(16 April 2008 2:30 pm)

MUMBAI: People Group's friendship and social networking site Fropper.com has launched an online music service 'Fropper Music'.

The company claims that this online music service will enable more than 3.5 million users of Fropper.com to listen to their favourite songs as they exchange notes with other music lovers on the site.

With 'Fropper Music', users can connect and network with other Fropper users in real-time. Fropper.com will provide users with a host of pre-determined music channels across five languages, including stations like Hindi latest, Punjabi/Bhangra, Marathi, Telugu and international hits.

Fropper.com business head Navin Mittal said, "Networking around music is a fairly new concept in India and there is no quality music networking site yet. Internationally, Internet radio is gaining more listeners with every passing day and has already left terrestrial radio far behind in terms of growth."

The music, which will be made available for the users, is completely legal, says the company release. Fropper.com claims that it has secured the required licenses from both PPL and IPRS to stream music from the website.

As for now, Fropper Music has an initial base of about 15,000 songs sourced through labels like Venus, Saregama and Tips. Fropper also has plans of expanding its song base to over 100,000 songs in the next 3 months. Regional content for the site has been sourced through labels like Aditya Music, Krunal Music and Sagarika Audio.