I had the honor to attend a prestigious awards evening this week in London and I made a number of observations which I thought I would share this week. First of all, the bigger the star, the humbler they are. I was given a personal three hour tour of Abbey...
Read moreI felt a palpable excitement this week in going to get the autobiography by Bruce Springsteen, titled ‘Born to Run’. I quickly realised why I was drawn to the book – one word: authenticity. I saw him perform twice at the Belville Velodrome back in January 2014. It was a...
Read moreTwo things remain constant in the music industry: the song, and the voice. However, we live in a world where talent alone often is not enough anymore to ensure longstanding success in the biz. The “rest” – or admin, shall we say – contain details that must not be overlooked...
Read moreBy Martin Myers What a devastating week for South African Music, with the news of Mandoza’s untimely passing .His song ‘Nkalakatha’ (township slang for “top dog”), released in 2000 with Gabi Le Roux, certainly shaped the new millennium and will leave a lasting legacy, one that all South Africans will...
Read moreLast week the sixth annual Music Exchange conference was held at Market Hall, Grandwest, and one of our keynote speakers was Brandon Bakshi - BMI, Executive Director of Writer/Publisher Relations for Europe & Asia. His talk was about BMI and investment opportunities in the Music Business for South Africa. He...
Read moreSome of the finest songwriters who have been working at the inaugural BMI Songwriters Camp in Cape Town this week are delighted to announce that they will be holding a two-hour masterclass on Saturday, September 10. When a global rights Music Management Company the size of BMI, who have an...
Read moreBetween Thursday and Friday, September 8 and 9, Music Exchange (#MEX16) – South Africa’s top music, film and entertainment programme - returns to Cape Town with an ever-growing army of high-powered and universal influencers in the global music and entertainment economy. Sun International’s GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World is where...
Read moreThis week marks the 25 anniversary of the Internet and how fortunate are we that this tool has revolutionized the music business (both good and bad), but that’s a debate for another day. What is exciting is that the annual Music Exchange conference is around the corner, on Thursday and...
Read moreIt is more than halfway through the year and this week has been a very reflective one for me on a personal level. You start asking as you get older, what are we doing? Why are we doing it? And look towards the real values in life, which are family...
Read moreA great friend of mine this week mentioned the following: “Just write a hit and the rest takes care of itself.” I will go one better and quote Tony Cedras, who mentioned you have no wrong note or right note. Sounds simple enough, but we don’t all have the talent...
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