as crazy and humbling like sitting at home
for months and not working. And this is the
time to do other things, refine and work on
your craft. Never rely on one way of
making money because that will frustrate
you and make you resent your art and
talent. You have to constantly be up to
date, be healthy and look it. Take care of
your skin and your body. I'm not talking
about being thin and wearing makeup all
day but if you don't have the energy or the
stamina to work you will have problems.
Music
Besides acting, Rami is also gifted when it
comes to music and she has just recently
released an album. “My album is called
From Fear To Love and I released it under
my own recording label Ramsgate Records.
It's Jazz with different grooves. I sing in both
English and Sepedi. I produced the album
with the talented Randal Skippers and I was
blessed to work with an amazing group of
musicians: Ayo Solanke, Siya Makuzeni,
Cameron Ward, Joel Klein, Ramon
Sampson, Nokukhanya Dlamini, Mpumie
Twala, Michael Philips, Neil Engel and Tlale
Makhene. Since I'm an Indie, it has been a
challenge to get it in stores so I sell through
different agents, from my boot and also it is
available on iTunes, Amazon and most of
the online stores. For booking and I can be
reached on the following,
[email protected] on social
media Facebook: Rami Chuene
And on Twitter and IG @ramichuene. “
www.megaartists.co.za
Women are often used by their
counterparts, males-and sometimes by
themselves as sex symbols in different
genres of music. Rami strongly views
using sexuality and femininity as
empowerment tool in their art as shameful
and reduces ones work to nothingness. “It
is unfortunate that women musicians have
to be close to naked to be “sexy” because
sex sells. This is another male dominated
section that subjects women into being
naked and calling it sexy. I don't see any
male artists showing up on stage in their
underwear, instead the men are
overdressed flanked by naked women.
Unfortunately, it's not just in
entertainment but a sociostandard accepted by both
men and women and it will
take some time and some
convincing to change that.
That can never be further
from the truth. There are
many examples of
timeless, long standing
musicians whose music
has spanned for
decades and they never
had to show up half
naked. I remember
Diana Ross when she
received a Lifetime
award stated the
uncomfortable truth
saying being naked
distracts and takes
away from what you
have to offer as an artist.
Trust your craft to speak
for you.”
Aug-Sep 2015
Photo by: Dimitri Nenkov
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