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FUTURE MUSOS: Ringo Madlingozi with pupils from Gauteng during the School of Music Enrichment program at Stoney Ridge Camp in Hekpoort , North West . PHOTO: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

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In anticipation of next month's Joy of Jazz festival a music camp was organised for high school pupils interested in the industry, mentored by musicians such as Concord Nkabinde and Ringo Madlingozi.

Jazz camp organiser Rosie Katz said she hoped the pupils would leave the camp with more confidence and motivation.

The camp caters for pupils from 23 Gauteng schools that have music in their curriculum.

It is funded by the Department of Education and concert promoters T-Musicman .

"All these children study music and they want to be in the music industry," Katz said.

As part of the jazz camp, the pupils receive talks from experienced musicians such as Madlingozi, on what they can expect in the music industry.

Madlingozi shared his memories of rigorous touring, schedules, his school days and life lessons.

"During the school break, when the other boys were playing soccer, I used to sing in my corner. Then people wanted to hear me singing and I would charge them. That's when I realised I could get paid for singing," he said.

He also advised up-and-coming musicians that they should be smart about the legal and business side of the music industry.

Katz said the concept of a jazz camp had grown over the years.

"T-Musicman had the concept of a jazz camp a couple of years ago, and then last year I introduced a one-day jazz camp for the Joy of Jazz and then this year we turned it into a four-day camp," she said.

Hlobisile Mahlangu, one of the pupils from the camp, said:

"We are learning lots of things, they're encouraging us to grow and we learnt a lot about the music industry."

The 16-year-old from Cultura High School in Bronkhorstspruit said she was impressed by the talent displayed at the camp, adding that she wanted to try out for the SA Idols to advance her love for performing.

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Jul 6, 2012

Impela

At the rate at which fraud is being unearthed, it would be no suprise to later learn the whopping sums of money that were spent on the catering, drinks, transport, accommodation or the 'music greats'. Wonder what these pupils and the 'music greats' got up to!! There is no trusting the DoE pulling off something clean these days.
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Jul 6, 2012

Pointman

Teach them to sing - leave out the drugs, and alcohol please. It is not cool - just makes you cold when you are put 6 feet under.
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Jul 6, 2012

Memme

Okay - Good luck.
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Jul 6, 2012

DjEp

Mmm my beloved South African, a similar artcle was posted yesterday and again im saying some career dont need formal qualifications to make a success! We need IT specialists,brave and wise politicians,Engineers,Scientist and economist who predicts the actual future. i dont see where will you feature in this growing country as a musician.
In today's world we do digital music,Shame to you all!
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Jul 6, 2012

MGEEZ

Good initiative; however People like the Bala brothers who have formal training in music should also be considered to be part of those guiding these kids!!!
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Jul 6, 2012

ngutha

Just another gimmick to lure youth back to the a.nc.

True musicians do not need workshops to fast track their skill development. True musicians spend hours and hours practicing the how to play the trumpet, piano and drums. They train their voices until the can reach high notes.

1 or 2 days workshops do not produce top musicians. It takes years and years of undivided commitment to master the craft.

So the DoE is just pushing another gimmick


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Jul 6, 2012

ApelMankotsana

As long as they will not sing American songs. As long as they will promote our South African music and culture. As long as they will not be " Americans"......I was looking forward to having scientists, economists, architectures, engineers given the same boost..
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Jul 6, 2012

DjEp

@ngutha

My point exactly! some careers dont need workshops but practise. You can take 1000 coaches and workshop them but that will not help the game becuase you cannot predict the game. These kids must be encouraged to follow sustainable careers. Yesterday on the news a long queu in KZN people wanting to register on the labour's database. One said he has a certificate in Fire! and i sat there and ask myself how many fires do we have a year compared to road accidents? so if there is a cause on road rescue i would go for it than fire rescue...
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Jul 6, 2012

ngutha

@DjEp

My point exactly! some careers dont need workshops but practise. You can take 1000 coaches and workshop them but that will not help the game becuase you cannot predict the game. These kids must be encouraged to follow sustainable careers. Yesterday on the news a long queu in KZN people wanting to register on the labour's database. One said he has a certificate in Fire! and i sat there and ask myself how many fires do we have a year compared to road accidents? so if there is a cause on road rescue i would go for it than fire rescue...
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I also saw those young people on the news last night. I heard some of them who were interviewed on radio. My heart was really broken big time when this one "graduate" was asked what he studied. His answer was that he studied I.T. (information technology). When the presenter asked him what was his majors, he replied that his majors were MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel. The presenter asked him whether he did any programming in Java, SQL or C++, the "graduate" asked the presenter to paraphrase the question. Now that really broke heart!!
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Jul 6, 2012

Punkies

@ngutha....Heartbreaking. Imagine IT majoring in MS word...
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