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It's been over 4 decades since independence yet you can't name a single Zim artist that has garnered worldwide critical acclaim and amassed a fiercely loyal global following. Is it because of language or not wanting to make records for popular music markets, any thoughts?

Tomorrow on Friday the 6th of January, Holy Ten will be launching his new full-length album. DJs on the decks will be Dannie Lite, MC Mocla, MC Gully, Andile Brown, and Spun J. Admission is free entry up until 10 pm.

Zim hip-hop's man of the hour Mukudzei Chitsama isn't slowing down anytime soon. Last week he was at Zimdancehall artist Winky D's album launch. And this week it's his turn to release his new LP titled, "The Book of Malachi".

When you are mastering your own podcasts, your buddies' podcasts, or whatever, make sure you've got an average or integrated loudness of -14 LUFS and you've got your audio software brickwall limiter plug-in ceiling output set at -3 dBFS. It's best to stay within this range when mastering in...

Sampling is stitching existing musical work together with another work-in-progress normally inside a DAW (although this can also be done using a hardware workstation). To successfully do that you need permission from whoever owns both the sound recording copyright and the publishing side of...

It's gonna be an epic night of sound, one that no fan of Zimdancehall music should miss out on. Performing live as supporting acts will be Blot, Bazooka, Celcius, Empress Massina, Lady Squanda, Queen Kadjah, Kinnah, Guspy Warrior, Khabhidha, Hwinza, Uncle Epatan, Silent Killer, Van Choga, etc.

Is it not hustling backward when upcoming recording artists sign with other artists if they are in the same lane as them? I don't think if you are an artist you'd be okay with artists you have signed on your record company becoming more prominent than you in the same genre of music. The point of...

What are the best ways to invest in music?

When you have finished working on a record. Is it best to master the tune in the same project or to render it to a WAV file and then start a separate project session for mastering?

Right now who is the best in Zim hip-hop?

What is the end game of audio software developers who are keen on improving artificial intelligence-related plugs when that has the potential to replace both mastering and mixing sound engineers? If AI music becomes so good who will buy the plugs?

What is it about some musicians who are reluctant to accept that recorded music is a commodity to be exploited for quick capital gains? I don't see the difference between fast fashion and the hyper-commodification of records being made today. It's all consumed and forgotten in a short space of...

In the recording industry does a 360 deal mean an artist has to give some of their income to a record label from their streams on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and the rest of all the other platforms?

On the Gram, U.S. singer-songwriter Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson popularly known by her stage name Katy Perry explained what recently happened to her eye at the Las Vegas concert. Earlier, a video circulated on social media — i.e., on ByteDance's TikTok application — in which the pop music...

A new record single Lift Me Up is Rihanna's first track in six years ever since her last long-playing album Anti in 2016 is for Marvel's film "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" soundtrack, and has also been released as a tribute to actor Chadwick Aaron Boseman, the protagonist King T'Challa of the...

U.S. Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Frank Ocean has just announced the release of his new upcoming project — a weekly show on Apple Music 1, launched under the name "Homer Radio." The first episode will feature Paris-based French producer Crystallmess (Christelle Oyiri), whilst the...

The beautiful and talented Brazilian singer-songwriter IZA posted a very sexy photo on her official Instagram page, showing her excellent physical shape and her curves on a beach, captioning the record with the phrase: "Juma is different." And immediately afterward, several of the singer's...

The provincial commissioner of the Congolese national police and commander of the city province of Kinshasa, General Sylvano Kasongo Kitenge during a meeting organized at the provincial police station with all the commanders of Kinshasa, General Kitenge reassured music fans that the forces of...

After releasing her debut record single Beside Yah in June this year, upcoming singer-songwriter Vanda recently released a follow-up remix to her aforementioned song—and, this time around she's teaming up with Kelvo. With that said, give it a listen below.

Do y'all agree or disagree with the idea of hip-hop or rap music lyrics being used by law enforcement in order to convict rappers in the courts of law when they are charged with that type of evidence?