Sho!Mag Issue 2 August 2015 Sho! MayJune Issue5 | Page 27

MUSIC WORKSHOP M zansi music magazine hosted the first music rights, mu- sic pro- duction and vocal techniques workshop at downtown music hub, Johannesburg. This is meant to empower upcoming musicians of South Africa by educating them about the music industry in our country. This project aims to ensure that upcoming musicians know their music rights, as well as ways on how they can make and market their music. It also aims to travel nationwide ensuring that upcom- ing musicians access this essential information. This project was influenced by the number of questions we got from upcoming artists about the South African music industry. “This is meant to empower musicians of South Africa” The event was joined by representatives from the South African Music Rights Organization (SAMRO) and Voice of Wits (Vow Fm) so as to enlighten upcoming musicians about their music rights and how they can get their music to be broadcasted on radio respective- ly. We realised that there is a lot of talent in our country that the world does not know about because most of our upcoming musicians lack knowledge about music registration and the requirements of getting music to be broadcasted by radio stations. As a result we decided to start a project that will enable them to access the essential information.