adminNurtured and groomed at Dawn Records’ Moonlight Studios, Sotsha said he was poised to produce music with a home-grown flavour, with the aim to appeal to a wide audience.
Saturday Leisure caught up with the youthful artiste who said his music was an inspiration drawn from life experiences.
“When I started my musical career, my producer who also manages Dawn Records, Vincent Garure, urged me to compose music with a different feel.
“This put things into perspective for me, as I could compose music that appeals to people from different backgrounds, hence a wide audience,” he said.
The artiste is set to release his eight-track album titled Summer Time. The album is on a hip-hop house note and is pencilled to portray the celebratory atmosphere towards the festive season.
The track Party People is a fast-paced dance song describing the jovial atmosphere that prevails as people are about to celebrate anniversaries, weddings and parties.
Ngimise Phezulu is a gospel track expressed through house music. The singer fuses poetry and gospel verses which are all complemented by house instruments.
The track Slowly describes how a lover regrets making hasty decisions which results in him losing the love of his life. Slowly he realises his mistakes as he gets to appreciate the good times he had with his lover as he tries in vain to turn back the hands of time.
Sotsha also said local artistes should desist from complaining about promoters not giving them enough support.
“In as much as most of our local promoters vie for international artistes from where I believe they get money, we as artistes should come up with a back up plan.
“It is pointless for local artistes to cry foul every time without doing something about it,” he said.
Echoing the same sentiments was the artiste’s friend and producer Philani Moyo who said it was high time musicians took it upon themselves to raise the bar with the limited resources available.
“If artistes would stop crying about the marginalisation in the industry, then there would be a prevalence of iconic musicians.
“The likes of Winky Dee started off with their own style and promoters chipped in long after the artiste had made a name for himself,” said Moyo.
Moyo also said being the best calls for a great deal of producing something different from the rest.
“Marketing strategies can only be efficient if artistes were not all the same.
“Today there are so many DJs playing the same thing and this degrades the standards. If an artiste says he is set to bring something different, he or she should walk the talk,” said Moyo.
Sotsha also said he has worked with a number of talented directors and producers in his album.
“I would like to give special thanks to the input of Glen Dube, Terry “Lil Terry” Nyathi, Michael Nkomo, Sindile Moyo, Shepherd and all other major players in the production of my album,” he said.
The artiste also said he is pencilled to stage live shows.
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