Shake your Sibunuu audition call !!!!
This is definitely rough stuff from the ghetto, particularly one day after Women’s day – a call for women with great behinds for a music video – but apparently it’s going to be ‘an appreciation of woman [WOMEN] and all the beauty that they portray.’ Let’s hope the adjective TASTEFUL comes into this one… Ghetto Ruff Records is looking for some …tight or not so tight rear ends aka bottom aka touche aka a*s. If you think you have the most beautiful SIBUNUU in the country, then come take part next week Ishmael will be shooting his new music video for the hit track SIBUNUU. In honour of women’s month this video will be an appreciation of women and all the beauty that they portray. So WHAT are you waiting for, come shake that ass, drop it like its hot, back that thang up, whatever you do with that a*s. To be at the audition please contact Mpumi Phillips at 011 447...
MUSO’s – think you can crack it in the UK market?
Muso’s – have you saturated the SA market, had enough of local radio stations that don’t play local music? Need to spread your strings a bit? If you’re looking for that elusive UK break, our man Dave Chislett knows the ou’s – The SA rock and pop music scene is littered with stories of bands who have reached the apparent ceiling of the SA market, who thought they could crack the …international music scene or who just got plain bored and wanted to try something else. Think Dorp, Fetish, No Friends of Harry, Pyramid Tongue and too many others to mention. Most of them simply disappeared once they left, or came back very fast. It’s a big bad world out there, and contacts and exposure are very hard to come by. However, thanks to DCPM and Matchbox records UK, there is now another way to try and break into the lucrative UK market for SA bands. Matchbox Recordings is a music promotion and plugging company that caters exclusively for the Independent artist. Owned by an ex South African and musician, Dale Oliver, they deliver to and service over 120 off-line U.K Radio stations through their Radio plugging network. What they have to offer SA bands is inclusion in the compilation albums of new, unsigned artist that Matchbox regularly releases. This Platinum package is specially designed for new Independent and unsigned artists. It allows a new artist the chance of officially releasing and advertising their songs to the public, music industry and obtaining possible airplay on Internet and U.K off-line Radio stations. Our CD’s and artists are also officially released, promoted and distributed through a network of well-known CD retailers, worldwide music publications and legitimate digital distribution companies. It is designed to further the artist’s career and bring their music to the attention of the public and industry. It is a way of getting your music onto the same release platform as major label artists while retaining 100% copyright and publishing rights. Matchbox has the same stringent A&R policies as a major label but they like to do it differently when it comes to signing and promoting bands. They prefer that you stay free as artists and own your full copyright and publishing. They prefer that you know exactly what the promotional activities are going to be and how much they will cost. They also guarantee the promotion and pay you 70% of your digital and retail sales. All they ask for is a small contribution from the bands towards the overall costs of a huge release and promotion like this. This is very similar to what Factory Records did...
LIVE 8 – bit of a damp squib let’s face it
CLICK HERE FOR IMAGES OF LIVE 8 IN JOBURG The great thing about a BLOG is that you can be honest in your writing without fearing editorial slap-backs or getting fired. I feel it is our responsibility to report on the Johannesburg LIVE 8 concert for what it was rather than just going along with the “hype”. This is our o…pinion. Do share yours with us. We went to the Johannesburg Live 8 concert. My first comment is that I think that a lot of people at the Johannesburg concert were there for one main reason – they heard the concert was free and it was featuring some great local names. We like to party here and this was a free party. Many people were drinking or getting high (Surrepticiously of course due to the large Police presence) and enjoying the free music. As one does at a concert. Another big drawcard of course was Dr Nelson Mandela – Madiba as we call him – we won’t go into the overkill of his image on every bit of media at the event. That’s a highly sensitive topic here in “Africa” but obviously no-one told Bob Geldof. Our bet is that if you had to ask the majority of people what the concert was all about, they wouldn’t have had a clear-cut answer. And I think that that about sums up what we felt too – a little mixed up, confused and not too sure what the whole event was about or who they were talking to. But what is for sure, as we stood there staring at pre-packaged images of dark swollen and starving African babies, was that there was something vaguely patronising and irritating about this event. Are these pre-packaged visuals, speeches and celeb-filled campaigns not just perpetuating a clichýd view of Africa– of hopelessness and neglect? As my friend so succinctly said – are we not affirming the world’s perception of us as a “begging bowl?” Yet again? Yes, we have our issues and anyone that lives here lives with them everyday – they are real issues, that are constantly all around us and many of us do what we can to try and address and alleviate them, but what about the good things about Africa? How come the billions of people watching around the world never got to see that? What about the tenacity, the innovation, the courage, the success stories, the development, the progress, the magic of Africa?? How come none of this was shown? Only the heart-string pulling tragedy. The concert felt like a big branding exercise misrepresenting an entire continent. And that’s another...
OPPIKOPPI WIRED -Update – it really is rocking!
Now Represent has been to Oppikoppi – not once, not twice… but THREE Times so it truly does come from the mouths of babes when we say to all music lovers and lovers of getting down and dirty camping and jolling – GET THERE! It’s really close to Joburg – There’s even a theatre and comedy stage this year! Here’s an update on the dates and the bands – WOW – they’ve really lined ’em up! STRONG For the real jollers = you know this is your stage – 206!!! How we miss those days. The 206 stage at Oppikoppi Since 1997 the 206 presence at OppiKoppi has been a late and glorious event. Here we go again. On an all-new Bushveld inspired Sipho Gumede stage, we are proud to announce more live acts and jazz artists sharing the stage with innumerable itchy dj”s. As every previous year, the 206 stage grows in size and stature this year. A unanimous decision to move the Jazz acts from the original (Gito Baloi) stage to the second koppie was greeted with whoops of delight, and the stage now boasts more of a live element than ever before, interspersed with the best dj’s on the planet, of course! The Dj sets are booked until 6am each morning, but what happens after that is anyone’s educated guess. The live acts run from early on in the day, and it is envisaged that the revelry will commence by approximately 11am in the morning, unless of course the previous night’s activities spill over, in which case the party will just carry on 24 hours a day! Never mind that the sound system has been vastly upgraded, a brand new beer garden and better food- serving facilities add to the allure of this legendary party stage. Come and experience (at least) 47 mind- altering sets of music over three days and nights, including: 25 to 1 Manifesto, A Blunted Stuntman, Afrowhitie, Bradley Bionic, Bubhessi, Dj Bob, Dj Fuck and MC Totally Rad, Dj Monde, Dj T!, Elektrik ZA, FiFi, Fletcher (Krushed & Sorted), Gordon’s Suitcase, Kenzhero, Kid Fonque, Kwani Experience, Lark, Lebo Mashile, Mr Bong, Ngwenya, Prokid, Proverb, Rawkiss, Real Estate Agents, Redwood, Remington Steele, Sisanda (5th Floor), SKID, Strings & Skins, The Boogieman, Think Funk, Voice, Zamajobe, Zubz. *************************************** 21 June 2005 OPPIKOPPI WIRED Saturday the 6th of August- Monday the 8th of August With the OppiKoppi festival once again firmly rooted in its bushveld setting over the last two years, it has become possible for the organisers to start erecting more permanent fixtures. This process was started in 2004 with the erection of two...
Make us famous, dude – GARAGE BANDS NEEDED
Brace yourself for Mark Gillman‘s search to find the perfect garage band. 5FM’s The Mark Gillman Breakfast Show, we are told, are on a mission to find a band that dares to challenge conventions.The spunky band must wild, wacky and be game to do outrageous acts in the name of fame. So, if you are willing to play on the side of a highway in morning traffic-can’t… put anything past Gillman, can you? tune into the Mark Gillman Breakfast show weekdays between 6 and 9am for the 411 on how you can become famous. If you think you have the guts… To impress, e-mail Mark at markg@5fm.co.za. Other than a shot at being famous, the band will also get the opportunity to play live at SA’s premier music festival, Oppikoppi....
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