This section provides resource material for musicians and engages music lovers in an ongoing dialogue about intellectual property rights, indie music and related issues.

All documents are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. You will need a PDF viewer, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, or a plug-in for your browser to view and print these documents.

We are providing two model contracts as free downloads.  These may be used by organisers and musicians for concert engagements.  Please note that they may need to be tailored for individual events.  Underscore Records has provided these contracts only as a service to musicians, and legal opinion may be sought by concerned parties.  With reference to clause 35 in both contracts, 'arbitration' may not be a good idea as an informal mediation/redressal of grievances, as this may involve a long drawn-out process, and once arbitration starts all other legal avenues are closed.

• Model Contract between Soloist and Organiser
• Model Contract between Soloist/Accompanist and Organiser
  

• www.BaajaaGaajaa.com
• www.sangeetkosh.net 
• Rajan Parrikar Music Archive 
• North Indian Classical Vocal Music of the 78 rpm era
• Sydhwaney 
• http://www.youtube.com/user/UnderscoreRecords#p/u

Aneesh Pradhan and Shubha Mudgal both maintain their own personal blogs and periodically feature articles related to the music scene in India. You can access them at the following links:

• http://aneeshpradhan.com
• http://shubhamudgal.com/                     

Please do feel free and leave your comments. We highly appreciate all feedback.

• What is! this thing called... World Music
  by Guy Strazzulo   

• A Personal Encounter with India, its Music and its Food
  by Gert-Matthias Wegner                                                                

• The Singer and the Voice: Where is the Music?
  by Ashwini Deshpande                                                 
• Sound: Its Nature in Cinema 
  by Arun Khopkar            

• Bhaskar Chandvankar
  by Arun Khopkar

All articles are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. You will need a PDF viewer, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, or a plug-in for your browser to view and print these documents