Red Bull gives Namibian artists wings
The Red Bull music academy session is back in Windhoek and this time, they encouraged locals to take part in the next workshop to be hosted in Berlin.
Desert_Head shares his Canadian experience
Red Bull Namibia hosted guest DJ and former Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) student Desert_Head from Cape Town to elaborate on his experience at RBMA in Canada. More than 40 hand-picked Namibian artists, DJs and producers took part in this session, being provided with a platform to share their ideas and participating in a question-and-answer workshop.
The RBMA is an internationally renowned series of workshops and festivals founded in 1998 by Red Bull. The aim of the workshop was to foster creativity in music and to celebrate the culture and creative minds behind it. The RBMA offers new insights and perspectives on sound as artists representing different genres, countries come together. At these workshops, artists have lectures from artists who have shaped the music history, exchange knowledge and collaborate with their peers from opposite genres. At the recent session, Red Bull representative Nadja Geiger encouraged the Namibian entertainers to apply for the workshop which it to take place in Berlin next year. “We aspire to uplift our local music scene and provide a foundation amongst our upcoming artists to apply for the Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin 2018,” said Geiger.
The event was successfully rounded off by an after-party, hosted at Chopsi’s Bar in Windhoek, where Desert_Head was given a chance to showcase his tunes alongside Namibian artists Deck Geeks and Afroberries.
June Shimuoshili
Red Bull Namibia hosted guest DJ and former Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) student Desert_Head from Cape Town to elaborate on his experience at RBMA in Canada. More than 40 hand-picked Namibian artists, DJs and producers took part in this session, being provided with a platform to share their ideas and participating in a question-and-answer workshop.
The RBMA is an internationally renowned series of workshops and festivals founded in 1998 by Red Bull. The aim of the workshop was to foster creativity in music and to celebrate the culture and creative minds behind it. The RBMA offers new insights and perspectives on sound as artists representing different genres, countries come together. At these workshops, artists have lectures from artists who have shaped the music history, exchange knowledge and collaborate with their peers from opposite genres. At the recent session, Red Bull representative Nadja Geiger encouraged the Namibian entertainers to apply for the workshop which it to take place in Berlin next year. “We aspire to uplift our local music scene and provide a foundation amongst our upcoming artists to apply for the Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin 2018,” said Geiger.
The event was successfully rounded off by an after-party, hosted at Chopsi’s Bar in Windhoek, where Desert_Head was given a chance to showcase his tunes alongside Namibian artists Deck Geeks and Afroberries.
June Shimuoshili
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