Finto Marketing

  This year should be named Sungura Rejuvenated. It all started with the King himself Alick Macheso. He set the pace with his Album Tinosvitswa Kure, the over subscribed album launch at Aquatic Complex sent confidence that Sungura is still alive. After a couple of years struggling, sungura music is making headlines again. Dancehall had been dominating with the late Soul Jah Love, Winky D, Killer T giving sungura musicians a run for their money. The way Killer T revolved the Dancehall lyrics to relate with people's day to day living made Dancehall music acceptable to all ages. The winds are kind of balanced now, sungura has resurfaced with Alick Macheso leading while Mark Ngwazi, Romeo Gasa pursue.  Lucky Kumene is busy replenishing his armoury to apprehend the hype while it lasts. Today 14 October Lucky Kumene is playing at Eastpoint, this show is kind of a rehearsal to his album launch to follow in December at the same venue.  Lucky Kumene is an underrated sungura kingpi...

  Precious Hanya is not new in this game, he has 3 albums to his name so far, the scarcity of legal distribution channels is forcing him and other musicians to trade their maximum effort for other professions that are paying, Mr P Uncle Bae as he is affectionately called in the music circles is a full time electrician.  The haphazard and non paying music distribution is discouraging even though he makes sure the society is enlightened. Precious makes sure he casts out a song out of his social analysis abilities. The society celebrates trends as an in thing but does not look at how detrimental it is to them. Whether it is out of ignorance the consequences burden the society. Mjolo is a trending practice that has different names depending from area and area. Cheating in relationships is a tradition that has grown so bad due to modernisation. Men and women boast of the practice but the effects on morals, health and crime is worrisome. Mr P (Uncle Bae) was quick to unpack the Mjol...

    Written by Fred Farai Finto FFF  I really wanted to understand why Tapiwa Samanyanga was so bold to say that he accepted nothing else besides a slot at the top. Samanyanga reiterated that “no one belongs on top forever”.  For the 2 decades I have dealt with musicians, I have come to believe their high superiority appetite. Each and every individual musician before release feels his/her art is what the world is waiting for. It’s positive in a way because it boosts confidence but there must be enough research to justify. It’s risky if self judgement is taking centre stage without any feedback from a reasonable sample. The way the music industry is being undermined as a chance business has led to the downfall of so many talented musicians. So does Tapiwa has appropriate backing for the treasonous move he has pronounced? I was prompted to do some background checks. My eagerness was to understand where really this young man ejected from, who Tapiwa rubbed shoulders w...

  Part 1 The tastes of salt and sugar are totally inverse, but both taste amazing in a cake. The cake resemble artists in this article. I am going to explore how sugar and salt are likened to the roles played by management and promotion to raise the value of musicians. The first role is that of the musician. Without doing enough there is nothing salt and sugar will do. The most important ingredient in the success of a musical career is the musician’s talent. Through passion, practice and performance the musician becomes a product. So the role of the musician is unleashing talent endowed in him or her. Management somehow plays a bitter role. It seasons the career of a musician by instilling discipline to the business of an artist. The business face of a musician is designed by management. The turning of raw talent from home and making it a talking point in the market is an effort of management. The principles required are usually sour, there has to be a lot of rules to follow. Pro...

  F&G a player in Food and Beverages where the competition beseem a dog eat dog feels the heat too.  The Food and Beverages sector has tendency to spice up their menu’s with entertainment to attract numbers. My belief is the patrons are the winners after all, the galaxy of choice is to their benefit. F&G Restaurant located in the heart of the Harare Exhibition Park is gearing up to ward off the challenge. The restaurant is open from Monday to Sunday. F&G Restaurant offers beverages, meals and entertainment. The Exhibition Park is known by white collar jobbed personnel as a lunch mall. Patrons enjoy unregulated parking offered by the authorities Zimbabwe Agriculture Society. The competition inside the Exhibition Park is fierce you have to be extra good to attract sustainable number. F&G finds the competition healthy as it has enough space for entertainment. From Thursday till Sunday the joint has something playing. The joint has a big appreciation of upcoming ...

  An Analysis By Fred Farai Nyakudanga FFF What Africans owned before Colonisation wasn’t land and territory only. African Natives had a strong cultural practice, governance, justice and belief systems. Their survival tools hunting, animal husbandry, trade and socialisation was out of this world.  The coming of the White Man all of these things were discarded and replaced. The land was improved and sophisticated machinery was introduced in mining secluding land the major tangible claim Africans had a straight right. Though it uncomplicated some tasks, African Natives resisted the White Man’s invasion in total. The gun overpowered Africans. To mitigate the African Native‘s mental resistance the White Man introduced his education system.  My paternal grandmother told me stories about how it was difficult to enrol for school, back in the 1930s. Missionaries had a torrid time to convince African Natives to accept their method of education. My grandmother evaded her parents wh...

  Longjones is turning half a century on the 19th of March. Longjones is a moniker for Traicos Mutodzaniswa’s tallness that is obtrusive even when he is sitting down. He grew and went to school in Glen View where he met Tryson‘s father the late music Legend Naison Chimbetu who was a close friend of his father. Preparations of the soldier outside war are at advanced stages. His family is preparing home celebrations for the whole family, relatives and friends. FFF is coordinating the after party bash at Landmark Night Club Chiremba Shops. Tryson Chimbetu is going to lead entertainment while Blade and Legend will support. Longjones is a passionate Music Promoter, not playing live music will be catastrophic to the rhythm of his veins. I would like to believe Naison Chimbetu contributed to Longjones‘s decision to become a Music Promoter because he experienced the music business practice with his bare eyes when he was privileged to attend Naison‘s shows with his father. Longjones cast ...

  Pasi pasati parohwa nenyundo, Tsuro uchanetsana na sekuru wake Gudo munhaurwa zhinji dzangova ngano. Pamusha payiti pakazvarwa mwanakomana Baba vemwana uyu vaibva vatobatira Gombo rekuti mwana wavo azovakirapo iye nemhuri yake. Zvino kuuya kwakazoita vachena nekuzvitonga zvizere koita vatema minda yave kutengeswa. Doubles Wekwa Marange uyo akazvarwa achidanwa kuti Decide Razerera mudunhu rinozikanwa nekuti Bocha anouya nenziyo yake. Gombo chimbo chinouya nekudzidzisa uye kuvaraidza uchinge uri parwendo hako wakananga kumarimuka. Nziyo iyi yakanyatso batanidzwa nemusambo wemazuva ano zvekuti unobva wanyatofarira kuterera mashoko anoita seanonyangira dudziro yavo.  Doubles unochema chema kuti gombo nderake nekuti unoridiridzira uye anorisakurira. Chokwadi mwanu uya wekuti gengezha mukombe hazvienzane neasina Doubles arikuuramba. Vamwe vanoti chitsaru kune umwe chitsva kune umwe. Doubles ati iye anoda chiri chitsva chitsaro bodo.  Hudzamu munyaya iyi hwasvasvamhira kumag...

The reason why God gives human beings talents is for them to serve each other. The idea comes from that a single man can not handle and be good in everything, otherwise he will be a “Jack of all trades and master of none”. So each man distinctly specialise to enable exchange of expertise.  We are mortals too there isn’t enough time to master everything. Papa Sodza born Walter Sonayi is one talented musician who discovered his talent while growing up in the south eastern part of Zimbabwe in Chipinge. The area is a native land of the Ndau people. Far away from the capital of Zimbabwe you would wonder how he mastered music which he probably listened to on the radio. Tracing back to the time he grew up power was scarce, there wasn’t any electricity connection in most rural areas. Solar energy is a recent invention so people relied on batteries to power their radios. Most of the time the battery was reserved for news and soccer commentaries when particularly fathers would want to know...

  Bearing a curse is proving to start when you are unborn, predecessors our ancestors created a theosophy we are failing to come out of. The connection is tracing blood and it isn't our choice, considering out is asking for wisdom. We are going against the beliefs set before us, we are sinning against what we took oath to through the blood of our ancestors. Older is reigning and powerful. Our African ancestors carried on their life the way they pleased without any input from us, but today we represent them. They were conscious about next generations, but most of their possessions last their survival only. There weren't any banks or foundations to store wealth on our behalf. The tried and tested mechanisms they relied on came to a catastrophic end during the scramble for Africa, their land and the blood we share are the most notable inheritance we own. The changes that are happening around us now were never their prediction at all, hence their unpreparedness to pass on a winning...

Written by Fred Farai Nyakudanga FFF Hearing the name Zimtotems ricochet the custom practice of Zimbabweans. From long ago Africans identified themselves to unique prowess of particular animals as a way of distinguishing themselves from each other, hence they called each other by their totems. Zimtotems is an organisation that was established by Mr Struggle Dhlamini to exhibit his artistic, philanthropist and cultural preservation work. If you are a regular reveller of the Zimbabwean entertainment circuit you might have met the Zimtotems Traditional Band playing. The band entertains families, patrons at various joints widespread across Zimbabwe. They usually hold their main show each and every Sunday where their fans are treated to Zimbabwean traditional music. Zimtotems Traditional Band plays at biras and national cultural events. Mr Struggle Dhlamini referred to as Chiremba Hwesa Masango in the cultural circles says his vision is key on cultural art, philanthropy, cultural restoratio...

Written by Fred Farai Nyakudanga FFF   Music is important to our lives, I personally would not function well if all the music in the world is quietened. Actually it’s naturally impossible to stop all music playing. Have you ever walked into a thick forest alone. An unknown bird will volunteer to entertain you. Maybe the ability to choose the music you prefer is what can be affected but otherwise music will always play,  no one can ever stop music. Singers and musicians get inspired by a lot of societal happenings, with the intention to inform, tell a story and entertain musicians reveal complicated issues that are not easily communicable in public. They make songs out of unpalatable subjects and mitigate their effects to the society in the process.  Oliver Mtukudzi sang Tozeza Baba. The song is a narration of children’s perception of their abusive father who beats up their mother. The children express how this vacuums out their happiness. Weather the song has been played ...

Profiled by Fred Farai Nyakudanga (FFF) Ginatsiya Nyanhete Aka, Jah Lemmy is a talented and humble Afro Trade Musician born 36 years ago in Mbizo. He is of Korekore origin, Jah Lemmy comes from Guruve. He started his career when he was about 10 years old, by mimicking the late Oliver Mutukudzi as well as the Blacks Unlimited Boss, Thomas Mapfumo. Jah Lemmy’ parents did not pay attention as they considered it as noise, they discouraged him initially. Later on they realised it was really his talent and they started giving him support. In 2008 a well wisher donated a set of Marimba to Jah Lemmy after realising his passion in music. Jah Lemmy' friends came through to learn how to play marimba, this prompted the formation of Guruve Marimba Arts Ensemble.   Jah Lemmy took leadership of the band. He managed to take the band to Chibuku road to fame twice, the band came second in the first competition out of the ten competitors that represent the 10 provinces of our country. The band finall...