The hit Bollywood number, ‘Senorita’ from the film, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ has been a favourite with music lovers for its mix of Hindi and Spanish lyrics and peppy music. When Elizabeth D’Souza and Charles Vaz decided to do a cover of the song, little did they know, that the song would gain a million views in less than a month.
Charles Vaz who hails from Chandor is an accomplished music producer and audio director, who has been in the music industry for more than 30 years and produced many albums in the past with renowned artists like Baba Sehgal and Sharon Prabhakar and with different banners in the music and film industry. He recently started with the ‘My Guitar Sings’ live shows on Youtube and Facebook which brings covers of different songs with new beats and has a fan following which has become very popular. The My Guitar Sings YouTube Channel has more than 350 videos.
The ‘Senorita’ music video song is sung by Charles and Elizabeth D’Souza and has hit one million plus views on Facebook and also his Hindi song ‘O Meri Soni’ is soon approaching the one million views mark. Charles Vaz also runs an audio studio in Mumbai known as Globe Studios which cater to recordings in advertising as well as music albums and feature film industry.
73 years old Elizabeth D'Souza hails from Aldona. She was employed by Crompton Greaves Limited, Mumbai for over three decades and retired in 2008 as Executive Assistant to the CFO. “I grew up in Goa in the 50s and 60's and I was fascinated by the Portuguese and other Latin American tunes which were popular at that time. I was indeed very lucky to meet with Charles Sequeira Vaz, a music director par excellence, who has very graciously taken me under his wing to nurture and encourage my talents. For me, it is a dream come true, which would never have been possible without Charles for which I am eternally grateful. I just want to sincerely express my appreciation for his guidance and support as he has been incredibly helpful in assisting me with my lifelong dream and this has helped me produce several videos of my favourite tunes,” says Elizabeth.
She further adds, “Our latest video, ‘Senhorita’ where Charles has sung the Hindi version and me the Spanish has hit over a million views in 24 days which was indeed a big achievement for me personally. We have worked on ten videos which include songs in Italian, Spanish and Konkani. I don’t know a word of Spanish and Italian but since I studied in Portuguese, these languages are very similar and my friends who know the language have appreciated the right accent for the songs.”
They are next working on the Konkani song, ‘Kazarache Utor’ and have recorded it in the studio in Mumbai.