OFFICIAL SONU NIIGAAM NEWSLETTER - 3rd QUARTER 2009
July 1st 2009 - September 30th 2009

Hello all you wonderful people...A big shoutout from Team Sonu Niigaam...Hope you are enjoying life.. As we approach the end of the 3rd quarter of 2009, its time for us to pause for a moment and reflect on all the wonderful memories during these 3 months.This has been by far the most eventful and happening quarter of the year buzzing with superhit releases, path-breaking concerts and lots more..

RELEASES DURING THE QUARTER
Neene Bari Neene

Neene Bari Neene, our first Kannada album was launched on 27th August 2009 in Bangalore under the banner of Times music. The album has 9 sensational romantic tracks composed by Mr. Mano Murthy,with lyrics by Mr. Jayant Kaikini and is our tribute and thanksgiving to all the lovely Kannadigas who have given us overwhelming love and support throughout the years.

Video of Neene Bari Neene - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQFLE448qfA
Video of Baa Nodu Gelathi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfagIHGWm4E
The album can also be bought online from this link - http://www.kannadastore.com/product_info.php?products_id=3285
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MJ This One's For You
MJ This One's For You was launched as a single on Itunes for free download by Team Sonu Niigaam as a tribute to one of the greatest artistes of all time, Mr.Michael Jackson. The project was the first of its kind because it was the first song ever to be created through social networking. MJ, as we fondly call him, has been one of the biggest sources of inspiration in Sonuji's career and the desire to do this tribute, originated primarily from the latter’s sense of personal loss, added with his sense of responsibility as an artist, to salute and celebrate the glorious life of another. The song features extremely talented artistes whom we discovered within our facebook community itself and was released worldwide on the occasion of MJ's birthday on 29th August 2009 in collaboration with renowned journalist, Ms. Kaveta Chhibber.

Download the song for free from Itunes - http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=329541259
Youtube Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcr43QupKCo
Promotions on kavitachhibber.com - http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=Podcast-Sonu_MJ
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Bollywood Releases
Ishq Hi Rab Hai - Dil Bole Hadippa
Zulfaen Khol Khal Ke - Do Knot Disturb
Don't Say Alvida - Main Aur Mrs Khanna
Chiggy Wiggy - With Kylie Minogue - Blue
Rehnuma - Blue
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Kannada Releases
Ello Maleyaagideyandu - Manasaare
Onde Ninna - Manasaare
Chelusuva Cheluve - Ullasa Utsaha
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MUSIC GURU
"There are various kinds of voices in the world... Every voice has a particular vowel, with or without a consonant, that can help achieve better results if practiced on that.
Singers who have a thin, sharp, KK, Narender Chanchal, kind of tone can be helped by the reeyaaz of the sargams in the sound of HA, HAI, HO, HI, HE etc if they want to attain softer touch in their voice! It has to be sung though in such a way that air is blown from the lungs smoothly but significantly. Remember, long full breathed notes.
Music is the Cosmos' fashion show. Enjoy." - Sonu Niigaam
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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE QUARTER

Explosion 2009
Explosion 2009 was one of the most successful and satisfying tours weve had. The tour kick started on 24th July 2009 in Washington DC, traversed Dallas,Chicago,Atlantic City,Houston,San Fransisco, Denver,Phoenix and concluded on 16th August 2009 in Los Angeles. Also featuring extremely talented performers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Hard Kaur and Gunjan, the group performed to packed houses in all cities and left everyone who attended craving for more. To the absolute delight of the audience, Sonuji paid tribute to Michael Jackson by performing Billie Jean on stage in style, with the famous moonwalk..

The last show in LA was blissful because it was attended by esteemed guests like Jermaine Jackson, Terry Lewis and Christian Audigier among other dignitaries..This led to a wonderful association with Jermaine Jackson, who not only invited Sonuji to perform at the Michael Jackson tribute concert to be held in London next year, but also agreed to sing with Sonuji, in a song composed and written by Sonuji himself for Michael, the details of which will be revealed shortly!!

Some memorable videos from LA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lS_mrrJ5Qw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_HybniRbko
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Association with Big FM
Big 92.7 FM, the radio venture of Reliance ADAG's Adlabs Radio, has appointed Sonuji as its new brand ambassador after repositioning its music offerings to 'Chillax Hits' in Mumbai and Delhi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVIz5sFZkWE

Sonuji will feature in a multi-media campaign spanning radio, print, outdoor, television, online and mobile, which will be launched soon and will also be a part of key properties on the station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgc-EQDPqes
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American R&B Collaborations
Sonuji has recorded six English songs with American music-industry heavyweights in the three months he spent in Los Angeles prior to the Explosion Tour.

He has composed and sung two songs with R&B/ funk chanteuse Chaka Khan produced by Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam of Flyte Tyme, the label behind hit albums of Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey; two songs with Emmy-winning arranger and composer Chris Boardman; one with songwriter-producer Jud Friedman, producer for Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand and Rod Stewart; and another with triple-Grammy nominee composer Steve Dorff. The genres of the songs, span pop, soul, R&B, and funk. Release dates of these songs has not been determined yet.
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Merchandise store at Cinsay
Sonuji has joined forces with Cinsay, a media and software company, in a unique collaboration to bring him closer to the millions of fans and consumers in the US.

http://www.cinsay.com/sonu

Quoting Sonuji : "The Internet is clearly the future of entertainment, and I am very excited to be collaborating and working with such a progressive team as Cinsay.In addition to creating original content which will help my fans see me in different situations than they are used to, Cinsay and I are working together to create a line of apparel and merchandise which reflects my passion for performing. I hope fans around the world will enjoy these new designs"

The merchandise can be purchased from our Cinsay Online Store: http://mcssl.com/store/1f5b87ab6d62468fbbdf9bd00185c6/sonu
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Filmfare Award
Sonuji bagged the Best Male Playback Singer - Kannada award at the South Filmfare awards this year for his rendition of the song Yenagali munde saagu from the film Mussanje Mathu.
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Launch of Youtube Channel
Team Sonu Niigaam launched its exclusive Youtube channel this quarter
http://www.youtube.com/sonuniigaamtube

The channel will be used to upload the videos of our singles,broadcast the various facets of our work through multiple playlists and also to promote other genuinely talented and outstanding musicians.
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THE ROAD AHEAD
The last quarter of this year has lots of excitement lined up for all of you, with several concerts in India and abroad, the release of the much awaited album Time Travel,where Sonuji has actually sung with greats,the release of some of the R&B singles and bollywood numbers, campaigns with BIG FM and what not...and Im sure u all have also learnt to expect the unexpected from ur idol...We'll keep you updated through our networks continuously.
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Thats it for now guys.. Until the next quarter end, this is Shyama, signing off, hoping that all of us have a very fulfilling quarter ahead...For any queries, please feel free to contact me on shyamagovind@gmail.com.. Cheers!!
Shyama Govind - http://www.facebook.com/sonuniigaam?ref=ts#/sonuniigaampage?ref=ts