South African House Music Takes Over.

 

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South African house music has increased and pretty much taken out some of the genres in South African  music and is slowly taking over even internationally the house market  is big in South Africa and has inspired alot of producers and DJs. House music consists of many genres but sometimes called Afro House, sometimes Dance music, South African House is distinctly South African with that  they learnt from Kwaito and applied it to House, which means taking your basic 125BPM and adding elements that ground it in the lived reality of South Africans.

South African House music consists of  theses genres:

• Deep House
• Commercial House
• Tribal House
• Soulful House

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Just to name a few and South African music is wide genre and has everything in it and now international DJ make house music just for South Africa and are involved the likes of Ralf Gum, Louie Vega, Avi Alman AKA UPZ, The Layabouts just to mention a few whos music is mostly loved and regocnised in South Africa and they are getting good reception from South African house music lovers. South African house music DJs are going international such as Black Coffee,Dj Euphonik. Dj Fresh, Black Motion are some who have gained international recognition, the spread of this music hasd mostly been inlunced by social media now house music reaches masses all across the world  with Twitmusic,Email,SoundCloud,Hulkshare and many more to hsare it and they all are to thank for the spread of house music.

 

            Hears a house mix just to give you an idea of what i have been talking about

 

The SoundCloud Phenomenon



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SoundCloud launched 2008 is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings. Originally started in Stockholm, Sweden but was established in Berlin Germany in August 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss. It had the intention of allowing musicians to share recording s with each other, but later transformed into a full publishing tool which also allowed musicians to distribute their music tracks globally. Ever since it has had dominance it has gone worldwide with over 20+million users and growing by 1.5+ users every month. To find out more about you can go on to http://soundcloud.com/

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 This service has been mentioned on the famous Wired magazine and won the Schroder Innovation Award what brought this service to my attention was that on Twitter and Facebook I always see Deejays and Artists and me being a house music lover I follow and like Deejay pages and on SoundCloud there they share their latest music and have it on limited downloads or share they music mixes, remixes and new music ideas this is all linked into one account and you can listen to the is music on line. South Artists such as Pascal and  Pearce, DJ Cuebur, DJ Mphoza and DJ Cleo to name a few  and also international artists such as The Layabouts, Louie Vega and Ralf Gum also share they music on this sight and the sight also allows interaction were they can like or dislike the music and add valuable comments on the artists music and this adds great Intel to any artist to know what they doing wrong or right and Space to improve.

SoundCloud has a App  which is the popular outlet for musicians to share their work directly with fans, other artists and industry folks—is filled with hundreds of apps for artists on multiple platforms: mobile phones, tablets, desktops and browsers.

Second Annual Spring Fiesta South Africa

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Spring Fiesta 2012 as seen on posters all around Johannesburg “it’s back” with 22 September 2012 being its second annual Spring Fiesta like last it is hosted in Boksburg at the Wild Waters Complex they have bigger plans for it and don’t plan on disappointing I’ve been following them on twitter since last year’s Spring Fiesta which was a huge success considering it being hosted for the first time with plus minus 8000 people attending  it last year , this year there will be an even bigger understanding and tickets selling out quickly.

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Like last year Soul Candi Live brought they best to the party with the likes of DJ Euphonik, Whisky, Shimza and performances from Soul Candi’s Mi Casa and other groups such as Liquid Deep, Big Nuz and The Layders and this year Spring Fiesta features the international deep house hit makers who The Layabouts and they will be performing with Imaani known for the hit track “I found my love”.

The event has been well marketed and has lots of people’s attention with SABC 1 being there doing a live recording of event its assured to be one of the biggest party in South Africa this year. On Facebook and Twitter on the Soul Candi and Spring Fiesta Facebook pages and twitter accounts have been interacting with the fans and giving out house mixes from the likes of Julian Gomez and Fista Mixwell for free download and for the people who already bought they tickets they have an opportunity to download Louie Vega’s remix of Reel Peoples “Golden Lady” and you just use your ticket number to activate your download on http://Spring Fiesta.  This is good cause it shows that the event is well planned and is going to keep growing with such marketing strageties to see more on this event go to www.springfiesta.co.za  

Soulcandi:The Leaders of South African House Music




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Soul Candi  started up as a record store owned by Dj Mbuso and Harael Salkow, then extended into a record label, Dj Mbuso who mixed Soul Candi Session 1 and 2 series who pulled out of Soul Candi leaving having Harael Salkow purch ase Mbuso's shares in the company. Soul Candi is best known for its record label, which boasts some of the hottest DJs and producers in the country. They have been nominated for a multitude of awards, both Metro FM and South African Music Awards, including the coveted Song of The Year in 2009. To date they’ve won 3 Multi-Platinum Awards (sales in excess of 75,000 units), 5 Platinum Awards (sales in excess of 25,000 units), 23 Gold Awards (sales in excess of 50,000 units).www.linkedin.com

That was just a brief history and about Soul Candi  the record company now it has expanded with having The Soul Candi Institute of Music essentially, the school offers three different types of courses: DJ courses, Production courses and Music Business courses. The DJ courses teach all the technicalities of playing using vinyl or CDs while the production courses integrate production and music theory on both beginner and advanced level. With all that going this company has achieved is how they always leading and being on top in this hard industry is always being up to date with media and social media they have varies ways to always be on the peoples mouth Soul Candi is a regular household name of music known for releasing hits after hits.

They use social media platforms like: 

• Twitter: @SoulCandi
• Facebook: facebook.com/soulcandi
• YouTube: youtube.com/soulcandiTV
• Googleplus: gplus.to/soulcandi    

Those are some of they accounts to get in touch with them and always active they showcase they new music,artists,music videos. The label markets themselves well and are always relevant to house music industry in South Africa.



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Next Week ill be talking about the years highly anticipated event Spring Fiesta 2012 with the Organisers being Soul Candi Live.

Masia Sound Proudctions:The Future of Entertainment and Events Manangement in South Africa

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Masia Sound Productuions (MSP)  founded October 2006 and in just six years the company has already left a reputation as striving to be the best in the entertainment and events industry in South Africa with it majorly known for its huge  events such as The Annual Vaal Beach Party which has a large number of growth every year and still growing they have also hosted annual freshers ball for some well known  University's in South Africa such University of Johannesburg, Vaal University of Technology and University of Pretoria to name a few not forgetting they  partnership with Tropika always striving to be on they A game. To find out more about MSP you can go to  http://www.masiasound.co.za.

What brought this company to my attention is there posters that are in your face and brouchers you see and find around evrywhere they advertise and use the best tool in media which is word of mouth and also use mass marketing for any of they events they use social media platforms very popular in the industry now which is Facebook,Twitter and You Tube to get there events heard  seen read and noted and has been going successfully showing why Tropika decided to back up this company. On of the companys that show that social media and word of mouth can really go far to see they social pages there are links available on their website: http://www.masiasound.co.za

 That was just a short example of how hard work and good communication skills can get a business, also showing that social media is a needed platform for marketing in this day and age is vital for businesses in the entertainment and events industry.

TwitMusic



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TwitMusic founded in 2011, Twitmusic is a music playing service that allows tracks to be easily shared on Twitter, giving songs a greater chance of being spread across the micro blogging service. It also gives artists the opportunity to share videos, concert details and pictures with their fans. To use it you must have a Twitter account for existing Twitter users can sign-in to Twitmusic easily using an app that syncs to their Twitter account. Once logged in, just like with a tweet, mentions of a song once it has been listened to, can be shared to a Twitter feed with one click, by selecting ‘Love’, ‘Retweet’ or ‘#nowplaying’

 Linking to my previous blog twitmusic is a good way for new and upcoming artists to get mass exposure and  marketing, Its gets musicians the needed shove for they re careers to go on the right path some key points about this service:  

1)Free!

2) Increases your followers.

3) Lets you know how many plays your tracks uploaded has had  since upload.

4) Valuable comments on your music.

5) Increases twitter interaction with followers.

TwitMusic has socialised the web music industry more and more artists are using it the likes of Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston and Soulja Boy to name a few so if these artists see that this service is good not only are they tweeting and sharing music with they're fans but also get real time analytics of how they music is received. So for upcoming artists this service is key and gives them total control how to market and share they're music and increase fan base go on http://www.twitmusic.com/ to find out more on this service and also sign up if you an artist that isn't using this service yet.

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Record Label Confusion




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 A record label is basically a company that manages brands and trademarks of artists under the record label , the label handles and coordinates the production,distributing,manufacturing,marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protection of sound recordings and music videos; conducts talent scouting and development of new artists and maintains contracts with recording artists and their managers. Record labels differ you get the small localised and the major international labels which leads to the main aim of this weeks blog that many up and coming artists aren't aware of what to look for when offered a record deal  by the various labels is:



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1)Track record of  how the label has been doing in the industry.

2) Relationship's with current and past artists and employees.

3)What they can offer you as an individual artist.

4) What can the label do for your career both local and internationally.

5)What are they doing for you that you cant do by yourself.

Those are some of the key factors for artists to look at there contracts before signing, Record labels have they ups and downs  i have heard and read about artists being ripped off and used by there labels which is what kills good talent and demotivates many artists into signing but at the end there are record labels that look out for artists interests and not forgetting that a record labels main purpose is to get the artist out there with exposure of promotion,marketing and advertisements around the artists without them worrying about the behind the scenes stuff that the label should be doing like distributing and manufacturing.









Sprite Uncontainable Hip-Hop Talent Search



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28 July 2012 I attended the Sprite Uncontainable hip-hop talent search which  unfolded in three phases: The national sprite mobile studio experience (23 April – 23 June), Rooftop experience (14 July – 28 July) – in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg and main event in Johannesburg (01 September). with  Me attending the rooftop experience on the 28th of July. From entrance we were treated like VIPS given Sprite cool drinks,Autographing the Sprite Uncontainable wall and Taken pictures before heading to the the Rooftop where the event was taking place when we got there there was live graffiti spray painters showing off there skills the setup and everything was organised.

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Sizwe Dhlomo

The whole night got to rubbing shoulders with the likes of Sizwe Dhlomo, Amu and Tumi The Volume to name a few but not forgetting the main reason going there which was for the love of hip-hop music, Sizwe Dhlomo(Siz) being the Emcee for the night we witnessed performances from  The Federation ,Neo Beats, Last Days Fam, Optical Illusion, Siya Shezi and Deejaying  sets from some of Jozi’s dopest  DJs – DJ Raiko, DJ Hamma, DJ Thecutt and DJ Zakes .Had performance's from  Yugen Blakrok and AbyFab who have been battled it out to make it past the top 18 of the Sprite  Uncontainable Talent Search. Now the wait for the main event of the talent search on the 1st of September where The best and most uncontainable talent from the three categories of dance, emceeing and graffiti will visit the New York City with Talib Kweli , where they will rock the States while experiencing the ultimate New York hip-hop culture which is the ultimate price for any hip-hop or music lovers. For more information on the talent search you can go to www.spritehiphop.co.za.The Sprite Uncontainable Hip-Hop talent search is helping young south African talent being discovered and the category's are proud not only exposing and finding one talent but at the end three new talents will be discovered giving them a chance to live out There dreams.

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Talib Kweli

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iTunes revolutionizes digital music world - Part 3

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This is my last instalment on the iTunes digital music world. This week its about the nifty software you either get pre installed on your Apple products or install your self. Music is life with an Apple product from the iPod you get the Music Quiz which is a quiz game of the music you have on your iPod its has variety things that interest its like buzzer on iPod it plays back short clips of music and you would either have to choose the title of track or guess its a fun game when bored on long trips or just to test how well you know your music Music Quiz comes pre installed on iPod 3rd generations till newer generations.



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Garage Band

There  are also a variety of Applications you can purchase or download for free for iTouches and iPads which links to what i have been i have been discussing that iTunes and more in depth Apple has revolutionised the digital music world now as a Deejay or Producer or just a person who lioves playing with music and learning instruments, with iTunes App Store you can now do what you what you have dreamt of but either it was to expensive or no time for it, Garage Band is a Application which is like a home studio with your drum kits, keyboard , piano, guitar and many more you have freedom to do it on your Apple products such as iPad and iTouch where you learn instruments and produce music anywhere you are also handy apps  that are even used by professionals such as Avicii you can download Fruity Loops which is a popular software used by lots of Artists such as Soulja Boy and Producers like Dj Cuebur it is a great application last one is DJ Mixer which is a Deejaying application sort of like Virtual DJ but more on your iPad or iTouch its practical and soon will be the new era of Deejaying with out having all the expensive equipment.



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Fruity Loops

I could go on and on the list is endless but those are some of the possibilities that can be done and all this links from iTunes and Apple Inc. as company digital era is slowly taking over changing the views of how we  later generations are going to be making music.

iTunes revolutionizes digital music world - Part 2



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iTunes is what are some are calling the future of digital music, iTunes you can do a variety of things apart from it just being a music player to being the work centre of your iPads,iPods and iTouchs. iTunes has broken allot of boundaries when it comes to spreading music that you love on iTunes you can find a variety of music genre's such as Rock, Hip Hop, Classical and so forth. Advantages of this programme it features applications such as iCloud where you can save your music wireless using Wi-fi. now available on iTunes on the South African side it has made South African music available internationally  artists such as Lady Smith Black Mambazo,AKA, L-Tido,Brenda Fassie and others are available on iTunes which is a great advantage for South African artists to get exposure.

Some disadvantages with iTunes it is not really user friendly its needs time geting used to but once known it is a very it's very handy, iTunes is for Apple products such as iPods, iPads and iTouches, iTunes for Windows can only sync with iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV. However, the music you import with iTunes, or iTunes Plus purchases, will play on many third-party music players.Apple products are seen as expensive and not for the normal consumers and target markets and since that is associated  there is a tendency of thinking iTunes music is also expensive which relatively decent price. All in all iTunes is a very handy program allows you to get what you want when you want and its recommended by many.



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On the last instalment of this blog Part 3 i will be discussing the Applications that you can get to make music more available to get to make your music experience  to make using iTunes and Apple products a music tool to desire.

iTunes revolutionizes digital music world - Part 1



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  http://sharing-software-update.blogspot.com/     ITunes is a computer program media player that you can use  for playing music , downloading , coping , saving and organising digital music and video files on your desktop or laptop computers it can also be utilised for managing content on a iPod, iPhone,iPodTouch and iPad. iTunes is a free program you can download on http://www.apple.com/ and with iTunes you can to connect to the iTunes Store where it is possible to purchase and: Download music Music videos  Pod casts Ring tones and more features. That was a brief description of what iTunes is and whats its about to those who don't know what it is, iTunes has changed the digital music industry by giving artist a broader market and still getting royalties and album sales. With iTunes now you as the consumer have a choice such as being able to buy and download albums of they choice and with iTunes you get a preview of the track selection available on the album which is like being at the Music Shop just now you are in the comfort of your own home and iTunes has given the option of the consumer to buy  single tracks unlike going to the shops to buy an album just to listen to a few selected songs but now you buy want you want, There is a virtual library where you can see and view all your music another great advantage about iTunes is you can buy old albums that you cant find at Music Shops and sometimes even online sites well it is available for purchase on iTunes. This a 3 part series,In part 2 to I will be discussing the impact and difference it has made on South African Music and Disadvantages iTunes and Improvements that could go to its advantages concerning new media and piracy prevention.

Winter Music Conference 2012 Part 2



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Sorry for the inconvenience to my bloggers,viewers and followers for the late post i know i said the 11th April 2012 my apologies.

Every year WMC has improvements this year it introduced the WMC experience by delivering ten non-stop days of music programing. Winter Music Conference is where i would like to see myself at in years to come people from over 206 countries attend and event is outspoken of our very own homebrewed Deejays Black Coffee and the House music  duo F.eu Deejay Fresh and Euphonik attended this conference and everything they said was positive about the conference from the life style, the people, exhibitions and most importantly the music. After coming back from the conference DJ Euphonik said and i quote "whether you a good DJ or bad DJ Winter Music Conference is the place to to be". The deejay says at the conference learn and gain so much more knowledge and experience that you never forget and add valuable insight to whatever music career  you are pursuing or are a producer,DJ or artist. The conference catches my attention for even as an aspiring Public Relations Practitioner i believe this conference can help you gain valuable contacts,media skills, chance to rub shoulders with celebrities and favourite international deejays and producers and its in my plans to attend upcoming years  to get more insight on the Public Relations and Marketing side of music.

              

             



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                  Link to view a  video to get a little insight on the Winter Music Conference:

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Winter Music Conference 2012



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Established in 1985 Winter Music Conference is the largest music industry gathering of its kind,This year being its 27th year the gathering is still growing and going stronger every year its one of the most published music gatherings around March every year Deejays, Producers, Artists...etc are planning for the conference exhibiting they new music,business ventures, disc jocks preparing they best sets, record labels looking for new artists and talent that is at the conference. This year it was from the 16-25 March 2012  and as usual WMC attracts thousands of artists and music industry delegates from 70 countries and over 100,000 event attendees each year for a concentrated schedule of more than 400 events, parties, seminars and workshops. 2012 statistics haven't come out yet but the 2011 are available on http://wintermusicconference.com/.

The connference takes place in Miami Beach, Florida and how people take part in the conference you register to join in on the site http://wintermusicconference.com/ where you can download application form Early Registration  was $275 and Late Registration/Walk-up Registration was $475 you receive a WMC Badge which covers you for :

Music Meets Fashion: March 16 – 17, 2012

DJ Sets, Live performances & Parties: March 16 – 25, 2012

WMC Music Industry Program: March 19 – 24, 2012

WMC Trade Show & Exhibits: March 19 – 20, 2012

Art & Record Collectors Show: March 24, 2012

WMC Rocks: March 23 – 25, 2012

Club & Poolside Events: March 16 – 25, 2012

I will continue with the Winter Music Conference blog on the 11th of April 2012 and Part 2 is the last instalment of the Winter Music Conference since i have some more information that i feel i would like to share with my viewers and followers.

Avicii in South Africa!



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Tim Berling known by stage names Avicii,Tim Berg and Tom Hangs is a world renowned Swedish Deejay,Re mixer and record producer of House,Progressive House and Electro house,born  on the 8th of September 1989 and has seen rise to fame than most of the Deejays he is ranked with in the world. In 2011 Avicii was ranked number 6 of the the top hundred Deejays in  the World the ranking was given by DJ Magazine which rate deejays every year buy the amount of work they have done they Tours, Album Sales, Gigs and Music Downloads and after all those results are summed up you get the ranks for that year. The young Swedish man emerged in the music industry at the age of 18 doing remixes and producing with "Lazy Lace" being his first break into fame, Now turning 23 now already ranked no.6 Deejay is a milestone in the Deejay world and he has done this all in 4 years he outranks some of his influences in house music such as Swedish House Mafia which is 10th and the group consists of influential house heads Sebastian Ingrosso,Axewell and Steve Angello also other major influence he out ranks is Daft Punk the Hit makers of "One More Time" and "Harder,Better,Faster,Stronger" Daft Punk Being ranked no.28.

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Tim Berg has worked with well known international deejays/producers such as Armin van Buuren who is the former number one deejay ranking number 2 now knocked down by David Guetta who is the current number one in the DJ Magazine list and Tim Berg  and David Guetta have worked allot together popular work being  "Sunshine" released 2011 which got the two deejays a Grammy nomination, Singles by Tim Berg which have gotten him international recognition and the wide fan base he has now are singles such as "Bromance/Seek Bromance" released 2010 and hit single "Levels" which contains a vocal sample from the 1962 gospel-inspired "Somethings Got a Hold on Me" by Etta James and the hit has been sampled by by Flo Rida and remixed by three time Grammy winner Skrillex.



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Avicii South African Tour:

Starts of in Durban:Wave house 30/03/12;

Johannesburg's:Wild Waters Complex 31/03/12 ending of in Capetown: Thunder City also on the 31st with Avicii ending of with the midnight set. Avicii tickets sold out in hours and have been sent out in batches  at certain time and places still managing to sell out in a day. Goes to show that this young man is definitely worth your money even though he is sold out many are going to the venues where he will be deejaying at hoping they will buy tickets from the people who have extras and maybe not interested in going to the event anymore. And Avicii being on of the biggest deejays to come this year shows South African music industry is getting recognised meaning we might have more international guest like last Year we international deejays and producers Deadmau5 and Gregor Salto which also marked a milestone for the South African Music and Media industry.

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Support Originality Not Piracy

To continue from my previous blog

RISA has an Anti-Piracy Unit  which is tasked with tackling the piracy issue in South Africa. Do you really want to be a thief? stealing from your favourite artists? For with piracy that's what you do every time you download music illegally or purchase fake Cd's/live musical DVDs are words always enforced by the anti piracy unit. Support Risa's Anti-Piracy Unit (RAPU) is made up of extensively and stringently trained ex-Police officials from the Commercial Crime, Organised Crime, Narcotics, Murder & Robbery and Legal Services Units of the South African Police Service (SAPS) to help fight this crime for every time you support pirated music more artists don't produce music, Rather get music online you pay either for an individual song that you like or your artists full albums and sites that make such possible are places like Itunes by Apple and Afrodesiamp3.com where you can listen to proudly South African music such as House and Kwaito other alternatives such as listening to music online its free and with that you help your favourite get hits and promote they albums or mix tapes whilst your enjoy the music you know and love.These are some of your favourite artists who are against piracy

• "I support the efforts of the anti-piracy unit of RiSA." Enrique Iglesias
• "Support local music legally." Pro
• "Niks 'Beat' die original nie!" Pieter Koen

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So please support your local artists and international artists proudly buy buying originals so they can keep bringing you the music you want piracy only increases black market wealth and decreases artists creativity to work knowing no income is going to come.It discourages investment in South Africa if a company's intellectual property rights are not protected; The artists receive no reward for their creativity and are not able to make a living.

Would you like to put in hard work and have it stolen just to be sold to the next guy for cheaper and you are given no credit so dont Support Piracy!

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Music Piracy Part Of Organised Crime?

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Music piracy is a crime that is done unknowingly done by many I have also been part of this "organised crime". What is music piracy? The term piracy is generally used to describe the deliberate infringement of copyright on a commercial scale. In relation to the music industry it refers to unauthorised copying of music there are Four main categories of Music Piracy are

1)Simple Piracy: The unauthorised duplication of an original recording for a commercial gain without the consent rights of the owner. Pirated copies in this category are usually much cheaper than the original product.

2) Counterfeits: An original recording is copied and packed to resemble the original as closely as possible. The original producer's trademarks and logos are reproduced in order to mislead the consumer into believing that they are buying an original product.

3) bootlegs: This is the unauthorised recording of a live broadcast performance. The recording is then duplicated and sold without the permission of the composer, artist or recording company.

4)Internet Piracy: The music is compressed, posted and transmitted globally via the Internet without the authorisation or payments of any royalties to those who invested in the creation of the project.

In South Africa is becoming a main issue also for now with piracy going up artists are losing allot of money due to piracy according to Risa (Recording Industry of South Africa and http://www.stoppiracy.org.za/musicpiracy/ "Artists and the record companies who support them loose an estimated R500 million each year to piracy. Shwi, Lucky Dube, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Steve Hofmeyr,and the late Brenda Fassie are some of the most pirated artists in South Africa. Music piracy is one of the main reasons why young and upcoming local artists don't make it as artists in South Africa.

The issue will be continued on my next blog next week Thursday since 21Wednesday 2012 is a public holiday.

Launch Blog:Marketing in the Music Indusrty

To all music enthusiast and listeners that are interested in music in anyway wheter it is producing music,singing,write and simply just listening to music this blog will be for you.This is a launch blog of weekly blog that will be published every Wednesday of the week, diffrent topics will be discussed every week this launch blog will be on the Markerting and Adverstisng in the music industry after that the blogs will be on diffrent topics such as Piracy, Music influence, Free doawloads, Leaking of music, Music role models and so on.



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Marketing in the music: marketing music is getting music of an artist,producer out there to be known by public, getting radio airplay, exposure.

Music marketing is a resource which can help music artist to sell more music, get more people to their shows and make more money in the music business through download sales and ringtone sales. But still you get artists with good music and image but they are unknown to the public is it because of bad marketing from there record label? Is it the wrong marketing stragety? or the marketing departments fault? In South Africa there are very well known artists such as The Parlatones, Freshly Ground and Deejay Black Cofee to name a few these artists are well known internationally and why is that do they have good marketing stragety teams? Artists such as Deejay Cleo, Mandoza, Zahara are good artsists localy so what are they lacking for them to be internationally well known acts? For marketing is a process that can be learnt by anyone there are online cousres for music marketing such as http://www.musicmarketing.com/davidhooper.html that has a Music Marketing Course 101 that is availabel for anyone or is it the lack of  knowledge about such things? The South African music group Die Antwoord is big overseas than it did here in South Africa the group hashad sold out Tours,Album Sales sky rocket when signing to Interscope records,which shows that music  marketing teams in South Africa needs to see what they are doing  wrong and work on it to improve the South African music market and see marketing as a tool of importance and also view the influence of social media and what it can do as a marketing tool, as said by David Hooper "Music marketing is you living your music by doing whatever you do"