Goa, March 19 -- The State of Goa has now evolved into a brand for live music. Thousands of live music venues spanning the tourist belts stand testimony to this. Goan bands have never had it better with weddings as well as corporate events across India and even around the world. This is good news monetarily but bad news creatively. Goan bands are happy playing covers and simply plagiarising music rather than creating music. Some artists do create music irrelevant of whether it generates income but those are few and far between. Joshua Costa is one such artist who is probably the only Goan musician to release an all original smooth-jazz album.

Colin D'Cruz is another who released seven all original albums on CD Baby that generates some in...