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 by
Brian 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’s
Talent 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 Malouf and
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
via djookyawards.com.
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