
Music Exchange 2014 Dates Announced

MUSIC EXCHANGE 2014
MUSIC EXCHANGE, South Africa’s premier music, film and entertainment conference, returns for the fourth time in 2014. The three-day MUSIC EXCHANGE program opens on Thursday 6 March 2014, and will culminate with a fitting tribute to one of the worlds, and this country’s finest musical exports, Dr Trevor Jones on Sunday 9 March 2014.
Since its inception in 2009, MUSIC EXCHANGE has served as a catalyst between the artistically anchored worlds of entertainment, film, music, academia, and the distinctly gifted men and women who feed, and are fed, from its many disciplines.
Three jam-packed days filled with the most committed and talented people in the entertainment industry today, MUSIC EXCHANGE is passion personified on a multitude of levels. “It’s a family of like-minded and hardworking people,” MUSIC EXCHANGE founder Martin Myers confirms. “Included in that mix are artists, composers, national and international advocates, film producers and public relations and entertainment specialists, Brand and Image Consultants and Music legends the calibre of Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse. It’s always humbling and incredibly rewarding to be responsible for bringing so many amazing people together. All with the same aim in mind – empowerment and growth of the many critical contributors to our entertainment economy.”
Cape Town’s beautiful and richly historic City Hall will welcome patrons, investors, musicians, students and peers, and play host to the three-day heavyweight assembly. The first 48 hours, of the 72-hour emersion, will be filled with keynote addresses, lectures, collaborative breakout sessions and multiple opportunities for all present to actively participate and contribute during the conference phase.
The original motivation and intent behind what MUSIC EXCHANGE is today is that of being a platform where future collaborations are formed and opportunities created for emerging and established artists. “This extends to anyone and everyone touched the many aspects of the creative process,” Myers adds. “MUSIC EXCHANGE provides artists with practical tools and insights into the workings of the music, film and entertainment business’, in order that they’re better equipped to make a success of their specific careers. And that’s made possible thanks to the investment made by the expertise of the industry leaders MUSIC EXCHANGE attracts.”
The fourth and final day of MUSIC EXCHANGE 2014 promises to be extraordinary thanks to the motivation of music icon Dr Trevor Jones. Post workshops and master classes, conference delegates will get to share in a showcase like no other. In association with Cape Town’s City Parks, MUSIC EXCHANGE will stage both emerging and established artists on a platform built expressly to celebrate the rich and diverse career of the composer, arranger, producer, musician and proud South African.
Moving from City Hall, south to the foot of Table Mountain, De Waal Park, in Vredehoek, will play host to a closing concert the likes of which the city, and country, has ever seen thanks to MUSIC EXCHANGE‘s Ambassadors Tribute Concert to international film composer Dr Trevor Jones.
“We believe that utilising public spaces will benefit both the City of Cape Town, and all of the artists Involved,” Myers says. “MUSIC EXCHANGE‘s ultimate aim is to bridge the cultural divide, and ensure the integration of cultural diversity and inclusivity, through music and cultural exchange. The more that happens the greater the reward to us all. Our closing concert will be a fitting confirmation of what MUSIC EXCHANGE continually looks to achieve and strive for.”
Tickets to MUSIC EXCHANGE are available now through Computicket , Shoprite and Checkers outlets countrywide, online at www.computicket.com, or by calling 0861 915 8000.
For more information contact:
Triple M Entertainment
Martin Myers
E-mail: info@musicexchange.co.za
Mobile: +27 083 448 4475
MUSIC EXCHANGE participants will include:
- An Internationally awarded Hollywood film composer.
- Top producers and songwriters of commercial music.
- Top performing South African and international artists.
- Artist managers.
- Licensing and collecting agents.
- Various revenue streams hosts and agents.
- Top music advocates and lawyers.
- Top executives involved in digital distribution.
- Physical distribution specialists.
- Publications and media executives.
- Sound engineering academies.
- Concert promoters and festival organisers.
- Live Music venues managers and owners.
- Touring – current acts touring South Africa and globally.
- Recording studio owners and managers.
- Top brand executives.
- International record label executives.
- Top image consultants.
- Top South African retailers.
- Electronic dance music executives.
- Key print and online media specialists.
The MUSIC EXCHANGE board members are:
- Martin Myers–Founder of Music Exchange / Owner of Triple M Entertainment
/ 17 years working with SONY BMG. - Sipho “Hotstix“Mabuse–SAMA Lifetime Achievement Winner and 46664 ambassador.
- Dr Trevor Jones–International award winning film composer. Trevor‘s collaborated with the likes of David Bowie, Sting, U2, Sinead O’Connor, Charlotte Church, Britney Spears and Elvis Costello, and has also been invited as a jury member for BAFTA, the Mercury Music Prize and the International Film Festival of Flanders, Ghent.
- Professor John Rowett–CEO of the Rhodes Trust, and the creator, in partnership with Jakes Gerwel, of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation). Former Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, where he developed, with African colleagues, the more than eighty-billion-rand programme, ‘Renewing the African University‘.
- Advocate Nick Matzukis–CEO of the Academy of Sound Engineering.
- Peter Lacey–CEO of Musketeer Records.
- Razia Myers–Partner, Triple M Entertainment.
Triple M Entertainment
Martin Myers
E-mail: info@musicexchange.co.za
Mobile: +27 083 448 4475
Rodriguez… A Man on Fire | Maties Marketing244
Whatever the reason Rodriguez presently is a famed artist and has some of the most loyal and varied fans out there. In marketing terms he has unwittingly created a strong, mysterious brand image and a legacy far beyond his years, Rodriguez is NOT A FAD. Although reasons for this may be hard to pin he remains a remarkable case study for marketers, marketing through non-marketing.
Read more at Rodriguez… A Man on Fire | Maties Marketing244.
Still Searching for Sugarman | Ted Baker Blog
When we heard that friend of Ted, Ali B of Air Recordings, had been to the one and only Mabu record store in South Africa, we wanted to hear all about it, and now we want to go too – all donations welcome! read his tale and prepare to be just a little green around the gills…
“In April this year I made a trip to Cape Town, South Africa to attend Afrikaburn, the Burning Man Festival of Africa, which I was introduced to by my friend Tal. Tal’s father Stephen had been involved in the recent Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugarman, about Detroit musician Rodriguez, who had become huge in South Africa during the 70s, while remaining virtually unknown to the rest of the world. So, on arrival in Cape Town, I made sure that I made a trip to Stephen’s record store, Mabu, to see if I could find any of Rodriguez’ music on vinyl.
A few weeks later, when I finally caught up with my friend at Afrikaburn, we were chatting about the recent success of the film and I’d told her that I’d been digging for 45s in her Father’s store. Meanwhile she was busy eyeing up the jacket I was wearing; an 80s silk blazer covered in the most ridiculous design of black and white cats. Being a sucker for anything with animal print on it, Tal suggested that I trade the jacket with her and in return, she would set it up for me to visit her Father’s basement which was apparently full of 45s – my favourite ever kind of vinyl. As much as I love my stupid cat jacket, without hesitation, I agreed.
Read more at Still Searching for Sugarman | Ted Baker Blog.
Susan Cowsill’s 39-year trip to an opening spot with Rodriguez | Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?

I’m sitting here wondering why I don’t have any photos of Susan Cowsill.
Even before starting this blog, I often took photos at shows to create lasting memorabilia. I’m not sure if I’ve even seen her since 2009, when this blog started. I know I saw her at least once on her own in New York, after catching her perform numerous times with her old band, the late, lamented Continental Drifters.
But nevermind that.
She and her lusty, raggedly-pushed-to-the-edge vocal style will be back in New York in October, when she opens a Barclays Center show for Rodriguez (aka Detroit-based 1970s singer-songwriter Sixto Díaz Rodríguez), who rediscovered the spotlight via the award-winning 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man.
Way back in 1974, 16-year-old Susan was a fledgling solo artist just two years past the collapse of her family band, The Cowsills. She had a record deal and decided to cover a cool song titled “I Think of You.” She probably didn’t know who wrote the song, and never could have imagined the impact it would have on her life four decades later.
via Susan Cowsill’s 39-year trip to an opening spot with Rodriguez | Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?.
Jake Gunn at On A Roll, 5th September 2013

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Up and coming blues rock musician playing gigs around Cape Town with fellow guitarist Devin Smith. Influences include The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson and Bob Marley. First album Triple Jack now available! Watch this space…
Jake Gunn is an up and coming blues rock musician hailing from the northern suburbs of Cape Town. After discovering rock ‘n roll at a young age, he was inspired to start playing guitar and worked tirelessly to improve his skill, which finally led to him joining the Lyzyrd Kyngs (Piet Botha & Akkedis) in 2010. He spent a year under the mentorship of these veteran musicians, before teaming up with the talented young guitarist Devin Smith.
Sharing a love of music and complementing each other’s guitar playing, they started doing gigs around Cape Town, followed by a tour up the coast. They later evolved into a full electric band after being joined by CJ Bergh and Allen Smith. Jake Gunn’s first album Triple Jack, recorded in the winter of 2012, is now available and includes the song “Radio Mojo” which was featured in the Rolling Stone Rock Chart of 19 January 2013.
“Springing from the backwaters of Brackenfell with the hair of Robert Plant, the skill of boy Clapton and the voice of a morning-afternight-before Mark Knopfler, Gunn is a revelation.” -Alice Inggs, Rolling Stone SA
Mabu Vinyl, listed at no. 10 of 27 Breathtaking Record Stores You Have To Shop At Before You Die

Mabu Vinyl is a must music shopping in South Africa. Spanning genre, mediums, and decades, its beautiful store has something for everyone. They even have a large stock of music-related zines.
via 27 Breathtaking Record Stores You Have To Shop At Before You Die.
Mabu Vinyl, listed at no. 10 of 27 Breathtaking Record Stores You Have To Shop At Before You Die

Mabu Vinyl is a must music shopping in South Africa. Spanning genre, mediums, and decades, its beautiful store has something for everyone. They even have a large stock of music-related zines.
via 27 Breathtaking Record Stores You Have To Shop At Before You Die.
Late Night Keynote Presentation with Malik Bendjelloul | The Conference 2013
Imagine that you are filmmaker who won an Oscar. You think about how the film was made and realize that even the music score and some animations featured in it are your own. They are there because the film almost didn’t happen. Because funders and producers didn’t believe in it. In this presentation, such a filmmaker will talk about never giving up on a good idea and to find ways to materialize it for the world to see it.
via Late Night Keynote Presentation with Malik Bendjelloul | The Conference 2013.
Dead Men Don’t Tour, Rodriguez in South Africa 1998 (TV Documentary) | SugarMan.org
Dead Men Don’t Tour, Rodriguez in South Africa 1998 (TV Documentary)
Footage from this documentary features strongly in the Oscar winning film, Searching For Sugar Man.
Directed by Tonia Selley, Dead Men Don’t Tour, was first broadcast on SABC 3 at 9.30pm on the 5th July 2001 just after ‘Ripley’s Believe Or Not’.
This film features wonderful concert footage, backstage antics, interviews with Craig Bartholomew Strydom and Stephen “Sugar” Segerman, Rodriguez and his family, the promoters, the fans and the musicians.
All live footage was filmed at the concerts in Pretoria, Durban and the Blues Room in Johannesburg.
The soundtrack for the documentary is based on the Live Fact CD with video collages from the various performances. The concert footage is linked with interviews, backstage antics, rehearsals, etc.
- I Wonder
- Inner City Blues
- Jane S. Piddy
- Sugar Man
- A Most Disgusting Song
- Like Janis
- Establishment Blues
- Climb Up On My Music
- I Wonder by Generation EXT (filmed during the studio recording)
- Forget It
Produced by Incha Productions
Executive producers: Georgina Parkin and Charles Watson
Directed by Tonia Selley
Edited by Cathy Winter
Footage from this documentary features strongly in the Oscar winning film, Searching For Sugar Man.
Landmine Rock 7, 13 July 2013

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Started in 2007 as a one day music festival to raise awareness and funds for landmine victims and demining companies, Landmine Rock has grown into an annual NOT-TO-BE-MISSED event raising money for various charities!
Supported by Wolmer Bush Lounge (Events Arena) and our local bands we have raised over R60 000 for charitable causes!! This year marks the 7th anniversary of Landmine Rock and will once again be held at The Wolmer Bush Lounge (Events Arena) in Pta-North. Don’t be afraid of the cold, Wolmer Bush Lounge will provide enough heat to keep you rocking till dawn!
Line-Up thus far:
Akkedis
The Fake Leather Blues Band
Hoot ‘n Anny
The Black Cat Bones
Boargazm
The Smoking Mojos
Juggernaught
Aidan Martin
Kabaal(klankbaan)
‘Sugar Man’ Rodriguez opens Montreux Jazz Festival | Reuters

U.S. folk singer Sixto Rodriguez performs during the first night of the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival July 4, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Valentin Flauraud
(Reuters) – American singer-songwriter Sixto “Sugar Man” Rodriguez, virtually unknown a few years ago, opened the Montreux Jazz Festival on Thursday, which American producer and its former co-director Quincy Jones calls the “Rolls Royce of music festivals.”
Fresh from the Glastonbury festival in Britain last weekend, Rodriguez gave a Fourth of July concert in the Swiss resort, mixing songs from his two albums that never made the charts with borrowed tunes including the classic rock’n’roll hit “Fever.”
The Detroit-based singer, whose lyrics evoke the folksy sound of Bob Dylan, is the shy subject of “Searching for Sugar Man,” a film by Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul that tells the incredible story of his fame late in life. It won the Oscar for best documentary this year.
Read more at ‘Sugar Man’ Rodriguez opens Montreux Jazz Festival | Reuters.
Rodriguez and Big Sky live at The Blues Room, 17 & 18 June 1998
15 years ago, today, Rodriguez performed at The Blues Room in Johannesburg to launch the Live Fact album. This album was recorded on the 10th March 1998 on the Cold Facts tour of South Africa which features strongly in the Searching For Sugar Man film.
Musicians
Sixto Rodriguez: Vocals, acoustic guitar
Willem Möller: Electric Guitar
Reuben Samuels: Drums, percussion
Graeme Currie: Electric bass, acoustic bass
Tonia Selley: Background vocals, percussion
Russel Taylor: Keyboards
Robin Walsh: Acoustic guitar

The Set list
- I Wonder
from Cold Fact - Only Good For Conversation
from Cold Fact - Can’t Get Away only on 17th
from The Best Of Rodriguez / At His Best - Crucify Your Mind
from Cold Fact - Jane S. Piddy only on 17th
from Cold Fact - To Whom It May Concern
from Coming From Reality / After The Fact - Like Janis
from Cold Fact - Inner City Blues
from Cold Fact - Street Boy
from The Best Of Rodriguez / At His Best - Halfway Up The Stairs
from Coming From Reality / After The Fact - I Think Of You
from Coming From Reality / After The Fact - Rich Folks Hoax
from Cold Fact - Climb Up On My Music
from Coming From Reality / After The Fact - Sugar Man
from Cold Fact - Forget It
from Cold Fact
RMH presents: One Night Only with Mark Haze & Natasha Meister


7:00pm until 10:00pm
(www.webtickets.co.za)
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The River Club , Liesbeek Park Rd Cape Town 7925
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RMH Entertainment brings you One Night Only with rising stars Mark Haze and Natasha Meister. Mark who having come from 2nd position in SA Idols 2011, to performing in front of thousands of fans at the Cape Town Stadium as his band opened for Bon Jovi(2013), not only is going from strength to strength but also bringing us “Rock ‘n Roll” like we have never seen it before. Matt Roux will be giving a guest appearance as well as our MC for the evening! www.facebook.com/thisismattroux Come ready to enjoy a show that has never been seen before! Tickets R50 at www.webtickets.co.za or cash at the door on the 21st June. Mark Haze – www.facebook.com/MarkHaze12 For More info: 021 448 7906 |