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Parents often to their kids: “Turn off that music.” Children who grow up in urban areas are used to this. The stereo is so loud, you barely can hear what is sung. The young seem to enjoy loud music hence most of the time they clash with elders.But what do you make of young people obsessed with yesteryear music which is considered “boring and slow” by other youths?
What of your granny who is on her feet when Y tyukutya is played? She is cool, She rocks! There is no crime in being young at heart and neither is it bad to enjoy yesteryear music when you are young.
Certain sections of society however, find it hard to admit this. Music influence comes in many forms. Let us try a combination of the old and the new. Equate music to wine. A blend of today’s music and that from the past is bound to produce a unique product that could appeal to a wider section of music lovers.
That type of music will not only be good to record in the studio but could prove popular on stage too.
Dorothy Masuka and Sandra Ndebele demonstrated the effectiveness of blending today’s music and that of yesteryear.
Aunt Dot and Sandy seem to be up to something. Their performance at the National Arts Merit Awards left many asking why they have not held joint shows in the past.
“If only Dorothy was as young …” opined a fellow journalist as the two musicians shared the stage.
When youths are presented an opportunity to share the stage with seasoned musicians, they are usually affected by a stage fright but this was not so for Sandy.
“It was quite an experience to share the stage with Aunt Dot,” Sandra said soon after leaving the stage.
Aunt Dot obviously enjoyed sharing the stage with the young Sandy and the two have already hinted on working on a big joint project.
Joint ventures in the music industry are common but Southern Africa has not seen much involving young musicians pairing with yesteryear hit makers.
Katey Perry, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber are musicians that owe their success to collaborations with seasoned musicians.
There is a future in building relations with our old guys.
We should tap in the knowledge and experience of seasoned musicians and Sandra has already taken the lead.
We look forward to a situation whereby young musicians like Mcheznana knock at Oliver Mtukudzi’s door asking him to partner him.
To Aunt Dot and Sandy we say thank you for taking the lead in showing the way to young musicians.
If taking Majaivana and his son Dereck to the studio will change the face of music for the better, why not go ahead.
Did you hear what Andrew Langa, the Sports and Arts Minister said? The Honourable Minister loves Zimbabwean tunes but does not understand when lyrics become meaningless.
Comrade Minister, our up-and-coming musicians want to produce songs that sound good to them. They forget the fan.
Dear artiste, there are so many issues to prick the creative mind. Do away with hollow songs because no one listens to or buys such stuff.
Still I wonder which local musicians Langa listened to when he endured minutes of pointless songs.
Tell them Minister Langa that it is not about the number of singles but quality. It takes a song to win Pop Idols.
The Minister hit the cord at the opportune time.
Sometimes one is forced to turn off the radio when a song is played. Are the DJs in their right frame of mind?
Music must build society.
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