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Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development uMculo Wam Master Classes workshop

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Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development uMculo Wam Master Classes workshop It is about time that South African people from Kasi and other parts around Cape Town come together as one through uMculo Wam Master Classes Workshop. This workshop included the following artists Amanda Black: MiCasa The Soil The first uMculo Wam Master Classes workshop was held in Athlone Stadium on Thursday 22nd of March 2018. MiCasa shared a lot with the audience including the things they encountered along the journey finding themselves in music. They finished off with a bang performing the song Jika live on stage blowing everyone away. The second uMculo Wam workshop was held in Langa at Guga - Sthebe. The audience could not get enough of Amanda Black and The Soil as they frequently asked questions such as: What inspired you to start pursuing a career in South African music specifically? What are the challenges you have encountered i

The Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development Music Business workshop - Grooming Young Professional Legends in music

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The Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development Music Business workshop - Grooming Young Professional Legends in music Cape Town International Jazz Festival Music Business panelists The Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development (Music Business workshop) left every person who attended this workshop full of knowledge regrading the business side of music. The greatest highlight of this workshop has to be the introduction of Southern African Music Rights Organisation popularly known as SAMRO. It is a copyright asset management society. It was established by the South African Copyright Act, and aims to protect the intellectual property of music creators by licensing music users , collecting licence fees and distributing royalties to music creators. Here are some steps which one could follow in order to become a member of SAMRO: Download and complete the membership application form. Complete

Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development (CTIJFTnD) Fashion workshop (The Future is Fashion)

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Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development (CTIJFTnD) Fashion workshop (The Future is Fashion)   The future is fashion, this Tuesday 20th of March 2018 this statement was proven true as young man and woman trying to pursue their careers in fashion came in numbers to attend the Cape Town International Jazz Festival Sustainable Training and Development fashion workshop (2018). The audience had an opportunity to interact with the invited professional entrepreneurs fashion designers who have made it in this industry. They delivered only the best, advising young fashionepreneurs on how to go about pursuing their careers in this industry. It is of cause not easy for almost every individual to make it to the top, one has to hit the rock bottom every now and then but later find a way to get up and keep going. These panelists left the audience mouth opened, finding it hard to believe that they themselves experienced and had a hard time in this industry.