MUSICIANS should extensively guard their intellectual property against any form of exploitation, as this is the only way of generating revenue from their craft, says Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) — Midlands province’s senior licencing officer Oliver Munyawarara.
Speaking, at a one-day orientation workshop held a Culture Centre in Gweru last week, Munyawarara said music is one essential commodity that mankind can not live without regardless of odd language and significance of a composition.
“Today music sounds different with time and place. At any given time when music is played, the first thing is to seek relevance and meaning. After that everyone will be dancing,” he said.
“As a people we listen to music from other countries and most of these songs were not recorded in foreign languages yet we love them.
“All because music appeals differently to the ear. When played over and over we even love it more.”
Munyawarara added: “As music composers our ability to generate income is highly influenced by the way we handle our properties, which is a commodity to others.”
“Let us all be responsible, and guard all that we compose and record for the reason of earning a living as artists, only because music comes at a cost.”
Speaking at the same seminar, Kwekwe-based musician, Bantuman I called on the business community to continue creating enabling environments for expansion of the music industry.
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“Having decent working spaces inspire quality music and influence a world class quality in our music production,” he said.
“We are pleased with these developments as they provided a platform for growth and creation of new opportunities and alternative markets for selling our products.”
