South African bands suck?

I’m sitting hear listening to 5FM playing “felling the pressure” by the Dirty Skirts. South African bands suck? Oh, I beg to differ. What a brilliant South African Indie Rock band the Dirty skirts are. I had the pleasure of working with them last year at a celebrity golf challenge. They’re really great guys and I’m such a fan of their work.

We as South African’s tend to use the western world as a yard stick for all that we do, fashion, film and music. Our bands are unique; they’re not trying to imitate international bands so why do we compare them to the international acts?

We have our own music and entertainment industry and might I add that it’s constantly growing, we even have our own music awards. South African bands such as Seether and Just Ginger have managed to take their music to an international level making it on to charts abroad and still remaining true to their homeland.

The South African bands all have a different sound catering for the different tastes of the rainbow nation. My favourites include the likes of Zebra and Giraffe, Watershed, Jax Panix, Gang of instrumentals, The Dirty Skirts, Crash Car Burn and The Parlotones. We need to be more supportive of our own. So do me a favour the next time you hear a South African band playing take the time to listen you it might just like it.

My take on Designer PR

Exciting times lie ahead for the Public Relations Department at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, even more so the the Public Relations industry as a whole. Making the move to the Informatics and Design faculty really embodies the change that is evident within industry at this very moment. Just as architecture and fashion are concerned with creation, Public Relations is the creation and fostering of relationships which indeed require a sense of creativity. Public Relations will never become just passé. Consumers are turning more and more to PR agencies compared to that of marketing and advertising agencies. Everything you do and say is Public Relations. Im really happy that we have made this move...procativeness I like that.

Topics to explore...

1. South African Music
2. Freelance Public Relations
3. Social Media
4. Journalist as PRP'S
5. My internship