I was reading the Tuesdays 14th October 2008 Daily sun of South Africa that carried a front page article titled STOP THE MUSIC. A recording company has refused to release Solly Muholos’album.
Solly Muholo-The South African king of Mkhukhu music has decided to sing politics in his latest album Wa Ntaela Moya after eight successful albums since 1998. Sally gets the batch on the face from his recording company telling him that the song cannot be released due to the situation that is happening in the ANC.
Solly Muholo-The South African king of Mkhukhu music has decided to sing politics in his latest album Wa Ntaela Moya after eight successful albums since 1998. Sally gets the batch on the face from his recording company telling him that the song cannot be released due to the situation that is happening in the ANC.
Currently there is power uncertainty In the African National Congress after the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki from the presidency of South Africa with members forming a broke away party and others being suspended.
In a quote, CCP records says it cannot be seen as a driving force to tell people who to vote for in the coming elections and music is not like that.
Just like in South Africa, the days are fast counting down on the calendar for Malawi to hold its 4th multiparty elections. As expected, musicians have gone into the kitchen trying to bake a cracker.
One person who played his cards smartly was one called Joseph Mkasa with his hit Mose wa lero in praise of the incumbent President of the country Dr Bingu Wa Mutharika. From views others say musicians are themselves to blame when they don’t last long in the music circles due to taking sides politically in the spirit of making Fast money one spotted by politicians
The question is where does music and politics meet? They all appeal to the public and survive on peoples’ sympathy. However the two cannot be merged. Many have left the music industry fro politics which is deemed as a dirty game in some circles. Unfortunately Malawi is a country where no established record company exists to regulate the market on behalf of the musicians hence some of the problems that we are sing today.
What is seen on the market today musically is political appeasement than public appeasement. This has led to the public and the people at large getting a raw deal.
This tendency of diverting from original music playing style for the sake of politics is what has costs many musicians their talent. It’s not too bad that people can sing politics because it’s a way of life but for a change emotional singing is costing as in politics two people hold different views. Fans now start to see you as a political Performa that a genius music Performa.
Some views say its time Malawi starts also regulating its music market either through a recording company or the music association just like the pornographic pictures and movies are regulated by the census board. Musicians have a role of bringing peace and unity to a country by singing songs that will make people not fight but work together because it is the only universal language everyone can understand.
This can only be done when we have an independent association that can bite and does not wave and not money hungry record companies- can say no where to and yes where to.
It’s not just a matter of political songs but even the jingles and adverts we fly out. Emotional composing and singing does not pay. Don’t take advantage of the situation!
In a quote, CCP records says it cannot be seen as a driving force to tell people who to vote for in the coming elections and music is not like that.
Just like in South Africa, the days are fast counting down on the calendar for Malawi to hold its 4th multiparty elections. As expected, musicians have gone into the kitchen trying to bake a cracker.
One person who played his cards smartly was one called Joseph Mkasa with his hit Mose wa lero in praise of the incumbent President of the country Dr Bingu Wa Mutharika. From views others say musicians are themselves to blame when they don’t last long in the music circles due to taking sides politically in the spirit of making Fast money one spotted by politicians
The question is where does music and politics meet? They all appeal to the public and survive on peoples’ sympathy. However the two cannot be merged. Many have left the music industry fro politics which is deemed as a dirty game in some circles. Unfortunately Malawi is a country where no established record company exists to regulate the market on behalf of the musicians hence some of the problems that we are sing today.
What is seen on the market today musically is political appeasement than public appeasement. This has led to the public and the people at large getting a raw deal.
This tendency of diverting from original music playing style for the sake of politics is what has costs many musicians their talent. It’s not too bad that people can sing politics because it’s a way of life but for a change emotional singing is costing as in politics two people hold different views. Fans now start to see you as a political Performa that a genius music Performa.
Some views say its time Malawi starts also regulating its music market either through a recording company or the music association just like the pornographic pictures and movies are regulated by the census board. Musicians have a role of bringing peace and unity to a country by singing songs that will make people not fight but work together because it is the only universal language everyone can understand.
This can only be done when we have an independent association that can bite and does not wave and not money hungry record companies- can say no where to and yes where to.
It’s not just a matter of political songs but even the jingles and adverts we fly out. Emotional composing and singing does not pay. Don’t take advantage of the situation!
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