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The Soil’s song ‘Sedilaka’ recently found a placement on movie Dark Tide starring Halle Berry (scheduled for release in Nov 2011).

The acapella group also wrote the original score / theme song for the new sitcom ‘My Perfect Family’ which airs every Monday at 19h00 on SABC 1

And set to feature in a cameo appearance on the upbeat comedy show in an upcoming episode scheduled for broadcast on 14 Nov 2011.

Don’t miss The Soil’s next live performance at Monday Blues / Arts Alive Festival – 19 Sep 2011 at Co.fi from 19h00 @ The Zone, Rosebank – Entrance is free

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Rob van Vuuren (a.k.a. Twakkie, from the most amazing show as well as the host of SA’s Got Talent) will be hosting an awesome line-up that will definitely fill the theatre venue of plenty of laughs.

The line-up of comedians includes myself (Mark Palmer), a new young talent from Cape Town Kagiso “KG” Mokgadi, the supremely funny Ndumiso “Roosta” Lindi and will be headlined by the very, very funny and easily recognisable Kurt Schoonraad (you’ll recognize this oke’s “gesig” from “Going Nowhere Slowly” and many one-man shows performed around South Africa).

Tickets are only R50, that’s right folks, R50 and can be bought at joburgtheatre.com (you can just click on that link to buy your tickets).

JHB you definitely do not want to miss out on this. Two (2) nights only! So come through, sit back, relax and LAUGH with “Comedy Nine Nine” BOOK NOW.

THE three-day Moshito music industry conference and exhibition, which closed on Friday, is an annual event valued by many. In the creative and cultural industries (where progress depends on networks of practitioners far more than on physical infrastructure) opportunities to connect and debate are vital, and this year’s venue, the compact, well-resourced Sci-Bono conference wing, could have been made for the occasion.

M ost noticeable in the proceedings was how swiftly the revolution in the international music industry value chain — close to a decade old by now — is making its mark on SA . No longer is a physical recording the highest-value product at the end of the chain. Instead, the high-value product is a musician’s creativity (intellectual property) as expressed in live performance and leveraged through a wide range of digital products and associated physical memorabilia.

In this new context, getting recorded music heard is a stage on the road to earning, not the main or final source of income. Musicians still need to own, register and protect their creativity, but petty battles against knock-off cassettes hawked at taxi ranks belong to the business model of the past.

As composer and performer Tu Nokwe told one seminar: “When I see those cassettes, I don’t stop them. It makes me happy, because it’s getting me known and helping me to earn from my music.”

SA is a special context, however, because of the disgraceful record of parts of the apartheid music industry. There are still (sometimes, relatively recent) past and overseas revenues to be reclaimed. And gross inequalities in access to digital knowledge and resources mean that not all musicians find an open door to the new business terrain.

Smartphone ownership is rising, but not every owner realises they own a tool for professional autonomy and worldwide marketing. Airtime and data charges remain monopolised and, for many, prohibitively expensive. Musicians at Moshito were well aware of this.

In their final session, there were demands for fast-track digital mentorship, improved access and reduced data costs so that all musicians — rural and urban — can come in from the cold.

“They must teach this technology to empower our kids,” demanded one rural participant. “They must teach about the industry, not just about playing music.”

ARTS Alive events dominate the week’s live-music landscape in Jo burg, as they will throughout the month. Today is Brazil’s National Day and Teresa Cristina, an exponent of new wave samba, performs at the Mandela Theatre at the Joburg Theatre tonight.

On Friday , in an event forming part of the India-SA Shared Histories series, Shubha Mudgal sings at Joburg’s Linder Auditorium. Mudgal is an exponent of songs based on devotional poetry — including Bhakti and Sufic poetry — from the Indian classical canon, but she also composes, teaches and works in popular and film music forms

On Sunday — if your eardrums can take it — the Grammy-nominated Taiwan Ten Drum Art Percussion ensemble play an afternoon concert at the Joburg Theatre Fringe. The “Ten” in their title refers to the name of their founder, the symbolism of the Chinese numeral (which resembles crossed drumsticks) and the powers that inform and inspire their music.

On Tuesday, Cuban pianist Luis Lugo plays the Mandela Theatre at the Joburg Theatre, offering both Cuban compositions and works by Franz Liszt, whose bicentennial this year marks.

Outside the Arts Alive umbrella, on Friday at Unisa in Pretoria, and on Saturday at the Linder, the remarkable Dutch Calefax reed quintet (oboe, saxophones, clarinets and bassoons) will present a repertoire ranging from early music through the romantic era to jazz and new concert compositions.

And at the Market Theatre, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, as part of the Refuse The Hour series, there are collaborations between artist William Kentridge, Francois Sarhan (aka Professor Glacon) and musicians including pianist Jill Richards, guitarist Reza Khota and, later in the evening, the quartet, Quatuor Bela.

This season forms part of the on-going celebrations to commemorate SABT’s 10th anniversary and runs from 9 to 11 September at the Joburg Theatre. The programme will feature highlights from SABT’s repertoire, new works as well as appearances by the SABT Academy and Development programme dancers.

Established in 2001 after the closure of The State Theatre Ballet in 2000, SABT has forged a central niche in the local dance sector and this anniversary is indeed a proud moment, not only for the dance community, but for all Joburg residents and Arts Alive patrons. SABT is the country’s most prestigious professional ballet company and has established itself as a major player in the performing arts with impressive productions of classical ballets, new works by South African choreographers and collaborations across international boundaries.

Bookings can be made through the Joburg Theatre on 0861 670 670 or www.joburgtheatre.com for the following performances:
- Saturday, 10 September at 15:00;
- Saturday, 10 September at 20:00;
- Sunday, 11 September at 11:00; and
- Sunday, 11 September at 15:00.

Tickets prices range from R110 to R220 (Except for Sunday, 11 September at 11:00 – all tickets for just R110).

For more information, visit www.saballettheatre.co.za or Arts Alive

Patrons are also advised that, due to the Balletomania season, the open day at SABT studios for The Sleeping Beauty has been re-scheduled to take place on Saturday, 17 September from 10:00 to 13:00. Bookings may be made through Mr Moagi on 011 877 6898.