Flashback to Miss Congo South Africa with Maps Maponyane
Here is a little flashback to my brief encounter with South African male model, and tastemaker, Maps Maponyane
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The Truth About Signing to A Record Label Owned by an Artist
Most promising emerging artists have this believe that signing to famous independent record labels will automatically catapult their musical career to new heights. This couldn’t be any further from the truth because history has proven...
Here’s How You Can Create Fan Personas for Your DJ Brand
Right! So, about two years ago, we briefly highlighted that a fan persona can be an extremely important component in your marketing and communications strategy as a dance music record producer & deejay. More...
Long Read: Three More Ways To Inspire Collaboration Between Black Coffee & Beyoncé
In case you missed it, it was recently mentioned on the blog that South African record producer, remixer, and SAMA Award winning disc jockey, Black Coffee is currently in the process of crafting a...
Long Read: 3 Easy Ways To Encourage Collaboration Between Beyoncé & Black Coffee
Here’s some food for thought: If you’re an avid fan of house music – or just music in general – and you have been following South African DJ, Record Producer and Remixer, Black Coffee‘s...
Submit House Music For Consideration
Yezur! So, we are currently accepting submissions to be considered for review here on the Sole Essential website – and also in the soon-to-be revamped and re-branded monthly podcast series – but first, here’s...
Remembering South African Singer and Composer Bab’ Hugh Masekela
If you have been following me on social media (particularly Facebook) then you you should already be familiar with this story. Nevertheless, I did mention earlier on that morning that I had woken up with a...
Here’s What You Need To Know About Sole Essential’s Live Set At Lefelong Café Tonight
Hey there! So, in case you missed it, BlaQsnaps Media recently unveiled the complete line-up for “Zaza O Bese” along with live performance times. They took to social media yesterday afternoon to officially announce...
Here’s Three More Reasons Why You Should Stop Using DataFileHost
It’s an open secret that the South African music & entertainment industry is currently overflowing with young, non-mainstream, and undiscovered music talents. From emerging young record producers, to up & coming song writers and...
An Introduction to the DIY Podcasting series
For interest’s sake, let’s just say that you’re an emerging and/or fairly established radio and club DJ currently based in South Africa. You’ve been thinking about recording some promotional deejay mixes for quite some...
