SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC DAY
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SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC DAY AND THE RECORDING PROJECT.
As part of the South African Music Day celebrations the Midi Trust, in
association with the National Arts Council, will implement the final
stages
of it’s nationwide recording project. This will take place during the
week
of 21 to 27 March 1999.
The project aims to stimulate the music industry as well as create
opportunities for young unsigned bands; by providing them with the
chance to
record their original material. It is hoped that this recording
opportunity
will furnish young musicians with the necessary musical material needed
to
promote themselves to the various players in the music industry.
An extensive selection process was launched during February and March,
and
twenty six bands were chosen from over two hundred entries. The
selection
process concentrated on the areas of originality, live performance and
recording experience. Bands from all musical genres were selected and
next
week they make their maiden voyages into the depths of recordings
studios
across the country!
The studios involved with the project have all volunteered a day’s free
recording time for what is an extremely worthwhile venture. To this
end,
all the studios were involved in the final selection, and the different
venues will be working with bands that suit their particular tastes in
music.
The Midi Trust and all the organisers realise that one studio day is not
enough to record a full-blown CD, but we hope that this opportunity will
provide the bands with professional demos with which to approach radio
stations, record and promotional companies.
On completion of the recording project, the demos will also be packaged
as a
cohesive compilation which will be distributed to various record
companies,
radio stations and the media. We believe there is an untapped market of
fresh new music in our country, and sincerely hope that the South
African
Music Day Recording Project will offer you a taste of it.
The twentysix bands who will go into studio to record are as follows:
Bruce - Soul, Zatgee - Gospel, Peu - African, CNP Band - Gospel
African,
Baca-Man & Friends - jazz, PPJ Ragga - Reggae, Shelflife - Rock, New
Kids
- Kwaito, Steel - Blues, Liela Groenwald - Folk Acoustic, Three
Quartet -
African Fusion, Peru - African Jazz, U-Turn - African Gospel, Junior
Manhatten Brothers - Gospel Jazz, Izintombi - Maskandi, Batboy - Rock,
Mosic - Gospel, L.O.P. - African R&B, Basadi Women of Jazz - Jazz,
Farook
- Jungle Rock, Boys Respect Terrible - Kwaito, Horizons - Afro Rock,
Frosted Orange - Blues/Jazz, Mighty Glad Tides - Gospel African,
Treasure Worm - Punk Rock, Ikey Gamba - Soul.
The Midi Trust would like to thank the Arts and Culture Trust of the
President and the Department of Arts Culture, Science and Technology for
their support in this project. The organisers are also extremely
grateful
to the following studios for making their equipment, time and energy
available for this project:
Southern Cross, 702 Productions, Audio Lab, Audiotrax Recording
Studio(EL), BMG, Claude King Music Productions, CSR, Cube Music, D
A
Studio, Des & Dawn Lindberg, Digital Cupboard, Downtown Studio,
Grass
Roots, Ikwezi Music, Joe’s Garage Audio Productions, Mattis Rag,
Melray
Recording Studio, Mixmaster Studios, Passage One, Project ‘4’ Music,
Rhythm Nation Studios, Shandel Music, Sunset studios, Sweet sixteen,
Wolmer Studios, London Connection
For any additional information and should any media wish to sit in on
any
recordings, please phone Carel Hoffmann at 082 653 8538, the Midi Trust
on
011 482 7037 or Pro-File on 8807877
PRESS RELEASE:
RETAIL STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY ON BOARD FOR SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC DAY!
South African Music Day, 27th of March, is proving an inspiration to all
those involved. Because South African Music Day is essentially an
awareness
campaign the MIDI Trust is engaging the various different areas of the
entertainment industry with astounding success..
A variety of retail stores across the country have committed themselves
to
South African Music Day by offering a 10% discount on selected South
African
music during the week of the 27th, or on South African Music Day itself.
A
selection of stores will also host instore appearances with South
African
artists.
Amongst the retail stores who have committed to the day, in different
capacities, are:
1. Abbey Road, Greenacres, Port Elizabeth
2. The CD Collection, Alberton City Mall
3. Concrete Jungle, Sandton City
4. Foxwell Megavox, Entertainment Centre, Sandton City Discount
10% on
South African artists, in all four stores
5. Harley Street Sound, Cresta Shopping Centre instore promotions
to be
linked to RAU
6. Jet Music, 5 stores nationwide 10% discount on day.
7. Look and Listen, Sandton Square, Sandton
8. Look and Listen, Hyde Park, Sandton
9. Look and Listen, Hillbrow
10. Look and Listen, The Pavilion, Durban
11. Look and Listen, Fourways
12. Look and Listen, East Rand Value Mall
13. Max Megastore, Cavendish Square, Cape Town have taken it upon
themselves
to print further South African Music Day posters in order to display
albums
being sold for 10% discount
14. Phase 2 CD’s, Cresta Shopping Centre 10% discount
15. Phase 2 CD’s, Eastgate
16. Phase 2 CD’s, Northgate
17. Rhythmic Beat, Darrenwood Square, Durban 10% discount during
build up
week and on day
18. Top CD, Sunny Park, Pretoria 10% discount
19. Top CD, Menlyn, Pretoria
20. Top CD, Collonade, Pretoria
21. Top CD, Sammy Marx, Pretoria
22. CD Select, Tyger Valley Centre, Cape Town
23. Plum, Rosebank Mall
24. CD Wherehouse, Sandton
25. CD Wherehouse, Rosebank
26. Mainline Music two stores in Pretoria, 10% discount
27. Koh-i-noor, Market Street Johannesburg and 3 other stores 10 %
discount
on selected CD’s and cassettes
28. CNA will support South African Music Day with a nationwide
store
level campaign. All 320 stores will have dedicated racks for South
African
music, and will carry CD header cards and posters from 22nd march. On
the
27th March, all stores will play South African music from 9am to 3pm.
29. COMPUTICKET has committed to advertise South African Music Day
posters
at all their outlets nationwide.
30. EXCLUSIVE BOOKS will advertise the day by participating in the
poster
campaign in all 16 stores nationwide. All seven FACTS AND FICTION
stores
will do likewise. Some stores will promo books on South African music
in
prominent displays. Lists of these books can also be found on the South
African Music Day website.
31. MUSICA will be taking out a South African Music Day ad in the
Independent Newspaper on the 24th March. They will profile and play
South
African music on the weekend of the 27th and they will be featuring a
variety of instore artist appearances and performances, in conjunction
with
MELT 2000 and NEBULA BOS RECORDS, the independant label who have
specialised
racks in the Musica stores:
CAPE PROVINCE:
Musica Bellville: 10am-11am Achisa – to perform accapella
Musica Seapoint: 11am-12noon Jorge – will be drumming with his CD
Musica Top CD: 12noon-1pm Black Noise – meet and greet, break dancing to
CD
and autograph signing
Musica Protea Street: 11am-12am Amampondo – Will perform a couple of
numbers
Musica Blue Route: 10am-11am Blunt - performance followed by meet and
greet,
autograph signing
GAUTENG
Musica Sandton: 11am-12noon Pops Mohammed – meet and greet, autograph
signing
Musica Carlton Centre: 9am-10am Vusi Khumalo – meet and greet, autograph
signing
Musica Southgate: 11am-12noon Moses Molelekwa – meet and greet,
autograph
signing
Musica Eastgate: 9am-10am Busi Mhlongo – meet and greet, autograph
signing,
12noon-1pm Quagga meet and greet, signing
Musica Vereeniging: 11am-12noon Nine – meet and greet, autograph signing
Musica Vanderbijl Park: 11am-12noon Kom Kom – unplugged followed by meet
and
greet
Musica Sasol: 11am-12noon Trainwhistle and Harvey – acapella performance
KWAZULU NATAL:
Musica Musgrave Centre: 11am-12noon Deepak Ram - live performance on the
centre stage followed by a meet and greet at the store with autograph
signing whilst his CD is played.
Musica La Lucia: time: to be confirmed Deepak Ram - live performance
followed by a meet and greet at the store with autograph signing whilst
his
CD is played.
Musica The Workshop: 11am-12noon Madala Kunene and Mabi Thobejane and
Baba
Mokoena
live performance followed by a meet and greet with autograph signing
whilst
both Madala’s and Mabi’s CDs are played.
32. MUSIC MERCHANTS: Distributors of South African music have
undertaken to distribute posters and stickers to 500 stores around the
country.
33. MFP Music distributors will be supporting South African Music
Day
as part of their media campaign. As part of their Afrikaans music
drive,
they will be advertising in the Keur and Huisgnoot. All their print
advertisements will include the South African Music Day logo.
MFP will also include the South African Music Day logo on all their Hit
City
advertisements in the press, as well as in their TV campaign.
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