Been a lil while since I had shows to Annouce, but now  I have not 1 but 5 and even more pending

See Links for Full Event  Details on Facebook.

Jan 29th Cochin 
Jan 31st Vellore

Feb 7th Pune
Feb 8th Delhi
Feb 20th Hyderabad 
Feb 27th Mangalore

See all the incredible Reviews from the fans that attend shows already past in Feb. on our Facebook and Main Site.

A major thank you to fans who have bought the Facebook Music page to over 5,000 to thank you we are giving free Mindstreet and Chasing the Sun Ringtones on our Reverbnation site.

Motherjane was pleased to be asked to part of Flaming Skulls  Premiere Rockcast , you can listen and download at this direct link and also vote for bands on podcast if you wish.

More Details and link to all bands on Facebook.

The Flaming Skull presents the first ROCKCAST Episode :

“The New Horizon”

As the clock strikes 12 in the night on the 6th of February 2010. The first Rockcast episode will be launched on the site to download / stream. …
The bands featured on the episode will be

Blakc http://www.facebook.com/blackattainment
Summerpint Junkie http://www.facebook.com/pages/SummerPint-jUNKie/133582945094
Solstate (New Zealand) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Solstate/26387923805
Junkyard Groove http://www.facebook.com/junkyardgroove
Motherjane http://www.facebook.com/motherjane

Spread the word and support Indian and Indie  Rock !

Eva

Greetings all  the band returns to Pune for the 1st time in seven years !  You really don’t want to miss the show, we have been advised tickets are limited and should be purchased in advance please see poster and event page .

Please make sure to follow motherjane on facebook where I will be soon doing the year in review for this incredible year !

Going to go play in the 1st snow of the season here, till next time …

Let me bring you up to date on the latest news , this Sat. Nov. 21stthe band will be in Manipal performing at TAMPI for  Brandscan 09 the event page on facebook.  This is the latest video from Motherjane is features many clips from live shows including shots from the Indonesia concert, I can’t think of a better motivator if you haven’t seen the band live !

More exciting news Suraj    has been asked to be a guest speaker Unconvention 2009 on  22nd November in Mumbai at The British Council Auditorium , he should be on around 2:45 .  Details :  Unconvention Mumbai as it will be bringing together Musicians,Event organizers, Artist Managers and all other people related to the Indian Independent Music Scene onto one platform to discuss and share ideas on the future of independent music in India. The 2 day conference will consist of panel discussions and feature a bunch of well respected people from within the Indian Music community as well as International participation.  For much more visit the web site.

In Closing the Success and feedback from recent shows has been incredible the facebook music page has grown by over 400 people in ten days , I just love everyone is sharing motherjane with their friends this is a note Rohan left on my page : ” Eva. I checked out Motherjane @ Octoberfest in Bangalore in October. They were just too good. I have their autographed CD. I missed them in Mumbai though. Shame on me because Mumbai is where I live. I gifted one of my colleagues in Norway their CD and he’s hooked on to them now. He’d never heard that kind of rock before ” 

You all have in your power to bring motherjane  world wide success, don’t underestimate it for a minute !  We still have a lot to work to do in India too and it won’t happen without you , you need to ask for motherjane at your festivals, on your radio, at your clubs , right now NEEV 09 in Pune is trying to convince the college to bring the band and asking people to post on their event page  ,  it is only by you uniting  can we make all of this happen.  If you know of Festivals  they should be performing  at and Radio Stations motherjane’s  music should be playing on contact them  demand your motherjane  fix  (politely but  firmly )   do contact me with the details  on Festivals and Radio Stations and I will make sure myself or the team at  Aum  I Artistes follow up , my email is evadowd@motherjane.in .

Lets make this  a personal  mission and work together do whatever it takes  !!!  I have never met fans with more  passion and  it fuels me when the days seem not long enough. I am soooo looking forward to what we can do together

The Lyrics to Motherjane's Ssh Listen

 For many who have been long time fans you have come to know me over the past year as Eva the Irish American Gypsy that interacts with you, and oversees the official  motherjane sites ,for those that have yet to meet I look forward to meeting you as it only together that we can bring these great guys the attention they deserve both in India and Internationally. I was thinking  of the past year with motherjane and thought it might be interesting to give you my personal thoughts on my journey with motherjane but to do this I need to go back  the beginning…

I have been a long time promoter  and close friend of Sanjeev T and his band Rainbow Bridge working with him over the years has introduced me to the music scene in India and I have worked with a few of the other artists there in much more lower key level than I currently do for Sanjeev and  Motherjane . Sanjeev asked me to do him a favor and contact Suraj of Motherjane for some info he required, in doing so I found the Motherjane myspace site and the 1st thing that greeted was the taka taka  taka of Chasing the Sun and my immediate thought is ohhh this is something quite different and wanted to know more about the music, but what  intrigued me me most was here is this talented band and they have this myspace page that really in no way would capture the essence of them to International visitors , it had lil activity was filled with bands and beautiful woman but no real people which is so key to me when promoting a band.  I made  contact  with Suraj to get Sanjeev the information he required, a few emails were exchanged and he mentioned they were in soon launching a new album called Maktub and could I help get them shows in USA as it is the 1st thing bands think of when they hear the term Promoter , I explained that wasn’t my field of expertise and not what I prefer to  focus on, I think he really didn’t quite understand  what I did , but he kept in touch and I did more research and asked for a copy of the lyrics and really connected with what I was reading and feeling and thought what a shame these guys aren’t doing a  better representing themselves online . I continued to communicate with Suraj and something just told me take a chance on this band and I Suraj and I agreed he would turn over full control of the myspace site to me and I would promote the band from it and they  would support me with what I needed,,  an article Suraj wrote for myspace mentioning my work for the band, the new revamped site went live Nov. 8th and so it began…

Just like in any relationship it takes time to know each other and it was no different than with me and Motherjane, I at first represented them to the International fan base with images much darker than I would use now, I have come to know they are so positive and filled with light,  images on myspace are how people interact with people and I love that aspect and take one or two sentences from one of their songs and attach it to an image that I feel speaks to it , Suraj has always been great about allowing me to take his lyrics and giving them a different feel when aligned with an image, one of the most popular  image with over 100,000 hits is lyrics from the song Broken with  an angel image . I use angels often use to promote the band angels speak to everyone and it was part of the initial intrigue the band mentioned in many articles they had a guardian angel that watched over them.

This is getting quite lengthy so let me try to skip to the highlights, as myspace became successful and with support of Motherjane’s incredible photographer Harris Backer supplying me incredible visuals and and videos to showcase the band ,we added the facebook group and facebook  music page , the page is now our most successful site. and now there are several more, the band is ranked Number one in all genres in all of India on Reverbnation and we have over 12,844 registered online fans as today and the 58 countries are on our myspace site alone .

Some of my most memorable highlights the promo for the Jack Daniels Award that Suraj  was named best Vocalist and John Best Drummer,  My screaming in excitement into the phone in poor Suraj’s  ear when the band was named best Indie Rock Band of the year in Asia for AVIMA , I had not even told him or the band I nominated them as I had no idea the outcome and didn’t dare get their hopes up,  but fans in India around  the globe rallied voted insanely for the band and the Judges behind AVIMA  chose them , The Avima  hosted by the incredible people at Voize.My  and it has opened many doors for the band and myself also as I am now part of the a coalition in Asia to help not only India but the Asian Indie Music Scene overall and I have gotten to meet so many people in Asia who feel as I do, special acknowledgements to Siva who tirelessly works to unite and showcase Asian Indie artists and Silvie who was key bringing the band to Indonesia.

Having Myspace contact us and tell us they wanted our page to be the showcase to show Indian Artists how to use myspace was very personally rewarding, the band launched the Myspace Music Page and headlined  1st every secret show that have become famous around the world , sadly myspace India has lost funding but I still think it is one of the best sites to showcase Indian bands Internationally.The list keeps going the concert with Mr. Big in Indonesia and meeting all the wonderful fans there.

It really is all about the fans I oversee the sites but I can’t do it without you every one of you is Motherjane’s promoters you telling just one person is huge, I always say Motherjane’s success is India’s Success , I want to give this band International attention they so deserve and you growing the fan bases really helps me in this endeavor. I have so many of you on my personal facebook page and I must say you are simply incredible your lil words of encouragement for the work I do means so much .

I am so excited for 2010 and where we can all take this ! There is so much more I want to say but will end it here, with a special thanks to the Suraj who nurtures and encourages my creative spirit, John who I love having  deep conversations with, Clyde who always makes me smile, and Deepu and Baiju who have trusted this once unknown person to represent their image around the globe. I must also thank Abhijit the tour manager who I work very closely with ,  his dedication inspires me, Sunny who is in the background maintaining the main site he is very talented graphic artist though very humble he doesn’t like me to draw attention to his work ,  Harris  as mentioned above who’s images speak to fans who have never seen the band, and Hari motherjane’s number one fan !

I love working with this band and now I  am exclusive to them and my other love Sanjeev T and Rainbow Bridge due to the time and effort it takes , I am sorry to say no to all the bands that contact me for help but do know in my heart of  heart that the success of Motherjane is good for all of India and will bring more attention to all of India’s Indie Music Scene . My time for the bands  I promote is donated I do hope to someday make a living doing what I love but I think is important for people I do this work because I believe in what I doing and it is not for profit though I am rewarded in many ways some greater than money.

Most Important to Note nothing is possible without the Award winning Music  that connects us all , it is why I do what I do and why you are their fans love and support them, it is a plus for all of us they are such down to earth warm human beings

Hope I didn’t bore you but hope you can feel the passion I feel about motherjane and the Indian Music Scene as a whole, here is to 2010 the best is yet to come !!!

Hello Janiacs,

Been a couple weeks since I posted an update , so thought it was time  

First the Shows Motherjane will be playing the Hard Rock in New Delhi on Oct. 29th , event Details on Facebook Event Page. The following night the band will play at International Management Institute Kritva 09 , the Event page on Facebook. Official Video from the Event :

As Always we want your reviews and feedback , here is the feedback from the recent Mumbia Shows

Recent review of Maktub from Denmark .

We know we have a lot of fans and talented artists among you , we want you to submit your work and yes your pictures with the band or even just wearing you motherjane T-shirts to fanart@motherjane.net .

Myspace just launched stats very tickled to see 58 Countries as part of Motherjane’s World    Also having a lot fun reading the live tweets of motherjane’s shows this is great for fans that can’t be there thank you to all that tweet at the shows !

It is soon coming a year since I started promoting motherjane, I will try to  put all my thoughts on the past year in next blog , I am sure they have their own thoughts of getting used to my fiery gypsy personality