~ First Time Ever Fully Legal and Absolutely Free Music Online ~
Mumbai, June, 2008 – With its continuous and sustained endeavor to make online networking worth its time, Fropper.com, India's first social networking site, has launched an online music service which will enable more than 3.5 million users of Fropper to listen to their favourite songs even as they exchange notes with other music lovers on the site. ‘Fropper Music' will be a unique space for the user to connect and network with other Fropper users tuned in to music in Real-time! Music channels on Fropper.com will provide the users with a host of pre-determined music channels like Bollywood – 80s, Ghazals, Tamil, Gujarati, Bhangra, Indi-pop, etc. across ten languages. Along with these channels, Fropper Music will be intelligent enough to facilitate discovery and discussion around the music played. The user will intuitively undertake ratings, discussions & sharing of musical tastes and preferences. His/her activity will feed into the social graph of other friends, networks & users and, in turn, give an opportunity to Network with other music lovers on Fropper.com.
Mr. Navin Mittal, Business Head, Fropper.com says, "Networking around music is a fairly new concept in India & there is no quality music networking site in India yet. Internationally Internet Radio is gaining more listeners with every passing day and has already left terrestrial radio far behind in terms of growth. On Fropper Music people will be able to listen to music on the basis of genre, ratings, social slices, popularity, moods, custom stations etc. Intelligence will be built into the system to enable discovery & interaction."
On the legal aspects, Mr. Mittal added, "We have secured licenses from PPL and IPRS both to stream music from its website. Additionally, the company is in highly advanced stages of talks with various labels and music licensing bodies such as T-Series, Eros and SIMCA to license more and more content. Our users will get the maximum choice and range of the best music available in the market today."
The portal will have an initial song base of more than 15,000 songs sourced through PPL, IPRS, SIMCA, Big Music, T-Series, Eros, Nupur, Sony, Universal and others. Whereas, regional music content has been sourced through top labels like Aditya Music, Krunal Music, Sagarika Audio, Nupur Audio and others.
About Fropper.com
Fropper.com is India's first India friendship & social networking India site and is a part of Anupam Mittal led People Group. Launched in 2003 with a vision of becoming the hangout place for Indians worldwide, Fropper.com has worked on a simple principle - No one's a Stranger. Today, Fropper.com has more than 3.5 million members who use the platform to share, interact and connect with like-minded people & make new friends. With features such as Photo & Video Sharing, Blogging, Authenticated Groups, Personalized Zones etc., Fropper.com has become the preferred place for Indians from India & across the world to hang out & stay connected.