So, what significance does this have for music talent on the African continent, and why am I writing this letter. Please take a look at some more detailed information and ideas I have put together for you below.
Our prime target is radio across Africa, for disseminating this information to the public, and the way for radio to monetize this event is to tie it all in with selling primetime advertising slots to local corporate sponsors in popular radio programs, in tandem with the DMAs.
Now, to help you create an even bigger buzz to REALLY spice up things for your station, I can throw in my Vocals Quick Fix DIGITAL Package—along with my private coaching—as a free giveaway to radio audiences across the continent, once we've selected the best talent from audition tapes submitted to your radio platform.
And I can recommend that we also partner up with a local record producer to help the talent record their NEXT song for the next Djooky Music Awards.
DMAs will run four times a year. So there's plenty of opportunities to promote, brand and grow this project to its full potential. In due course, we shall work out the finer details with our potential radio partners.
LOS ANGELES, WINDHOEK,
LONDON, 03 August 2020 -- Windhoek-based Nam Radio today announced an exclusive pan-African
partnership with The Djooky
Music Awards, the world’s first truly global online song contest backed byBrian Malouf, a multi-platinum American producer, engineer,
and mixer who has worked with acts such as Michael Jackson, Queen, Madonna and others.
The partnership aims
to support artists represented on Nam Radio’sTalent Showcase Africa, a
recently launched pan-African platform that
seeks to discover, nurture, develop and
launch fresh new talent on the African continent.
“Nam Radio’s philosophy has a huge resonance with Djooky’s vision. While Nam Radio exists to reduce inequalities for emerging artists within the
entertainment industry and increase opportunities
on mainstream platforms, at Djooky we want to create fairer opportunities for musicians who are struggling to break through the power structures which currently exist in the music
industry.
In DMA, the power is with
the people who decide which song wins over their hearts. It’s a truly
democratic initiative and I hope
that artists will waste no time in
taking advantage of it,” says Brian Malouf, Co-Founder and Senior Judge at Djooky Music Awards.
“With this partnership
we are bringing great value to emerging and established artists, and with our
in-house Talent Showcase Africa platform, we shall be
extending our voice coaching products and services across the continent to help
artists prepare for their song recording projects,” says Collin Mogagabe, Nam
Radio’s Founder and CEO.
“Our ambition is to
create a truly global platform which welcomes artists from all countries of the world. The African
continent is rich with musical
talent and we are excited to be
able to reach out to the emerging artists from all across Africa through our partnership with Nam Radio,” says Andrew Dakhovskyy, Co-Founder and CEO at
Djooky.
Eleven African singers
have already registered to take part
in The Djooky Music Awards, with registrations
from Malawi, Ghana, and South Africa
leading the way. Camidoh, a Ghanaian Afro pop/RnB singer, record producer
and a songwriter, was the first African entry registered on the platform.
The contest accepts
applications from Artists and Songwriters until 15 August 2020, when the National Voting Round will
take place and country winners
will be announced. The top three Entries
from each country qualify for the Continental Voting Round on 22 August 2020. The top three Entries from each continent will compete for
the main prize in the Global Voting Round
announced to take place on 29 August 2020.
In the Global Final,
the results will be determined by way of combining the jury vote and the popular vote whereas in the National and
Continental rounds the voting power
is given solely to the general public.
The winner of
the contest will travel to the iconic Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, California, to record a song with Brian Maloufand
his team. The winner will also attend coaching sessions with the best music experts globally.
Entries are
welcome from artists from all
countries. To take part, an artist or
a songwriter must register and upload their song on the Djooky website. Full
details on how to enter are available
viadjookyawards.com.
In this article I tell a few hard truths about the business of singing, AND I outline the solution to resolving your vocal issues.
If you were under the impression that
talent alone is enough to take you from zero to hero as a singer, and yet in secret you struggle to deliver those seemingly basic notes in the studio AND on stage... and you’re
finding it hard to admit [even] to yourself that—after all, it MUST take more
than just TALENT to become a better singer, this article will aim to open up that
space for you, and help you better understand what it really takes to improve your
singing voice.
Have I struck a chord?
The more you care to consider what
you’re missing out on for lack of vocal training, the more you’ll want to find
out about what professional voice coaching can do for your career.
Well, I know there’s always the
YouTube video that hands out random tips on how to improve your singing
voice, but if you’ve tried learning to sing using these videos you’ll probably
have found out the hard way that it isn’t so easy.
And I will explain why.
Nothing beats private coaching.
There’s so much more about any individual’s vocal problems that you cannot even
begin to address with one-size-fits-all downloadable mp3 products and video
illustration.
And this is why, even though I DO offer similar products myself,
I’ve had to go the extra mile so as to become more accessible via WhatsApp because
I’ve learned from experience that a lot of folk downloading such voice training
products are using the training programs incorrectly—OR in a way that does not address their individual vocal issues—and without proper guidance, left to their own devices, they tend to achieve very little.
And so you’re going to be surprised
to find just how much more you stand to gain just by working with a voice coach
one-on-one.
I remember a good testimonial
from Luther Vandross about a book and audio training product he’d purchased,
and this is what he said.
“A couple of years ago, Stevie Wonder
put me on a counsel phone hook-up with Seth and we arranged to start some voice
study. Soon I became involved in Seth’s technique. I bought the book and also
sat in on lessons with a junior “Star Search” winner who got a contract with
CBS Records (whom I was producing). Seth’s vocal approach makes the high notes
solid and easy, with no need to resort to falsetto (unless for some special
effect). This approach is a valuable addition to making your styling easy,
always available and extending the life of your voice.”
So, books and audio downloads are a
great help, but private sessions with a professional voice coach—speaking from
my own experience as a coach—go a long way toward helping you realize your
full potential as a singer, as whatever is done in training will be tailored to
correcting YOUR individual vocal issues. Not that of another person—just YOU, personally!
If you’re the kind of person that wants
to become a better singer, I do sincerely hope this article has shed a bit more light on what it takes to become a far better singing
version of yourself.
Want to Get Started?
Take a look at my comprehensive voice training packages below, and you're welcome to join my International WhatsApp Group here.
Comprehensive Speech Level Singing Course Level 1
This involves private tuition inside my studio. (You’ll find information on my Skype training here). A program comprises a total of 10 hours broken up into one hour per session. In other words, every private session with me runs for one full hour. My studio is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 11am till 8.30pm East African Time. In this program you’ll get an introduction to speech level singing technique with intensive vocal drill workouts on piano to help rebalance your voice, extend your range AND mend the bridges.
Comprehensive Speech Level Singing Course Level 2
In Level 2 we shall continue with the vocal drills on piano for another 10-hour set, but I will be throwing into this program some truly amazing Funky n' Fun Vocal Workouts Parts 1 & 2 to help you develop your musicality.
Comprehensive Speech Level Singing Course Level 3
In Level 3 we shall continue with the vocal drills on piano for another 10-hour set, but I will be throwing into this program more advanced Funky n' Fun Vocal Workouts, again, to further develop your sense of music and to introduce you to some of the main musical vocabulary all musicians should know.
Comprehensive Speech Level Singing Course Level 4
In Level 4 we shall continue with the vocal drills on piano for another 10-hour set, but I will be alternating this with a more jazz, blues, pop R&B vocal workout schedule to help you develop your own unique style. Please note that Level 4 is also the beginning of your maintenance program. Which means from this point on, you may continue to buy your ten-set programs (optional) in order to maintain your voice and to continue to grow your talent.
In Partnership with Nam Radio we've uploaded my Vocals Quick Fix Package, an INCREDIBLE digital package that contains the book 101 Letters from a Vocal Coach: A Collection of Helpful Tips and Articles for Singers, PLUS a series of comprehensive vocal workout audio files Volumes 1 to 7. And what's more, I will also throw in a free consultation for good measure (click here).
If you’ve enjoyed this article, please share it on your social media and for more information on my private coaching services please feel free to get in touch with me via contact info in calling card above.
According to news reports from various sources—including BBC Radio, the coronavirus is seen to have caused an increase in terrestrial radio listenership.
Also, people in the UK and elsewhere have turned their online attention to tutoring websites (up 400%), politics, television programmes and gardening, according to cyber-security company Cloudflare, who monitor online traffic to more than 25 million websites that pay for its cyber-attack protections.
Pan African online radio platform Nam Radio has also seen a significant increase in listeners in recent months, not to mention, thousands more radio stations from around the globe have experienced a similar spike in their listenerships.
How to Stimulate Engagement with Your Radio Audience
Seeing as tutoring website traffic is up 400% and radio listenership has also risen significantly right across the board, the smart thing to do—perhaps, would be to capitalize on these combined market trends to increase YOUR engagement with radio audiences, in order to gain traction in your market share AND the attention of major brands for sponsorship deals.
Here's what a voice coach and former radio presenter has created for radio.
Vocals Quick Fix DIGITAL Package
If you've kept abreast with growth patterns in the music industry across the African continent, you will have noticed that there is a growing number of youths, perhaps in their millions, that want to learn to sing.
Notably, the driving force behind this inspiration stems from the success stories of so many African artists who have made it BIG in Africa's flourishing entertainment industry, coupled with the incredible opportunites that that has brought to the continent's music space.
And so that is where community outreach project Talent Showcase Africa, a joint venture partnership between pan-African voice coaching brand JOETT and online radio platform Nam Radio, saw an opportunity to not only help emerging African singing talent GROW to their full potential, but to also offer them an online platform so they can be heard on radio and hopefully, get to connect with industry stakeholders to bring to fruition their pursuit for a succesful career in music.
Book & Audio Product Giveaway to Radio Audiences
Joett, a former radio show host and author of 101 Letters from a Vocal Coach: A Collection of Helpful Tips and Articles for Singers, is looking to giveaway hundreds of FREE eBooks and MP3 downloads to his revamped Vocals Quick Fix Digital Package, for radio listeners across Africa and the Diaspora to enjoy.
The competition is to be run through an especially created interactive auditioning process where a select number of entries get to win a copy of the book; the voice training audio files Volumes 1 to 7, as well as a FREE online consultation with the author and products creator.
How it works
It is proposed that participating online and terrestrial radio platforms run the jingle promoting the book (please download MP3 from SoundCloud widget below), with a short script introducing the competition/ campaign to be supplied by the organizers and read out on air by radio presenters.
Simple Format
Listeners will be asked to sing on mobile phone camera and to upload video clips to Instagram whilst tagging the radio station's IG handle and that of the author and Talent Showcase Africa.
It is proposed that participating radio stations put up a voting system to stimulate engagement within their listenership AND social media, and a select bunch of the best vocals (perhaps, with the highest votes) will get to win the prize!
It's that simple.
Sponsorship, and Why Bottled Water Brands are a Good Fit
Since the amount of water in the human body ranges from 50-75%, water is not only of vital importance to the human body, it is also highly beneficial in keeping the vocal folds lubricated and supple.
Therefore, a company that supplies bottled water will be a good fit for this program.
All options considered, the modalities and airtime rates will need to be worked out between FM radio and the bottled water brand, but what is most important here is that a bottled water brand is offered this platform to promote their products in connection with the significance of water for the human body and particularly, for the voice.
Other suitable businesses are in such industries as: telecom, clothing & apparel, cosmetics, health & nutrition distributors, fitness clubs; retail outlets such as supermarkets, boutiques; record stores and so forth.
In Conclusion
The Vocals Quick Fix DIGITAL Package comprises a comprehensive handbook for singers; voice training audio files for home-learning, and a free consultation with the author of the book 101 Letters from a Vocal Coach: A Collection of Helpful Tips and Articles for Singers.
The purpose of this exercise is to offer radio listeners (and aspiring singers) from across Africa, a chance to win the entire Vocals Quick Fix Digital Package in a competition conducted on both online and terrestrial radio, which stands to benefit participating radio platforms by stimulating engagement within its listernships and beyond; and forthwith grabbing the attention of corporate sponsors.
Needless to say, it will also help to create awareness of the author's digital products and online voice coaching services accross a wide array of territories on the African continent and the Diaspora.
That being said, an amicable arrangement that is mutually benefitial to all parties involved is to be thrashed out and discussed in greater detail via correspondence.
This will be the first radio giveaway event of its kind ever conducted on African soil.
Before & After Testimonial Audio Video
The following Before & After video shows how the vocals of Tanzanian artist Japhy Ross were completely transformed, thanks to the Talent Showcase Africa artiste development outreach program. This is only one of many testimonials from around the continent.
How to Enlist Your Radio Platform
To participate in the Vocals Quick Fix Digital Package giveaway event, radio platforms from across Africa are invited to contact Joett via WhatsApp (see number in calling card above) or Email: joettmusic[at]gmail.com.
Please Play or Download the Vocals Quick Fix Digital Package radio jingle below.
The commemoration of the 2020 Africa Day organized by the African Union, AU in partnership with All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA held on Monday, May 25 as a virtual live Solidarity Concert for the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund drawing participation and performances from diverse African music talents across the continent and the diaspora.
Broadcast on multiple electronic and digital media channels in Africa, the Concert, staged under the theme: “Health Security in the Context of COVID-19” and featuring electrifying and inspiring live performances from more than 20 African music superstars, also conveyed motivating messages to viewers using the tag #StrongerTogether #StrongerthanCovid.
The Concert opened with the official anthem of the African Union, followed by addresses by the African Union Chairperson, His Excellency,Moussa Faki Mahamat, Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union Commission, Her Excellency, Mrs. Amira El Fadil during which they appealed for donations in cash or in kind to the Africa COVID-19 Response Fund to aid the AU’s fight against the CoronaVirus. Other speakers included the Director, Africa Centre for Disease Control, Dr. John Nkengasong; the President & Executive Producer of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, Mike Dada and the African Union Youth Envoy, Ms. Aya Chebbi who respectively reiterated the importance of collective action and donations to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
However, the highpoints of the Solidarity Concert were captured during various performances by the different music stars that came together to use their influence and talents in a show of solidarity with the African Union and AFRIMA. The carefully curated concert reinforced the pan-Atlantic diversity of the continent’s music and showcased a blend of mellow, mid tempo and high-energy performances. In order of performing appearance live from their different locations were: Rudeboy (Nigeria); Pape Diouf (Senegal); Becca (Ghana); Salatiel (Cameroon); Nikita Kering (Kenya); Toofan (Togo); Salif Keita (Mali); Aminux (Morocco); Hiro (DRC); DJ Moh Green (Algeria); Kanvee Adams (Liberia); Daphne (Cameroon); Lizha James (Mozambique): Nadya Shanab (Egypt); Busiswa (South Africa); DJ Spinall (Nigeria); Naiboi (Kenya); Sarkodie (Ghana); 2Baba (Nigeria); Betty G (Ethiopia); Ahmed Soultan (Morocco) and Master KG (South Africa) who closed the Solidarity Concert with his hit single ‘Jerusalema’
In his message after the concert, the International Advisor for AFRIMA, Mr. Rikki Stein, who watched the live stream from London the United kingdom, said,
“That was a beautiful show. I salute all concerned. Whether or not money was raised, the message was, more importantly, strongly and eloquently presented urging viewers to do everything possible and necessary to hopefully avoid another CoronaVirus related disaster or huge loss of lives anywhere on the Continent”.
Hosted by three of Africa’s finest entertainment personalities; Eddie Kadi (Democratic Republic of Congo DRC); Chidinma Ekile (Nigeria) and Pamela ‘Miss P’ Happi (Cameroon), main broadcast partners for the event were Trace TV Africa, African Independent Television (AIT); other media partners included: HipTV, Nigezie, WAPTV, Goldmyne TV and Facebook.
The 2020 Africa Day #StrongerTogether Solidarity Concert was aimed at inspiring action with key messages on the prevention, protection and response measures to contain CoronaVirus. The Concert leveraged the power of music and the crucial role of African artists in advocating for the curb of COVID-19 on the continent as well as galvanizing solidarity for financial and in-kin contributions to the Africa COVID-19 Response Fund.
Mifano ya mazoezi ya Joett Vocal Drills Vol. 1-4 pamoja na aina tofauti za kutumia piano scales hizo hizo kufanya mazoezi ya sauti, utayakuta kwenye video (bofya hapa). Tafadhali fuata miongozo. Sio mazoezi yote yanaingiliana. Usifanye ambacho hakijatolewa mifano. Mazoezi yalio kamilika mtayakuta Mkito kwa mfumo wa MP3. Kama hauna account ya Mkito basi login kwa kutumia Google account yako, na tafadhali angalia video ya maelekezo ilioandaliwa na Mkito hapa chini.
Kupata MP3 za Joett Vocal Drills Vol. 1-7 kwa video ya mifano (boya hapa) pamoja na makala zangu nyingi (bofya hapa). Na kwa maelekezo ya jinsi ya kujiunga na madarasa yangu ya sauti kwa njia ya simu endapo unajiandaa kurekodi ngoma studio (bofya hapa).
Mara nyingi producer ndani ya studio atakua na changamoto nyingi wakati wa kumrekodi msanii.
Na changamoto hizi zinatokana na sauti ya muimbaji kutokidhi viwango vinavyohitajika kutengeneza ngoma nzuri.
Kutoka kipindi chetu cha #Vokoz, sasa tunawaletea mazoezi ya sauti ndani ya recording studio kwa njia ya simu ili kutatua matatizo ya sauti ya muimbaji papo kwa hapo.
Tunakaribisha recording studios popote Tanzania ambao wangependa msaada wa vocal training ya papo kwa hapo kwa njia ya simu, ili kurekebisha sauti wakati wasanii wapo ndani ya studio wana rekodi ngoma.
Hii huduma ya majaribio ni BURE na ni muendelezo wa kipindi cha #Vokoz cha Lady Jaydee na Joett.
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information zako, yaani Jina Kamili, Umri, Namba ya Simu,
anuani yako ya Barua Pepe. Hii chart nitaijaza mimi kwa kalamu hapa studio na
itakua ndio faili yako.
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STEP 1: Download Skype app. (WhatsApp sio mbaya lakini Skype ni bora zaidi).
STEP 2: Hakikisha simu yako imeunganishwa na spika (external speakers) kama speaker ya bluetooth au home theater, ili uweze kusikia sauti ya kinanda kama ilivyo.
STEP 3: Zoezi la Pumzi (ntarusha awali ujiandae kabla).
STEP 4: Tathmini ya tatizo la sauti
STEP 5: Tutaanza mazoezi kwa njia ya simu kwa kutumia VOICE CALL (sio video call)
VIFAA NYONGEZA
Ukiwa na device nyingine moja, yaani smartphone, tablet au computer, nitaweza kukurushia mazoezi ambayo ntatengeneza na kurusha ili uweze ku-play kwenye speaker huku tupo kwenye simu nikisikiliza ukifanya mazoezi. IGTV
Huduma hii ni bure lakini tungependa recording studio ifanye ku-stream LIVE IGTV matukio ya ndani ya studio, kama itawezekana, ili kuhamasiha na wengine.
