----- Original Message ----- > Why kill Goa's musicians? > > In the current scenario a waiter would earn much more than a musician. So > where is the motivation for the immensely talented Goan musician? Small > wonder then, why so many choose to throw away their talent to other > professions or leave the state in search of a livlihood. > > By Colin D'Cruz > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------
The problems are not restricted to Goa. The Indian Express, February 1, 2004, featured an article on the same problem in Mumbai, headlined "The Last Dance" Excerpts: ...The 10 pm deadline for loudspeakers, the cost factor-recorded music comes at half the price-and the banning of bands at some venues sounded the death knell for wedding bands in the city a long time back.a DJ costs Rs 4,000 or less, while a decent band charges about Rs 15,000... ...The Coutinhos were part of Seven Galaxy, a seven-piece band which played exclusively at weddings for 20 years. They called it a day in 1998... ...The six to seven bands that are battling on, no longer have tightly packed bookings. They've all diversified, playing at hotels and corporate events... .seven years have gone and the band industry hasn't moved. Those days have now gone forever... Full text and photographs at http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=39990&spf=true Should the ban on using loudspeakers after 10 pm extend to non-residential zones? Cheers Eddie Fernandes ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
