In the past year, a few musicians got into PR and civil court problems with their record labels. In an unfriendly economy, sometimes a bad deal is seen as a deal – and an alternative to a no deal situation – for musicians in an already saturated...
A cozy crowd gathered around the strum of a guitar and the stirring voice of songstress Maka midday in the AfricaNXT Annex. The singer and songwriter describes her sound as a soulful delicacy that blends hip-hop, reggae, jazz and soul. She performed at an artHERE...
So #SMWMusicAfrica day happened on Wednesday and I thought I’d let you know that if you’re all about music, you missed! There, there. Quick run through all that happened in a couple of bullet points: The events were hosted by BeatFm and they put together...
“Digital Distribution: Beats To Bucks – Making Money With Your Music!” was hosted by Beats FM. It provided the inside scoop on digital distribution, and the different distribution systems for digital audio and video. Internet labels offer distribution, and in some...
For years now, we’ve had Nigerian artists treat us to live shows that wind up being mimes to hit songs on their album, while sticking the microphones in our direction for us to scream along with them. If we looked at the future of live music in Nigeria from this...
