Yesterday I created a playlist on Spotify that I will be curating from time to time. This playlist titled Sungura and Jiti classics is meant for all museve and jiti songs which I personally think are all-time classics. The minor issue is that some records aren’t on available on Spotify. For example, I search for…
All stakeholders often use a bunch of buzzwords in the music biz for marketing purposes and the main reason is self-explanatory—money. Still, the one I am going to talk about today is “professional”. I will discuss other terms later on in the near future when I feel like it. In general, people mainly use the…
Trap Records Entertainment’s very own Brillsta‘s new extended-play project, “One Life,” is full of catchy tunes, emotive lyrics, and a well-polished body of work from an engineering perspective, that is. The six-track collection includes the groovy “One Life” and its accompanying video, the inspirational “Moment,” and the celebratory “Jeje.” He topped off the project with…
emPawa Africa’s founder and recording artist Mr. Eazi has released “See Something,” his newest Amapiano single featuring DJ Neptune from Nigeria, Shatta Wale from Ghana, Medikal from Ghana, and Minz from Nigeria. “See Something,” is a lighthearted and breezy song that is also Mr. Eazi’s second Amapiano song he has recorded. The other Amapiano track…
Tomorrow the 11th of December, Zim hip-hop musician Jnr Brown (James Mpakula) will release a new record single produced by gtBeats (Titus Gambiza). The name of his newest song is “Takaita Mari“; in English, this means “When we make money”. And it will drop at an event that he has been promoting as Takaita Mari…
Yes, record labels often make money from concerts through various means. For example, in a 360 deal, they may receive a portion of the ticket sales and a percentage of merchandise sales or a share of the profits from sponsorship deals. Moreover, a record company may earn money from mechanical royalties generated by the music…
Zimdancehall‘s musical landscape is rife with passing fads and upbeat bubblegum riddims that are often hot for a month or so. Some become a lost cause within a fortnight (moto wemapepa). It’s often exacerbated by a desperate relevancy race at the expense of one’s legacy without taking strategic breaks to build up suspense. In contrast, when Zimdancehall’s…
DJ Tamuka Makuluni a versatile and one of the most beloved Zim record producers took to Instagram urging local Zim rap artists to revamp their clobha (“fashan“). The following is a quote from what he wrote on Meta’s IG: Guys let’s talk about this. Hip hop artists I know y’all are starting to get bread…
U.S. pop star and actress Selena Gomez has released the audiovisual material for her track “My Mind and Me”, i.e., an intimate record of the artist about her feelings. This music clip follows the release of her Apple TV+ documentary (Directed by Alek Keshishian) of the same name about her mental health and some of…
As more and more local creative entrepreneurs seek to turn extra coins from being beer money into long-term lucrative investments. The number of Zim podcasters in a nascent market seems to be growing unabated—thanks to YouTube‘s partner program. And recently yours truly Shadaya Knight has joined the bandwagon; the same route of minimum effort for…
