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}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Only Much Louder&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (OML) is an [[India]]n artist management, event management company and a content production house that was co-founded by Vijay Nair and Girish &amp;quot;Bobby&amp;quot; Talwar in [[Mumbai]]. It informally began, in 2002, as an independent artist management venture by Nair and was officially incorporated in 2006 by Talwar and Nair.&lt;br /&gt;
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The company produces live events—music, comedy—alongside digital and TV content. It manages a roster of artists which include comedians and musicians. OML also ran a ticketing and technology platform, Insider.in, which was acquired by [[Paytm|PayTM]] in 2017.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/money/paytm-acquires-majority-stake-in-online-ticketing-and-events-platform-insider-in/articleshow/59572072.cms?from=mdr|title=Paytm acquires majority stake in online ticketing and events platform Insider.in|last=Shankar|first=Shashwati|date=2017-07-13|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1999–2005 ===&lt;br /&gt;
Nair started his career at 15 by doing marketing gigs for [[Procter &amp;amp; Gamble|Procter &amp;amp; Gamble&amp;#039;s]] web portal Masti.com, and the indie music forum, Gigpad.com. He was tasked with booking bands for shows and making band websites. Talwar was the [[bassist]] of Mumbai-based pop-rock band Zero, who were later on managed by Nair.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/only-much-louder-how-the-nh7-guys-made-it-all-happen-1049209.html|title=Only Much Louder: How the NH7 guys made it all happen- Entertainment News, Firstpost|date=2013-08-21|website=Firstpost|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/Know-your-music-guys/article14401214.ece|title=Know your music guys|last=Kappal|first=Bhanuj|date=2016-06-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-22|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/table-for-two-vijay-nair-talks-about-indie-music/article6312190.ece|title=Loud and clear!|last=Daftuar|first=Swati|date=2014-08-13|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-22|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2009-12-02/indias-new-license-rock|title=India&amp;#039;s new license to rock|website=Public Radio International|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20090420-create-and-flourish-739482-2009-04-10|title=Create and flourish|date=20 April 2009|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nair dropped out of [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics|Sydenham College]], after completing his first year, at 18, and began independently managing artists, booking, and promoting shows in Mumbai and across India. In 2001, Nair was earning roughly ₹700 ($9.75; November, 2019, [[exchange rate]]) as commission on shows he worked on. He initially planned to do it for one year and return to college.&lt;br /&gt;
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He started managing Pune based, alt-rock band, Acquired Funk Syndrome in 2002. He added Mumbai based metal band, Pin Drop Violence, Mumbai based pop-rock act, Zero to his roster and in 2003 started managing, Mumbai based electro-rock band, [[Pentagram (Indian band)|Pentagram]], who were fronted by [[Vishal Dadlani]]. Meanwhile, Talwar continued performing with Zero, graduated with a law degree from [[Government Law College, Mumbai|GLC]], and began working as a media and entertainment lawyer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://thepunchmagazine.com/arts/music/on-the-record-vijay-nair-only-much-louder-founder-and-ceo-on-his-journey-so-far|title=On the record: Vijay Nair, Only Much Louder founder, and CEO, on his journey so far|last=Samtani|first=Puneet|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US|website=thepunchmagazine.com/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/913610/a-college-dropout-and-his-iim-grad-brother-are-making-india-sing-and-laugh-like-nobodys-business/|title=A college dropout and his IIM grad brother are making India sing and laugh like nobody&amp;#039;s business|last=Karnik|first=Madhura|website=Quartz India|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 2005–2017 ===&lt;br /&gt;
In 2003 Pentagram performed at the Sun Dance Festival, in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] and, in 2005, performed at [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]], making them the first Indian band to do so. Nair and Talwar soon set up an office in [[Shivaji Park Residential Zone|Shivaji Park]], in Zero&amp;#039;s first jam-pad, and officially [[Incorporated company|incorporated]] Only Much Louder as an artist management company in 2006. Over the next decade they merged with production houses, booking agencies and blogs. In 2009 the company&amp;#039;s annual revenue was estimated to be $500,000.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/june/june255.htm|title=Vh1 takes rock band Pentagram to Glastonbury festival|date=2005-06-22|website=Indian Television Dot Com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20050711-pentagram-perfoms-at-the-glastonbury-festival-in-britain-787721-2005-07-11|title=Pentagram leads Asian onslaught at Glastonbury music festival|date=11 July 2005|first=Vanita Singh Ishara|last=Bhasi|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/Pentagram-goes-to-Sun-Dance-festival/articleshow/66710.cms|title=Pentagram goes to Sun Dance festival - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-11-24}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At one time OML ran a digital publication, video production house, booking agency, record label, and live event company. This expansion was partly spearheaded by Nair&amp;#039;s elder sibling, Ajay Nair, who joined the company, in 2010, as the [[Chief financial officer|CFO]] and later became [[Chief operating officer|COO]]. Ajay previously worked in private equity. Until 2011, the company hadn&amp;#039;t employed more than 20 people, had no [[Human resource management|HR]] department and worked out of apartments in Mumbai including initially out of Nair&amp;#039;s parents’ home in Malad, and later in [[Bandra]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/LI8r04tIwkdEACLxJ1GUzO/Vijay-Nair--The-weekend-project.html|title=Vijay Nair {{!}} The weekend project|last=Makhija|first=Prerna|date=2013-11-23|website=livemint.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2012 the [[Chernin Group]] acquired a 49.9% stake, for an undisclosed amount, in the company along with, an undisclosed investment by, the [[The Times Group|Jain]] Group. By 2013 the company occupied an 8,500 [[Square foot|sqft]] office in Lower Parel, Mumbai. The same year, they diversified their roster by signing comedians after a decade of exclusively managing musicians. In 2014 it was speculated the company was worth over $10 million. By February, 2017, the company had employed 130 people and had an estimated annual revenue of $14 million. In April, 2015, co-founder Girish &amp;quot;Bobby&amp;quot; Talwar had departed from the company and has since worked for BookMyShow and [[Vir Das|Weirdass Comedy]]. By Mid-2016, the company shut down NH7.in as a digital platform and rebranded it solely as the festival website&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/vijay-nair-this-college-dropout-now-heads-a-biz-worth-10-million/articleshow/44905195.cms|title=Vijay Nair: This college dropout now heads a biz worth 10 million!|last=Alves|first=Glynda|date=2014-10-22|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/music/live/ticketing/girish-bobby-talwar-joins-bookmyshow-vp-live-will-continue-consultant-friends-150401|title=Girish &amp;#039;Bobby&amp;#039; Talwar joins Bookmyshow as VP Live but will continue as consultant for friends|website=www.radioandmusic.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/marketing-news/girish-&amp;#039;bobby&amp;#039;-talwar-joins-weirdass-comedy-as-promoter-director-69021.html|title=Girish &amp;#039;Bobby&amp;#039; Talwar joins Weirdass Comedy as Promoter Director|last=|first=|date=30 May 2017|website=exchange4media|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Divisions==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Booking  ===&lt;br /&gt;
Only Much Louder initially began as a one-man booking agency, helmed by a teenage Vijay Nair in Mumbai. Once a core team was set in place, the booking division was renamed &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Syndicate&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. They transitioned into a full service booking agency, and booked shows for clients, who included venues, colleges, and clubs, across India and later globally. It is estimated the agency booked around 200 shows each year.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Management ===&lt;br /&gt;
Initially with rock and alternative bands like Acquired Funk Syndrome, Zero, Pentagram, Vijay Nair began independently representing bands and non-film musicians in India. Once the company was set up, they began managing bands like Shaai&amp;#039;r + Func, Swarathma and Raghu Dixit. They further diversified their music roster with the addition of electronic artists like Dualist Inquiry, Sandunes and [[Nucleya]], while also briefly representing [[Naezy]] and other hip-hop musicians.&lt;br /&gt;
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They added comedy acts, in 2013, after signing [[Vir Das]], [[All India Bakchod]], [[Kanan Gill]], [[Biswa Kalyan Rath]], [[East India Comedy]] and others. In 2017 the division underwent a significant change when their head, Tej Brar, quit. By April, 2017, the company had dropped a large portion of their music roster, including long time signees Swarathma. Vasu Dixit, the frontman of Swarathma, said of the decision: &amp;quot;lately their focus has shifted towards comedy and mostly EDM.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/oml-has-dropped-some-of-its-biggest-music-artists-from-the-roster-vijay-nair-explains-why/|title=OML Has Dropped Some of its Biggest Music Artists From the Roster. Vijay Nair Explains Why -|date=2017-04-05|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewildcity.com/features/2388-interview-vijay-nair|title=Interview: Vijay Nair|website=www.thewildcity.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Production  ===&lt;br /&gt;
==== Video ====&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Babble Fish&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a media production house founded, and based, in Mumbai by Samira Kanwar and OML in 2008. It began with an initial investment of  ₹250,000 ($3480). Kanwar previously worked as a television producer and director, including a two-year stint at [[Channel V India]]. Initially Babble Fish began shooting live events, making digital content and music videos for Indian independent artists. One of their first shows, called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The P-Man Show&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, was hosted by Mumbai-based musician Rohit &amp;quot;P-Man&amp;quot; Pereira, a bassist who played with [[Shaa&amp;#039;ir and Func|Shaair + Func]] and was the founding member of Pin Drop Violence. It featured Pereira conducting interviews and reviewing shows.&lt;br /&gt;
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They also created music videos for [[Pentagram (Indian band)|Pentagram]], [[Shaa&amp;#039;ir and Func|Shaai&amp;#039;r + Func]], [[Them Clones]], and [[Raghu Dixit]] alongside shooting concerts like [[Iron Maiden]]. In 2010, Kanwar was solely responsible for operating the division and had three employees. The same year, Babble Fish produced the music video for [[Mumford &amp;amp; Sons]] song, [[The Cave (song)|The Cave]], which was directed by Pulse Films in [[Goa]]. Soon after, the division started to conceptualize and produce television shows and created digital content for brands and comedians. Some of the shows they conceptualized and produced include: [[The Dewarists|Dewarists]], [[MTV Sound Trippin|Sound Trippin]] and [[Bring On the Night (TV series)|Bring On The Night]].  Before [[All India Bakchod]] developed an in-house production unit, Babble Fish was responsible for creating their [[YouTube]] content. After serving as the chief-executive of the division, and content director at OML, Kanwar departed the company in 2017.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://achieveee.com/tc/sameera_kanwar.html|title=WeWork × The Coalition|website=achieveee.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-this-media-house-plays-for-niche-1447251|title=This media house plays for niche|last=Dutt|first=Apoorva|date=2010-10-04|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== Live  ====&lt;br /&gt;
Alongside being one of the first booking agencies, Vijay Nair and OML also began producing shows in Mumbai and across India. They produced events in clubs, venues and colleges in India. One of their first large-scale co-productions was the [[The Big Chill (music festival)|Big Chill Festival&amp;#039;s]] Indian edition, in Goa, in 2007. In 2010 the company created NH7 Weekender, their flagship multi-stage music festival in Pune. Over the years, the festival expanded to multiple cities and added comedy. They also produced large-scale music events for brands like [[Puma (brand)|Puma]], [[Converse (shoe company)|Converse]] and [[Red Bull|RedBull]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/arts/music/music-festivals-popping-up-in-indias-remotest-corners.html|title=Music Festivals Popping Up in India&amp;#039;s Remotest Corners|last=Betigeri|first=Aarti|date=2013-12-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-20|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/life/gatekeepers-indian-indie-music-876918|title=The gatekeepers of Indian indie music {{!}} CNN Travel|website=travel.cnn.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Only Much Louder has booked, promoted, and curated thousands of shows in various types of venues across India. They have also created festivals: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Invasion Festival&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (headlined by [[The Prodigy]] in 2011 and [[David Guetta]] in 2012,) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Summers Day&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, (headlined by [[Norah Jones]] in 2013,) a theater and comedy festival called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Stage42&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and [[Vir Das]]&amp;#039;s comedy festival &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Weirdass Pajama&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. OML also booked Indian tours for [[Russell Peters]], [[Bill Burr]], [[Enrique Iglesias]], [[Mumford &amp;amp; Sons]] and other musicians and comedians. In March, 2015, [[Jerry Seinfeld]] was booked to perform in Mumbai, but the tour was cancelled because the [[Mumbai Police|Mumbai police]] anticipated it would cause a traffic hazard. OML&amp;#039;s live events division was briefly called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Motherswear&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewildcity.com/news/799-david-guetta-confirmed-for-invasion-festival-2012|title=David Guetta Confirmed For Invasion Festival 2012|website=www.thewildcity.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/why-seinfelds-mumbai-show-got-cancelled-the-real-story/20150314.htm|title=Why Seinfeld&amp;#039;s Mumbai show got cancelled: The Real Story|website=Rediff|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/russell-peters-to-tour-india-in/article_cc48e324-8577-11e4-9210-9f1ed5405179.html|title=Russell Peters to Tour India in 2015|last=PTI|website=India West|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/cop-assaults-only-much-louder-crew-at-enrique-iglesias-concert-in-pune/|title=Cop Assaults Only Much Louder Crew At Enrique Iglesias Concert In Pune -|date=2012-10-18|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/a-summers-day-with-norah-jones/article23096458.ece|title=A Summer&amp;#039;s Day with Norah Jones|last=Nair|first=Manisha Jha &amp;amp; Deepa|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/music/live/we-are-often-well-prepared-big-eventualities-oml-co-founder-vijay-nair-150408|title=We are often well prepared for big eventualities - OML co-founder Vijay Nair|website=www.radioandmusic.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/weirdass-pajama-festival-hits-road-week/|title=Weirdass Pajama Festival Hits The Road This Week -|date=2014-01-09|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.theprodigyontour.com/?tag=invasion-festival|title=invasion festival « The Prodigy On Tour|website=www.theprodigyontour.com|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://naina.co/2011/01/the-prodigy-at-the-invasion-fest/|title=The Prodigy at the Invasion Fest {{!}} {{!}} Naina.co|date=2011-01-20|website=Naina.co La Raconteuse Visuelle, Luxury &amp;amp; Lifestyle Photographer Storyteller Blogger|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/entrepreneurship/omls-vijay-nair-entrepreneur-who-is-attracting-youth-to-innovative-music-entertainment-shows/articleshow/30479205.cms|title=OML&amp;#039;s Vijay Nair: Entrepreneur, who is attracting youth to innovative music &amp;amp; entertainment shows|last=Sachitanand|first=Rahul|date=2014-02-16|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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After attending Glastonbury in 2006, Nair began formulating the idea of an Indian multi-genre music festival along the same lines. After meeting Glastonbury festival bookers [[Stephen Budd]] and [[Martin Elbourne]], the trio put together the first edition in Pune, in 2010. It was a three-day, multi stage and genre festival which was headlined by [[Asian Dub Foundation]]. It also hosted seminal Indian indie acts like Lounge Piranha, Junkyard Groove, Zero, and Demonic Resurrection.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://thepunchmagazine.com/arts/music/on-the-record-vijay-nair-only-much-louder-founder-and-ceo-on-his-journey-so-far|title=On the record: Vijay Nair, Only Much Louder founder and CEO, on his journey so far|last=Samtani|first=Puneet|website=thepunchmagazine.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://helterskelter.in/2011/11/the-second-coming/|title=Helter Skelter {{!}} The Second Coming|website=Helter Skelter Magazine|access-date=2019-11-22}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2012 the festival expanded to two cities and included a total of three multi day and stage festivals in Pune, Delhi and Bangalore. Since then, the festival has been hosted in Kolkata, Meghalaya, Hyderabad and Shillong with smaller, single-day, festivals in Mysore, Jaipur, Nagpur and other cities. The festival is held annually between October and December. In August 2019, to celebrate its 10th edition in Pune, where the first NH7 Weekender was held, pre-sale tickets were put on sale at the same prices they were sold at in 2010 — ₹750 ($10.45; under 21 season tickets; November, 2019, exchange rate) and ₹1500 ($20.90; regular season tickets; November, 2019, exchange rate).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/advertising/bacardi-nh7-weekender-opens-pre-sale-of-tickets-for-pune-and-meghalaya/70479439|title=Bacardi NH7 weekender opens pre-sale of tickets for Pune and Meghalaya - ET BrandEquity|last=www.ETBrandEquity.com|website=ETBrandEquity.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Digital ===&lt;br /&gt;
OML Digital was the consolidation of the digital properties acquired by Only Much Louder. It was often referred to by its publication URL: NH7.in. Formed in 2010, it was a combination Indiecision, a music blog, and [[RadioVeRVe]], an online radio. The publication covered the Indian independent music scene alongside topics of alternative culture.&lt;br /&gt;
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RadioVeRVe was co-founded by Bangalore-based, entrepreneur and technologist, Shreyas Srinivasan (and musician Gaurav Vaz) in 2006. Srinivasan bootstrapped the venture in [[Atul Chitnis|Atul Chitnis&amp;#039;s]] basement. The platform, in one of its many iterations, streamed Indian artists and was among the first of its kind in the [[Indian subcontinent|subcontinent]] to do so. Indiecision was a music blog started by journalist Arjun S Ravi, in Mumbai, in 2008. It was one of the earliest digital platforms that exclusively covered independent, and non-film, music. Ravi, a [[St. Xavier&amp;#039;s College, Mumbai|St. Xavier&amp;#039;s]] and [[MICA (institute)|MICA]] alum, began the website after working as a music journalist for Indian and global publications and later working as an editor at JAM Magazine. He began the site in his living room.&lt;br /&gt;
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Indiecision and RadioVeRVe were brought under the OML umbrella, with Ravi and Srinivasan serving as co-founding partners, in 2010. They initially worked between Mumbai and Bangalore, before shifting headquarters to Mumbai, in Lower Parel. The site continued to work as an online publication and included a rebranded RadioVeRVe, as its native online radio.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/10/15/standing-by-arjun-s-ravi_n_8300230.html|title=How &amp;#039;Standing By&amp;#039;, A Comprehensive Docu Series On India&amp;#039;s Indie Music Scene, Came To Be|date=2015-10-15|website=HuffPost India|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The publication reviewed and wrote features with a primary focus on Indian and sub-continental artists, and alternative culture, with added global coverage. The online radio amassed a large, and exclusive, collection of independent music primarily from the sub-continent. It also launched a short-lived digital music store in collaboration with [[Flipkart]]. Since mid-2016, NH7.in ceased to operate as an online publication and became the official Weekender festival website. Since then, both Ravi and Srinivasan have moved on to other full time roles. Ravi works as the India head for [[Red Bull]] Media House, while Srinivasan went on to create, the ticketing platform, [[Paytm|PayTM]] Insider.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:2&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Ticketing ===&lt;br /&gt;
In 2014, while working at OML, a team led by Srinivasan launched the online ticketing platform Insider.in. It was first used as a native ticketing platform for OML related events including Weekender and their comedy shows. They eventually expanded outside the OML roster and began ticketing events in numerous Indian cities. They expanded their scope from arts and culture events to outdoor extracurricular, other indoor events and sporting events. In July, 2017, PayTM acquired a majority stake in the company and rebranded it as PayTM Insider.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/Ngt3ItjVbewdrgsDjbyHYL/Paytm-buys-majority-stake-in-ticketing-platform-Insiderin.html|title=Paytm buys majority stake in ticketing platform Insider.in|last=Malik|first=Yuvraj|date=2017-07-13|website=livemint.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://blog.paytm.com/insider-in-is-now-a-part-of-the-paytm-family-3ecb4b9c03e5|title=Insider.in is now a part of the Paytm family|last=Paytm|date=2017-07-13|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Counterculture Records was set up by OML in 2007 as an outlet for their music roster and other emerging talent. The initial compilation releases included singles from Raghu Dixit Project, Brute Force, Skinny Alley, Pentagram, Them Clones, Zero and other Indian artists. It was based in Mumbai, and after a dozen releases has remained inactive for over five years.&lt;br /&gt;
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