Zimbabwe has a lot of talent spread over all its provinces. As we begin the year, we chose to give a spotlight to a couple of artists who have been making good music underground. Fadzai Mathabire from Mumhanzi Media had an interview with the Harare based Ulenni Okandlovu, an audio-visual storyteller who grew up in …
The internet has transformed the music industry in so many ways. It has changed how music is made, distributed, sold, marketed and consumed. Stars are born on the internet and some careers are also buried on the world wide web. Value for a composer, producer or performer is no longer achieved in the traditional and …
Youtube is one of the most organic places to grow your brand with intelligent content curation and placement. We have seen a number of local creative make a living off Youtube, you should know how to do it right. The below provides a guide to How Much YouTubers actually Make; Google pays out 68% of …
Who is Phreshy? Precious Herschneider Frank aka Phreshy is a 24-year-old female rapper based in Kwekwe. I am passionate about my music. How did you get into music? Like when & where did you discover you could sing? I grew up in a family that loves music then later got inspired by Dj Naida and …
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Seh Lenno, born Lennon Mahemu is the co-founder of Mumhanzi Media, which is an entertainment business on the mission to support local artist and promoting local artists through public relations, digital marketing and artist management We interviewed him to get an insight on who he is, how he got to be in the music business …
We have seen so many songs being released and dying stillbirths. We have always emphasised with coming with a release strategy in place. This the prerelease tips what to do when you know which day is the song coming out. Tip One: Be convinced with your song Most artists don’t even talk about what they …
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My favourite Zim Hip Hop artists have day jobs. They cannot afford to live on what they make from the gift that is their art. Something is very wrong with this image. To worsen it, I am not talking about the average artists, some of these are award winning artists, industry leaders. The reason I …
Five practical ways that we can all contribute to Zim Hip Hop with Read More »
. You are active with your fans online and you respond well. What has been your secret to building an online fan base? Well, I always try to respond to my fans whenever I can. And also since I got verified on Instagram, the fan base has grown. I even have fans from as far …
If you have not heard about it yet, then you are utterly missing out. It is known as the Hub of African Music. Buddie Beats is back with a bang. Econet saw it as of utter importance to have a music app for our very own local content. They launched the Buddie Beatz Music app …
The Premise: People don’t buy music anymore Having worked on some form of musical marketing or data analytics for the last 24 months or more, my premise is that people are spending less and less on music. I’ll start at home, I spend about $8 a month on music. This goes to an Apple Music …
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