from Special Correspondent Ares
for Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji (GA)
Panaji, Feb 16: India's much-acclaimed pop singer, Remo Fernandes, will hold a concert in his native state of Goa on February 19, on a low decible sound system, advocating the need to enjoy concerts and music without disturbing the locality.
"When your heart is in harmony, you can even dance with the breeze" Remo said who has designed the concert in a way that it will not disturb closest of neighbours. The singer is advocating that concerts can be held in this tourist state without much disturbance to the people around.
Goa, a tourist hotspot, has stringent music laws and the loud music is banned beyond 10 pm. The concert, planned on Goa's mandrem beach, will start at 8 pm. and culminate at 10 pm., showing complete respect to the music laws.
Remo's band 'Remo & The Microwave Papadums', one of India's premiere original fusion/rock bands, will show how it is possible to enjoy music without deafening ears.
The concert titled "Goa: Keep Heaven Clean", a phrase coined by Remo, aims to promote cleanliness on Goan beaches, to respect neighboring people's sound privacy.
"The sound system on that evening will be regulated in such a way that it will not disturb the closest residence in the area," he added.
The singer, who is bestowed with Padmashree award, said,"the concert is very special to me, as I am going to perform it with a very small sound system, i.e. the one I use at home for our rehearsals.''
"Besides respecting the Noise Pollution Rules, I also wish to prove to myself and to my audience that it is perfectly possible to enjoy music and even dance to it at very low volumes, like we did before mega-watt sound systems came into existence," he said.
Nostalgic about the past, Remo said "our parents' generation danced all night-long to Johnson and His Jolly Boys without a single microphone or loudspeaker.''
"Unfortunately of late our hearing and sensitivity for music has been jaded by excessive and unnecessary loud sound systems, and we are now conditioned to think that unless we have tens of thousands of watts hammering our brains out, we cannot enjoy music," he rued.
Remo's band, which has lately performed three concerts in New York City at the 'India@60' Festival, comprise Mukesh Ghatwal on bassboard and synthesizers, Vishal Phatarpekar on tablas and dholak, and Santana Carvalho on drums, besides Remo on electric and acoustic guitars, Indian flutes and main vocals.
The band is famous for performing fully live without programming or backing tracks.