Hi Colin: Sorry to hear that Indigo 91.9 will be discontinuing your show.
Unfortunately we cannot get this station through the internet here in Canada. I have watched many of your videos and enjoyed your music. Our Edlyn D'Souza played with you recently. He is also a very accomplished musician. When I was in Goa I was very lucky to see Merlin and her group live in Panjim in November 2008 - Indo Jazz Festival. Thanks to Alexyz who got us tickets. This genre of music - Indo Jazz - I find very exciting. Please continue with Jazz Goa. I just love Funky Fiddle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Ynlnb7UAc) Also Mumbai Jumbo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95G70h67oLM) Goa is an exciting place to visit with people like you. Regards Tim de Mello ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 06:59:05 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Indigo Goa Grooves > > I turned music producer after close to four decades of live performance. Five > star hotel residencies, concerts, music festivals, international tours and > just about every genre of music contributed to my continuously updated music > vocabulary. Turning music producer was the most natural development in my > career. Producing other artiste's music gives me greater joy than producing > my own. I set up a recording studio in Goa and went about doing just that and > in a span of three years I produced over eighty originals many of which > topped international internet charts. The world was ready for original > western music from India but India wasn't. Right through my career I only > encountered record labels who knew exactly what every Indian wanted and that > was songs to be sung in Hindi. It was just about the same with radio > stations. Granted, we live in a country ruled by bollywood and Hindi is a > major language. English speaking people in India may be a minority but > then again when we talk even a tiny percentage of India, we are talking the > population of an entire European country. Indigo 91.9 FM is probably the only > radio station in the country to see this perspective taking on the might of > bollywood by broadcasting only international music in India. Most of the > songs I have been producing has been in English and Indigo 91.9 was my only > hope to have my music broadcast locally. It took me a long time to convince > the heads that western music being produced in India easily matches and in > many cases even outclasses international releases. I had documented my tracks > that topped thousands of worldwide entries on internet charts and this > finally convinced them to give my music a shot. The 29th of July 2012 will go > down as a historical day for local talent in Goa when 'Indigo Goa Grooves' > went on air in a one year long weekly broadcast. In just three months the > slickly produced two hour show grew into the most popular > shows on air in Goa with people actually staying tuned right through the two > hour broadcast that featured a different local artiste as a guest every week. > It has been one exciting journey and the curtains finally comes down on yet > another phase in my career. The final broadcast of Indigo Goa Grooves goes on > air in Goa on the 21st of July featuring some of my favourite excerpts from > past shows. > > Colin D'Cruz > www.jazzyatra.com
