Labels, Film Producers and
Independent artistes are now invited to enter music released between 1st
April 2011 and 31st March 2012. The GiMA entry process is
completely online wherein participants can fill and submit their forms at www.gima.co.in.
Entries for this year’s GiMA Awards
will close on April 25th, 2012.
GiMA is the ONLY Music Awardsplatform
with a voting process based on peer-to-peer recognition. Nominees are selected
by aneminent Jury panel of over 30 members. The GiMA Academy, comprising over
300 members from the music & film industry encompassing industry stalwarts,
music directors, producers, lyricists, singers, technicians, composers and
leaders of the music industry, then votes for the final winners in a secret ballot
process. Some of the eminent names from the Academy includeJaved Akhtar,
Dr. L. Subramanium, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Shubha Mudgal, Shankar Mahadevan,
Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shaan, Sonu Nigam, Mukesh
Bhatt, Kailash Kher, Lesle Lewis, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant to
name a few. The Academy’s votes are then tabulated by KPMG, who are the process
auditors for GiMA.
Looking back, GiMA has staged some of
the most memorable acts by bringing great artistes & musicians together at
this very prestigious award ceremony. Year 2011 saw music maestro A.R.Rahman
being felicitated with the ‘Global Musician Honour’while India’s young
music icon Sonu Nigam bagged the ‘Youth Music Icon’title.
Other key highlights of 2011 included the LIVE orchestra duo-performance act by
none other than legendary music composer Pyarelalji along with Sonu
Nigam on some of the most unforgettable Laxmikant-Pyarelal
hits from the golden era. Also, one cannot forget the beautiful Priyanka
Chopra’s tribute to the industry’s talented female playback singers
where Kavita Krishnamurthy, Rekha Bhardwaj, Usha Uthup and Sunidhi
Chauhan sang LIVE to her spectacular performance.
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