About The Music Journal Of India
The Music Journal Of India is a professional publication covering India's music industry — the craft, the business, and the technology reshaping both. We write for the people who make the music.
India's music scene is the richest on earth — Hindustani and Carnatic classical, Bollywood, hip-hop, jazz, blues, rock, metal, electronic, folk from every region, fusion, qawwali, lo-fi, R&B — all thriving simultaneously, in over 20 languages, constantly cross-pollinating. No other country produces commercially viable music across this many genres, languages, and traditions at the same time. We cover all of it.
What We Cover
- Composition & Lyrics — melody, harmony, raag-based writing, songwriting across languages
- Arrangement & Production — orchestration, sound design, DAWs, recording techniques
- Mixing & Mastering — the technical craft of making music sound right
- Marketing & Business — distribution, streaming, sync, building an audience
- Performance & Craft — vocal technique, session work, live performance, and the musician's life
- AI & the New Craft — what changes, what doesn't, and how to thrive
- Industry & Scene — data, trends, and what's moving the Indian music market
Overtone
Overtone is our weekly newsletter — a signal cut from the noise of India's music scene. New releases, industry moves, artist stories, production insights, and what's happening globally that Indian musicians need to know. Every Monday.
Why This Exists
India is the world's second-largest streaming market by volume — over a trillion on-demand streams a year, music in 20+ languages, 462 million YouTube music users. Yet it ranks only 9th in revenue. An artist needs 5 million streams to earn $1,000. Three major domestic streaming platforms shut down in 18 months. There are fewer than 10 purpose-built concert venues in the country that can hold 10,000 people. And 87% of digital content still uses unlicensed music.
Despite all this, Indian artists are going global — Diljit at Coachella, Bloodywood headlining 25 US cities, Seedhe Maut touring 10 countries, Karan Aujla outselling Bollywood on streaming charts. The independent music movement has never been stronger. AI is reshaping production. The live music economy is booming.
What's missing is a professional publication that covers all of it — the craft, the business, the data, the technology — with the same analytical rigor the industry deserves. No trade journal. No professional resource. That's the gap. The Music Journal Of India exists to fill it.
Contribute
If you're a musician, producer, engineer, or music professional in India and you have something worth sharing — a technique, an insight, a story from the field — we want to hear from you. The Music Journal Of India is built to grow beyond a single voice.