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Eva Dowd Productions  is dedicated to showcasing and bringing public awareness to talented Indie Artists.
 Specializing in  Artist Public Relations Management and Career Management. 
Industry Networking to advance the Artist's exposure in the Media and  with Music Executives to further the Artist's career.
Social Network Management specializing in bonding Fans to Artists.
 Supporter of Promoting Original Independent  Music World Wide.
Member of ACIA Asian Think Tank of Industry Professional united to move Indie Music Scene Forward.

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Representing Asia's Award Winning  Artists
Motherjane 
• 
Qayaas
• Shallum Asher Xavier
Suraj Mani The Singing Sensei  
 

 
 
 
 Motherjane
  Ethnic Spirits, Global Rock!
 
   Rocking India for 16 Years 
Rock Street Journal Artist  Names Band of the Decade June 2010
Best Rock Vocalist and Most Popular Act 2010 in Asia
Named Best Rock Band in Asia at  AVIMA Awards 2009  at
World's Largest Indie Rock Awards Featuring 20 Countries
and Judges From around the World
  
Additional Highlights
Rolling Stone India names New Album Maktub Number 1 Rock Album of the Year 2009
• Rock Street Journal in it's 15th Year  Anniversary  Issue names Motherjane Artist of the Year 2009
• Motherjane headlines Myspace India's 1st Secret Show joining the likes of U2, Moby, Neil Diamond,
Oasis and many other noted artists who have launched the Secret Shows in their Countries. 
• The Unwind Center names Maktub Number 1 Album and Motherjane is awarded
The Leon Ireland Outstanding Vocalist and Song Writer of the  Year
• One of only Eight International Artists chosen to perform at Java Rockin Land in Indonesia, 
the concert was an incredible success  introducing over 50,000 new fans to the band.
 
"Motherjane is rock music from progressive India. Spiritual, intelligent,
proudly honoring its roots & fearlessly questioning its rules.
 We have chosen our dreams over our fears, putting
100% of ourselves into 1% chances of success and
0% of ourselves into 99% chances of failure...''
 
  Major festival performances include shows with Megadeth, Mr.Big, Opeth,

Machine Head, Ensiferum, Third Eye Blind, Vertical Horizon,  &

international co-headlining status at Asia’s largest rock festival (Java Rockin’ land) amongst others.

 
Public Relations and Promoter 
Contact  Eva Dowd
 
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 Qayaas  

 
Awarded Best Rock Band, Rock Vocalist and Rock Song along with  Best Artist by a Jury of their Peers in South Asia at IndieGo Jan. 2012
 Winners of the Prestigious Jack Daniel’s Award for the Best Rock Band 2010.
Currently Nominated for Best Rock Band, Umair Jaswal Best Rock Vocalist, Two Songs Inquilab and Shehrezade 
nominated for Best Rock Songs and their video Pukaar Nominated for Most Mind Blowing Video of the Year
 at IndieGo the South Asian Division of Bite My Music Global Awards , Results Late Jan. 2012.
1st Band In Pakistan to be invited to USA’s Biggest Festival South by Southwest.
Their songs will soon be included in two Movie Soundtracks.

Please visit their sites below and Meet the Band  that is Bringing Pakistani Rock to the Notice of the World.

 "Qayaas literally translated as “deliberation” is not only the name of our band but the essence that encapsulates 
the entire philosophy behind our music.  The idea or feeling taking birth in one band member’s mind is developed and brought
 to fruition by collective deliberation or Qayaas by the whole band. Five different people, their different moods, 
outlooks and music philosophies harmoniously blend to form compositions that reflect the true spirit and creative energy of our band;
 unadulterated in this wondrous journey by commercial concerns or other shortcuts."

Public Relations Manager   Eva Dowd 
 
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 Shallum Asher Xavier 
 
 Shallum Asher  Xavier is Pakistan's Multi Award Winning Composer, Producer and Guitarist 
Shallum  tours globally as a Solo Artist and  with his  Band Fuzon he co-Founded.
 
Shallum has  been awarded Best Guitarist of Pakistan 2 years running,
 In 2011 won song of the year for his Ballad Payam at the Prestigious Lux Style Awards
The awards have been dubbed "Pakistan's Oscars"

The Man and his Music 
Born in Karachi, Pakistan  He grew up around music and musicians, and began experimenting on the keyboard
 when he was eight. Inspired by the American pastor at his Sunday school who played the guitar, 
Xavier knew he wanted to play live music, and began to teach himself.
Then he heard Rock
Adopting Steve Vai and Joe Satriani as his mentors, the switch to guitar was complete. Xavier saved up his allowance, and bought his first acoustic guitar for Rs. 1000 from a chappati wala (roadside flatbread vendor) who had an after hours job at a guitar manufacturing workshop. He used this guitar for 3 years, bruising and cutting himself on the low-grade quality. He then sought out a musician who would teach him the basics of the guitar and musical theory. Roland lived across the street from Xavier and started teaching him. Xavier would also trek over by bus to a place near the commercial hub of Karachi where there would be rejected publications, 
and buy guitar player magazines- the only source for information on music available at the time.

Shallum would spend his evenings isolated in the veranda outside the kitchen, and, in the backdrop of the noisy Karachi streets and the pleasant shouts of children playing cricket, used to practice for hours. Naturally reserved, in pursuit of learning and perfecting his craft he forced himself out of his shell. He would listen to music, seek out musicians, and make an effort to talk to other guitarists  this was when he started focusing exclusively on who and what he wanted to BE.

 "Shallum, the guitar guru, harbors the kind of passion that sets him apart from the guitar gods’ pack.
 His work encompasses tones in the direction of blues, rock, jazz, classical, and everything in between.
 All his influences are focused toward the creation of exhilarating, infectious but most of all moving slip-stream music.
 Shallum is undoubtedly a studio artist of first water. Shallum has been producing new talent and upcoming bands/artists in his studio. 
He is currently working on a solo collaborative album with artists from across the musical spectrum and national borders."

International  Manager, Publicist and Promoter  Eva Dowd 

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Suraj Mani The Singing Sensei  
 
 Suraj Mani Award Winning Vocalist and Song Writer , Front Man of the Best Rock Band in India Motherjane. 
Suraj is the poetic fire & prophetic spirit of motherjane, voicing its emotional, spiritual and intellectual connect with listeners.
Articulate & aware, Suraj reaches out with easy warmth & layered insights as a
singer/songwriter, presenting songs rich in metaphor & stories for the soul.
Suraj's Maya is Published in the Indian Book Chronicles Among other Contemporary Literary Greats.
Best Rock Vocalist in Asia –AVIMA 2010 the World’s Largest Indie Awards
Best Singer -The Jack Daniels Rock Awards 08-09
Best Singer/Songwriter -The Leon Ireland Award 08-09

Broken by Suraj Mani 
"We’ve all , we’ve all been broken
Shattered, left mute with regrets unspoken
"
We’ve all loved and lost
Been forsaken, repented our deepest trust
We’ve all wondered why
Destiny picked us to cry
Why faith has to be tested,
& life doesn’t turn out the way intended.
We’re mended, mended to be broken
Yet human clay believes itself golden
Stunning in its courage to be happy
As wild elations tempered with black melancholy"

Publicist and Music Promoter   Eva Dowd 

 
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