The entertainment industry is growing rapidly. Successful singer Lira is no ordinary artist. She’s been in the industry for over a decade now and according to Drum (2012; 13), her last four albums all went platinum on CD and triple platinum on DVD – plus she holds the honour of being the first African musician whose DVD was released on Blu-ray. She was the first South African artist to have a song played on VH1 – and a song as the soundtrack for international sitcom Girlfriends.
Fresh from her hugely successful US tour – Lira returns to the South African stage with The Captured Tour, in association with Nokia. According to source, The Captured Tour is a homecoming of sorts for Lira who spent the last few months touring the planet in support of launching her international career and debut offering for the European and North American territories, Rise Again. The album, a collection of “best of songs”, represents years of personal and musical growth and development that have seen Lira create a unique and memorable sound that instantly stands out from the clutter of most modern music. Her emotive and uplifting songs will be brought to life in an energetic and unforgettable stage show that has been perfected through months of touring, playing to thousands of new adoring international fans. Now on the 29th October at the Sun City Superbowl there’ll be recording Lira’s second DVD. This is all proof that if you want something in life and you work towards it then it is that simple to achieve. Lira is proves that she set high standards for herself and she’s succeeding very well in those standards. You do not have the excuse of “it is hard and impossible.”
Moving on to movies, the movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, featuring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, Thomas Horn and Viola Davis. The film is about a father and son who understand each other and the devastation the World Trade Centre terrorist attack brings – death and the boy finding that his father is lost. Another interesting thing about this film is that the filmmakers made use of the terrible 9/11 images, especially of the people jumping to their deaths. According to City Press (2012; 08) this caused a bit of a roar but despite all that, the film was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. This movie is for the people who enjoy mystery and fiction.
The entertainment industry is really growing quickly, now we are left with the question, 10-20 years down the line, how will the entertainment industry have changed?
i think that the enteertain industry as a whole is not getting enough exposure and we as south africans do not support our local content. For instance the movie " the epic untold story of Winnie Mandela", couldnt the producers get a black south african actress to act as Winnie mandela?? i`m sure we have enough talent. And how many of our local artists have gone internal? cdertainly not enough I only know of Lira. We really need to stand up and put South Africa`s entertainment industry out there
ReplyDeleteAnother one is Simphiwe Dana but her story is different because her music is not supported locally and most of her suppoters are not local.
ReplyDeleteI love Lira, oh! gosh, I know almost every song by her and would like to meet her one day
ReplyDeletewhy is that south african music artist are growing international more than national is it the lack of pr functins or what
ReplyDeleteClive, that is the question that begs to be asked. But also it is us South Africans who choose not to support our local artist and instead support international artists from America.
ReplyDeleteVery true Kea. All SA'ns are responsible for the growth of their country's music indusry. We choose to listen to foreign music morethan we support our artists. We should be proud of our artists and give them all our support afterall, they are sharing their talents with us.
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