Miles Keylock to keynote KZN Music Imbizo 2014
The 2014 KZN Music Imbizo is set for later this week, 28-30 August. The conference, themed 'A global mindset', aims to tackle areas such as finding opportunities for SA artists, what are the starting steps, as well as live performances and the SA touring circuit.
Experiencing connection through creation
Zolani Mahola, lead singer of South African sensation Freshlyground, was the surprise speaker at this year's edition of TEDx Cape Town. She spoke of being caught up in a toyi-toyi, performing at The Apollo, her family, and connection through creation.
Beatport VP & Gareth Cliff at Breathe Sunshine Engage
Following the success of two Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference events in Cape Town, Breathe Sunshine Engage (BSE) will take place as a once-off satellite event in Johannesburg on Friday, 3 October 2014 at The Market Theatre in Newtown.
Travel grants offered to SA music professionals
Music professionals are invited to apply for funding from a National Mobility Fund for projects in South Africa, specifically KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng, and a Regional Mobility Fund, for projects taking place in SADC countries, except SA.
A guide to get free music legally
Over the years, music giants Sony, Universal Music and other record labels have stressed the importance of getting music the "morally" correct way.
Responsibilities breed commitment and enthusiasm
It is very important that all band or group members feel like they have a vested interest in the unit that has formed.
Tinariwen sings the story of the vanishing Tuareg
At the southern end of the Tanzerouft plain in the Sahara, west of the rocky Adrar des Ifoghas Mountains, sits the town of Tessalit. Tanzerouft is a place so barren and vast, a National Geographic wit once put it: "It is said that migrating birds land beside people just for company."
