SAMRO chairman delivers rousing speech at board dinner
SAMRO chairman, Rev Abe Sibiya, gave an inspiring speech at the 2014 SAMRO board dinner. One of his many goals during his tenure is to ensure that SAMRO members see their music on a variety of platforms.
2014 Take the Stage comp open for entries
The V&A Waterfront and Marshall Music are looking for South Africa’s next hot and happening band, regardless of their musical genre. The winning band will get the chance to play live at the V&A’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration.
Artscape Youth Music Competition prize money at R120K
The newly introduced R5,000 Michael Masote prize for the best strings instrumentalist has pushed the total prize money in the Artscape National Youth Music Competition to more than R120,000.
Leveraging your online community
Your online presence is a bridge out of South Africa and into the global market and it is advisable to make sure that this bridge is solid, comprehensive, informative and accurate.
Rocking the Daisies partners Bridges for Music
Seed Experiences has committed to partnering with Bridges for Music for the next twelve months across all events, starting with Rocking the Daisies. After this year, Seed Experiences aims to solidify a long-term, ongoing partnership with Bridges for Music.
Fledgling instrumentalists vie for honours
From across South Africa, 63 fledgling instrumentalists, plus two from Namibia, are putting the final touches to their repertoires for the fourth SAMRO Hubert van der Spuy National Music Competition.
Music Finance 2.0
The famous economist Joseph Schumpeter once coined the term “creative destruction” to describe the process whereby we constantly destroy old business models by innovating and creating new ones. With the decline of the traditional record label deal, we have now seen the rise of new ways of financing and profiting from the music business.
