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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