MK Music Video Project.

Calling all bands! In a first for South Africa, MK, DStv’s leading rock and pop music channel, is commissioning 10 high quality music videos of South African artists valued at R50,000 each.

Dubbed the MK Music Video Project (MK MVP), MK is inviting production companies to approach any band they believe complements MK’s progressive channel strategy and to pitch on their behalf. Similarly bands and record companies who would like to put their songs and ideas forward, should approach a South Africa production company to do so.

Says Victor Edward Eckard, Head of Content for MK: “The South African music and production industry offers a wealth of exceptional talent. Through MK MVP we hope to further stimulate this market and bring that talent to the fore, allowing our artists and production houses to show their true colours and in so doing offer our viewers compelling content.”

MK MVP pitches are only open to South African production companies. The music videos need to meet the R50,000 budget and need to be of a high production value. In essence the videos need to raise the standard of music videos in South Africa.

Bands who would like to pitch their tracks must do so through a recognized music video production company who, in turn, must follow the correct format. All pitches must be sent via email to victor.edward@mnet.co.za and the deadline for all pitches is 31 May 2010.

Check MK’s site for more info!

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yours in musical madness

The Campus Invasion Tour

‘The end of January welcomes the first round of the Campus Invasion Tour, presented by Smirnoff Spin, forcefully supported by MK and Channel O. Crashing into music venues across the country – Pretoria, Joburg, Cape Town and Durban – with a couple of a-class tunes, make sure you read below for more info.

With two shows heating-up two of the Capital Cities on 31 January, one at Emmarentia Dam, Joburg Botanic Gardens, and the second at Hatfield Square’s Hatfield Carnival as part of the Tuks Rag Festival in Pretoria.

The Hatfield Carnival will take full-mind-control over the heat-strained music lovers in Pretoria as the party hits Hatfield Square and Burnette Street from 16h00 till late, with the Tuks Rag Procession ending off in Hatfield again, and give the final kick-off to the ultimate show to end off January. Tickets are going for R20 presale through http://www.tunegum.com or the Tuks Rag office or R30 at the gate on the day. Rocking to the sounds of the Carnival will be Goldfish, Jozi, Prime Circle, Straatligkinders, Isochronous and many more.

After practically “bringing down the house”, as part of the Old Mutual Encounters Concerts Series at Emmarentia Dam, Joburg Botanic Gardens on 2 November 2008, Goldfish is back and hitting it hard for another knock-out round as part of the Campus Invasion Tour. The rest of the line-up includes HHP, aKING and Zebra & Giraffe. Tickets are going for R50 presale through tunegum.co.za or R70 at the gate on the day.

Cape Town is next on the bill to be sabotaged by the Campus Invasion Tour on 13 February at Ratanga Junction where musical cats like aKING, Black Coffee, Vinni Da Vinci, and many more. From there the tour moves on to The Wave House in Durban for the last jam-it-out session on 28 February, with L’vovo Derrango, Zebra & Giraffe, Big Idea and many more, will make sure the tour ends off with a solid bang.”

It’s going to one hell of a Campus Invasion!

Don’t miss it!

xx

yours in musical madness

The Beams

The Beams are brilliant, I love their music, they are not new to the Cape Town music scene (as they formed in 2005), but they seem to be making waves – not ripples – now…”The Beams are a dance-rock band straight out of Cape Town, started by fellow UCT students Amrik Cooper and Bosko Popovac in 2005 through a common love of eighties British rock like The Smiths, Joy Division and The Stone Roses. Scarcely a year later The Beams were fully formed and have been gigging prolifically across Cape Town, setting dance floors alight with punchy guitar, melodic groovesome basslines, piercing synth howls and brutally energetic beats. Its all brought together by frontman Paul who is nothing short of electrifying. “

Their first ever gig held on 1st February 2006 at Ke Pasa, Hout Bay and they have certainly come a long way since them. Be on the look out for an amazing band who are going to be huge.

My pick for the best songs on their myspace are : “Watch”, “Chemical Reaction” and “2 Degrees” (their other stuff is amazing too, but those are the stand out songs)

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

xx

yours in musical madness