Mihir Joshi, better known to his fans as “Musicman” Mihir has beena radio jockey in Mumbai for about 8 years. He started with All India Radio’s FM Rainbow (107.1MHz) where he hosted shows in English and hindi music for 5 years. He then moved on to 94.3 Radio One to host a special weekend show called One Mumbai One Music in which he talked with the best artists, singers and bands in the country.
Along with radio he has kept his passion for sharing music going on by starting the first ever online music show in India on his blogThe show is called The MJ Show and it is an online reproduction of what his shows on air used to be like. The show is supported by Sony Music, EMI Music and Universal Music and has had guests and contests just like an on-air radio show. He has did a special 100th episode of the show with actor and entertainer Luke Kenny. This is the first show that he has shot original video footage for. He developed his brand identity for over these 7 years on radio and his fans and listeners now know him as “Musicman” Mihir. The brand very clearly spoke about what he loves doing most…being someone who is completely into music. He has fan clubs on Facebook and Orkut with hundreds of people who have loved his work and the music he played over the years.
He is the singer, frontman and manager of an exciting and promising young Hindi rock band called Bombay Rock Project and also that of an English rock band called The Works.
Bombay Rock Project was recently on India’s Got Talent where they made it to the quarterfinals and they are now in the process of recording their first album and performing all over the country.
He is a signed artist his first song, a tribute to the Mumbai Indians and Sachin Tendulkar is now available on the site for download. The song aired on Red FM, Radio One and was sung live by him in an interview on Star Majha on the day of the 2010 IPL Finals. He has acted in an Australian TV show along with The Works. The Australian company found the band through the internet and this was the first collaboration of its sort done anywhere in the world. The show aired recently in Australia on the ABC Network and parts of it were also shown on MTV Australia.
He has hosted many high profile shows in the last seven years. Some of the big events he has been associated with are:
- Most of the web concerts for ArtistAloud.com.
- Many album launches for Universal, EMI and Sony Music at Hard Rock Café.
- Numerous corporate events for various big companies like Indian Oil, Tecnimont ICB, BPCL, Tissot, Casio etc.
- The first ever Formula 1 Jet Ski Races at H2O
- Gorbatschow Corporate Karaoke Competition
- Xylo & Radio One Corporate Karaoke Competition
- Zee Studio Karaoke Competition
- Hosting a Railways Sports Event finale followed by an Orchestra conducted by Anil Mohile.
- Femina Miss India event at Talwalkars
- Hosting Livewire at Mood Indigo at IIT Mumbai
- Hosting numerous rock concerts and shows all across Mumbai
- Hosting the various live events at Hard Rock Café
- Hosting numerous Karaoke nights in clubs across Mumbai.
- Hosting the “Musicman Nights”, a music based live radio show concept at various venues.
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