As part of The Music Industry Incubator workshop series, we invited artist manager Jack Mashala (Mas Musiq) to fly in from South Africa to have a 1 on 1 conversation with Phil Chard on how best to build a brand, what managers should be aware of and what artists can do to work with their management to build a revenue generating brand.
Read MoreAs part of The Music Industry Incubator Workshop series, we had DJ Tamuka - one of Zimbabwe’s most accomplished and successful producers and composers come to speak to our artists on the intricacies of his process and how best to prepare a song. He then gave a live session on how he made one of Jay Prayzah’s biggest hits to date titled Dangerous.
Read MoreThis Sunday (December 18, 2022). Point Black and Unplugged Zimbabwe will be hosting a special invite-only workshop for Zimbabwean artists at The Cresta Lodge, Msasa, Harare.
Read MoreDaecolm, who was born in Zimbabwe but now lives between London and Los Angeles recently flew into LA to work with Chris Brown on his recently released Its Giving Christmas holiday single.
Read MoreKhumbulani Muleya recently interviewed GZE in a long winding conversation that appeared in the Zimbabwean weekly newspaper called The Standard. Part of that article was edited for brevity. However, the full edit is available below
Read MoreHillzy’s latest release Forever represents his artistic evolution as he merges his penchant for emotional love tributes with his skills as a lyricist capable of making Hip Hop with some of the best wordsmiths on the continent.
Read MorePoint Black’s latest signee, Hillzy released his new EP titled In The Building last week Friday and the project has been racking up some truly impressive numbers across all platforms.
Read MoreIn The Building features 11 songs, all of which are mixed and mastered by Hillzy himself. 5 of the songs are produced by him under his Mr Masinh pseudonym.
As part of his return to his roots, Hillzy has linked back up with his early collaborator and mysterious figure - H3nry (Forever). The only other collaboration on the album comes via the production and vocals of Manno Beats - a multi-award-winning producer and artist from Haiti, who lends his talents on Signs.
Read MoreThe Zimbabwe Hip Hop Awards recently released their list of nominees for the 2022 edition of the awards, where two artists on the Point Black roster bagged a total of 6 nominations in total!
Hillzy and RayDizz have enjoyed a stellar year in 2022 as Zimbabwe and the world recover from the COVID 19 outbreak that severely hampered the entertainment industry.
Read MoreHillzy’s latest release Forever represents his artistic evolution as he merges his penchant for emotional love tributes with his skills as a lyricist capable of making Hip Hop with some of the best wordsmiths on the continent.
Read MoreOne of Zimbabwe's hottest Hip Hop and R&B Artists, Hillzy, has just crossed a massive milestone on YouTube. His videos for both Chargie and Muroora crossed 1 million views on YouTube!
Read MoreThe African Music Business curation collective known as Sounds of The South has compiled and released a first-of-its-kind report which unpacks the total economic impact of the South African Music Industry.
Read MoreThe Music Industry Incubator project consists of a series of online workshops open to all artists. The workshops are currently being held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings on Twitter Spaces. The workshops will run until September 2022.
Read MoreMutsai Musa has been running the creative incubator, Quiet Riot Media for 15 years. Quiet Riot Media has consulted for both international artists and large entertainment companies on intellectual property and copyright management, paying attention to protecting income streams and generating long-term revenue for creative projects. Recent clients include Apple Music Africa, Universal Music Publishing Group Africa, Sony Music Africa, Interscope Records (USA), Platoon Africa, LVRN Records (USA).
Read MoreCarol Ndosi is an entrepreneur who runs The Nyama Choma Festival, one of East Africa’s largest festivals. It draws the continent’s most prominent musical talent once a quarter to a one-of-a-kind food and music extravaganza. It has been running for 11 years and remains the main attraction on Dar-es-Salaam’s social calendar.
Read MoreZimbabwe's most accomplished DJ- Raydizz recently added another impressive notch to his belt by securing a song placement on the second of the incredibly popular Blood & Water TV series.
Read MoreAs he finalises the songs on his upcoming album W.I.E.R.D , Raydizz releases In2You – an uptempo hybrid of dancehall, EDM and Afro-Pop featuring some of Zimbabwe’s most promising talents, Poptain and Midori.
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