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Acing the South African Music Industry - Colani "SooPurb" Nkosi
Acing the South African Music Industry
BY
Colani SooPurB
Nkosi
Acing the South African Music Industry
© 2021 Colani SooPurB
Nkosi and Mbokodo Publishers
All rights reserved
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without written permission from the Publisher, except per the provisions of the Copyright Act, 98 of 1978.
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The Publishers and Editors cannot be held responsible for errors or any consequences arising from the use of information contained in this book; the views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mbokodo Publishers, its affiliates, or its employees, neither does the publication of this book constitute any endorsement by the Publishers and Editors of the views expressed herein.
Publisher’s Competency
Licensed Educator (SACE), Bachelor of Administration in Public Management (University of Pretoria), Licentiate in Ministerial Theology (PBC), Certified Editor (College SA), English for Language Practitioners (University of Pretoria), Publishing studies (University of Pretoria). Commissioner of Oaths and Marriage Officer (SA). In progress: Bachelor of Laws (UNISA).
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ACING THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC INDUSTRY ISBN-13: 978-1-990919-82-4 (paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-1-990919-83-1 (pdf ) ISBN-13: 978-1-990919-84-8 (ebook)
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CONTENTS
About the author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Music production
Chapter 2: Music registration
Chapter 3: Music publishing
Chapter 4: Music distribution
Chapter 5: PR (Publicity/Public Relations)
Chapter 6: How I managed to be featured on platforms
Chapter 7: How to easily get other creatives to work with you
Chapter 8: Promoting your music and brand on social media
Chapter 9: Independence vs being signed
Chapter 10: Desire, vision, and focus
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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I’m Colani Nkosi (born 16 April 1994) known in the music business as SooPurB. I’m a rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer hailing from Mpumalanga, Nhlazatshe. I spent almost all my life in this neighbourhood. I got my pre-school, primary, and high school education in Nhlazatshe public schools. My parents couldn’t afford private institutions. My mom has been a farm and domestic worker her whole life and my dad worked in a butchery and he passed away a few years after he started working at a mine. After passing matric in 2012 with a bachelor’s endorsement, the following year, 2013 I went to study my three-year communication studies degree at the University of Limpopo and completed it on record time, 2015.
I’ve been in school since I was young, I only got to be home and chill in 2016 though I was stressed by job hunting. Since December 2015 I started sending out CVs applying for jobs and internships. Welcome to South Africa where only a few professions offer permanent employment to people coming straight out of tertiary, like the education sector, where no experience is required. In other professions, they require 3 years or more of experience and worse internships are only one-year contracts and a person can’t do more than one. it’s a mess.
I’ve been in and out of offices doing internship interviews mostly in Gauteng and none of those came to fruition. In December 2016, I got a call inviting me to an interview in my home city Mbombela. It was an internship (Radio Content Production) interview at SABC, Ligwalagwala FM and I succeeded.
Because Nhlazatshe is a bit far from the SABC Mbombela offices/studios, I had to relocate to a township that is closer to the workplace. I rented a room in Barberton, a place that’s 40km away from Mbombela and I relied on Buscor buses which are offering affordable transportation to the city and back daily.
Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, I was at SABC doing content production, scriptwriting, translating, audio recording and editing, stakeholder liaising, website and social media content creation and management. In February I was familiar with almost all the duties and tools used so I began enjoying my experiential work. And to tell you the truth, in any radio station, be it local, commercial or national, the busiest and fastest of all shows, is the breakfast show.
Being part of the breakfast show team was a blessing and a half for several reasons. I learned to work under pressure because of the show’s fast- paced setup. My mentor who also happened to be the producer of the show, Mr Sehlabela aka BeKay has been on the radio for years producing and presenting and during my internship, he was acting as the station’s programmes manager so he got a lot of experience and I gained a lot from him. He showed me how to do things once and let me do the work on my own. He just let me learn by doing, making mistakes, and most importantly learn from them.
I was also warmly welcomed by the hosts of the show, Dj Madumane and Mpumi Mbethe (who later left to join Rise FM). And the sports and news presenters were cool except one old lady, a veteran newsreader, who always