If you’re from India, and you’re part of the Indie music scene, then she needs no introduction.If you’re not from India, and you’re a musician somewhere in Asia,then let us share the fact that Eva was instrumental in a lot of things that Voize has done to help the Asian indie scene.
Eva is of course the heart,soul, and passion behind two of India’s biggest rock bands – Motherjane and Sanjeev T & The Rainbow Bridge. The amount of marketing and promotion work she has done for these two bands and also for other indie acts from India is the stuff of legends.The funny thing is..she’s not from India. She lives in Boston and is proud of her gypsy heritage. We know she’s a damn good belly dancer, but perhaps we digress. Due to the huge time difference between countries like Malaysia and India, Eva burns the midnight oil, awake, while everyone is asleep. And it may surprise most when we reveal she actually has a full time job with a multi-million dollar company.She has lobbied, pestered, pushed, driven, championed, promoted, hollered, cried, laughed and celebrated the Indian and Asian independent music scene with us. Together with a host of other amazing music people such as Lizza Nakpil of Philippines, Silvie from Bali, Gregory Jackson from USA, Karishma Menon from India, Chris B from Hong Kong, Keith Tan and Willy Tan from Singapore, and many more, AVIMA has built an Asian Coalition for Indie acts, quietly working behind the scenes as a think tank.
And now as we are in the 2nd year of AVIMA, Eva has unconditionally championed not just her acts, but also the Indian music scene as a whole, promoting them in every nook and corner of the world. We should know coz we were observing, watching and smiling of how this amazing (but fiery) gypsy angel went beyond her own strength and boundaries to pull off the unimaginable.
We salute you today Eva, for your perseverance and love for music. And for being a gentle and kind soul to help the needy too (We thank you for helping to kick start the Awakening Project with an orphanage in India).
Motherjane won Best Rock Band of Asia last year, and Sanjeev T and his band is up for 4 nominations this year. Win or lose, we are sure both these acts will have nothing but the greatest respect for Eva.
Eva Dowd..Asian Music Champion of The Year. For her outstanding contribution, marketing and promotion of the indie music scene in India and Asia. You have deserved it!!
To know more about Eva, do visit her site
http://www.evadowdproductions.com/