VETERAN Bulawayo musician Jeys Marabini has taken a swipe at emerging music outfits in Matabeleland for their failure to make a mark at the Chibuku Road to Fame finals after the top award this year once again eluded budding artistes from the region making it a decade of non-achievement.
BY LUYANDUHLOBO MAKWATI
He said upcoming artistes often rushed to release half-baked products that wilted in the heat of stiff competition.
“We are urging young artistes to rehearse and perfect their music before going for both provincial and national competitions. Music is like wine, it matures over time and with experience,” he said.
He said Chibuku Road to Fame was a big competition where only perfection counted so there was need for artistes to take it seriously. “Recording an album is not easy and our artistes should work hard by taking their music to the people and going to school to learn music,” he said.
Marabini said in the past, there was an outcry over the adjudication process but with a decade gone without the region producing a national winner, the buck stopped with the artistes.
He said music went beyond drums and guitars – which most upcoming artistes focused on – to include voice and pitch control. The now-defunct Black Face music outfit was the only group that brought glory to the region in 2006 when they won the prestigious arts competition.
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This year’s final — sponsored by Delta Beverages, through their Chibuku brand, in conjunction with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe — was won by Mashonaland Central-based Afro-jazz outfit Black Sight who pocketed $5 000 and secured a recording contract.
Makokoba Rhumba Sounds and Motto Super Sounds represented Bulawayo and Matabeleland South respectively.
