ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO

David Chislett is a writer, speaker, Music Consultant and a lot more. He's been in the South African Music Industry for the past two decades or so and like a lot of our Legends have gone through their own fair share of tarmac scrapes and 3rd degree burns that this Industry of ours has to offer. Luckily for him, he chose to get up and try again and that's why he IS who he is in the industry today.

Some months ago I got to meet this man at a workshop that was presented by him and M-Phazes at Moloko, Pretoria and my am I glad I went. There are so many intricacies in the Music industry as a whole already, but if you don't play your cards well here at home you will get swallowed right away!

ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, David Chislett's current book which he's promoting, teaches us aspirant producers, singers, musicians, managers that there's an abundance of resources out there for us to not end up like our predecessors Mahlathini(of Mahlathini and the Mahotela Queens), Brenda Fassie to mention a couple. There's no way that you can be broke while information is made available to us. The book is a step-by-step guide and because it's conversational you don't get lost and bored thinking "Oh lord what's a term, i'll skip that" or "Oh I can't read through that Whoever vs Whoever". With that said it's advisable and vital that you back up reading this cool book, with formal Music Business training. You can NOT lose with knowledge.

He touches on everything  from simple things we don't think about like Roles played by each musician in the band to Copyrights and so forth. The role of record labels is fast becoming null and void, so this book is perfect in giving you a kick-start to learning to DIY or go Indie.

I've posted a video from an interview he did on Etv's Sunrise Show, but there are many more videos like the King Pie Rockstar Rules. Check them out. You won't regret it!