Sundowner recording artist gears up for 4-day tour
Local recording artist has always had a love of music, which progressed especially during high school.
Similo Ndlovu writes:
I am a 19-year-old performing and recording artist based in Sundowner.
My mixtape is called Vivid Dreams and it is available on all major streaming platforms, such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and others under my name Similo. This mixtape is a compilation of some of the music I recorded last year, it’s seven songs with the lead genre being boom bap rap/conscious rap but it features elements of alternative rap and trap.
My upcoming tour is called the Vivid Dreams Tour. Venues are still to be announced but they will be around Gauteng. It’s going to be on four different days, which are June 16, 23 and 30, and July 7. Tickets are available on Howler with three ticket tiers. People can also follow my Instagram @similofficial for updates.
I’ve been involved in music since I was in Grade 5. Prior to that, growing up I used to listen to rap music with my uncles and mimic the rappers that I’d listen to. I’d spend hours in front of the mirror reciting lyrics of songs that I liked, imagining what it would be like if I were to put out records of my own and tour the world.
When I got to high school, I would still write lyrics every now and then, but I didn’t have any knowledge of where to start or how to go about it if I were to pursue a career. One thing I made clear to myself , though – I’d never pay for studio time, I’d rather invest in getting my own equipment.
In Grade 10, my closest friends and I would spend our mornings freestyling to beats on a phone, sort of like a cypher. After school when we got home, we’d do the same and that’s how we spent most of our days. Everyone around me would tell me that I’m different or that I had something special and the more I’d hear this the more I started to believe it.
It wasn’t until Grade 11 that I started recording and releasing music. I had very little knowledge of all the technicalities that came with making music so I was learning as I went. Since I started recording music my sound has been getting better and better. I’ve also performed a few times since I started out, which I think is a necessary experience considering the fact that musicians make most of their income from gigs.
I want to get to a point where I’m releasing an album, for example, but people are still enjoying and trying to break down the meanings of songs I made a few years ago.
If I could change something about the industry, I’d change the fact that a lot of unknown upcoming musicians aren’t really given a chance to showcase their talent.
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