Are you a musician who is ready to up your game?
SAMPRA is
distributing funds that can go towards music productions, live events, training
(and a number of other things), but you’ve got to APPLY if you want any chance
at being funded.
The deadline (Tuesday 28th February 2023) is fast approaching, so get on it!
SAMPRA (short for the South African Music Performance Rights Association) is a collective management organisation that administers Needletime Rights on behalf of recording artists and record labels (and if you fall into either of the aforementioned groups, it is in your best interest, to both, know what those terms means, AND to apply for membership.)
In this episode of Shotgun Story I’m chatting to Yvette Rammalo (PR & Marketing Officer from SAMPRA) and she has a lot of great advice for anyone looking to submit an application for the SAMPRA Development Fund. Listen below.
For any SAMPRA Development Fund-related queries, email: [email protected]
Music credits for the SAMPRA episode: "One Day Closer to the Rain" by Shotgun Tori (music used with permission from rights holder)
In
another episode of Shotgun Story, we’re chatting to Shortstraw’s
lead singer Alastair Thomas about having a day job (whilst also pursuing a career in music).
"It was a very quick realisation that if you have a band of five people with a publicist and a manager and a booking agent, and a sound engineer, it's impossible to survive. So we had to keep the day jobs," says Thomas.
He talks about the best parts of making music (cue massive goose bumps), what it feels like the first time an audience sings your songs back to you, how the band came to tour Japan (five times!), the importance of writing good songs, and the value of treating everyone the way you wish to be treated.
Alastair Thomas plays in a band. He has a production company, he directs and edits things, and he likes dogs. Listen below.
Photo credit: Henry Engelbrecht
Music credits for Alastair Thomas episode: "Joshin" by Cockles (music used with permission from rights holder).