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Francois van Coke releases new single and music video for “Nagmerries (Bye bye baby)”
Francois van Coke has released the first of four planned new singles for 2026. Titled “Nagmerries (Bye bye baby),” the track arrives with an accompanying music video and sees the artist returning to a more introspective space, using the…
Hip Hop UNDERGROUND Listening Club #12: Quelle Chris - Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often
Welcome back to HHH Listening Club! This new round includes albums you submitted earlier this year, with the following rule to an artist being considered "Underground": You can submit any album where the artist has less than 100,000…
👋Welcome to r/AmaPiano - Introduce Yourself and Read First!
Hey everyone! I'm u/Chakwenta, a founding moderator of r/AmaPiano. This is our new home for all things related to Amapiano.
Intro to every song is the same and too long.
Intro to every song is the same and too long and ain’t nobody have time to wait crazy long for the good stuff. I think amapiano will grow even more when they fix that. submitted by /u/Chapeton [link] [comments]
AHCOM launch We Don’t Play Campaign in support of music workers
Last week AHCOM launched a month-long campaign called WE DON’T PLAY. This month-long campaign will raise awareness about the working conditions of musicians in Cape Town.
Amapiano songs for the summer
Yo, with summer coming up, im looking for any album suggestions with that chill amapiano vibe. Need to update the playlist! submitted by /u/Skarpii7 [link] [comments]
From SA with bass. This is Amapiano 🇿🇦
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/06PJWB5NscXxvuQcP3bg5F?si=y-AE3Ol2QO6EfzVb_zGfHg submitted by /u/yannisdni [link] [comments]
THOSE THAT CAN DO, THOSE THAT CAN’T… START A YOUTUBE CHANNEL
The Joys of Youtube One of the cool things about being alive today is that you can learn anything you want from YouTube. I had a go at ‘teaching myself’ to play the guitar when I was a teenager (back in the dark ages) – and it really was…
TELL ME YOUR MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY
I came into formal music education through the back door. As a schoolgirl in the 70s, if you wanted a musical career, there was only one route – through the graded system of the external examination bodies.
WANTED: DYNAMIC AND HARDWORKING MUSIC TEACHER (excellent accompanying skills would be an advantage)
I am still thinking about job advertisements for music teachers in South Africa, (which is where I live, and where AMI is). And since my recent, rather cheeky post about pianists, I have been thinking about them some more.
REMEMBERING ANDREW TRACEY AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION
Decolonising music education Andrew Tracey, former owner of African Musical Instruments, Director of the International Library of African Music (ILAM), and our friend, died this month on 12 January, aged 87.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PIANIST AND GOD?
Jobs for pianists Occasionally, job ads for school music teachers pop up on my social media feeds. I am casually interested in who is hiring, what they are looking for, and usually repost for the sake of job seekers in my network.
IT’S NOT JUST A MIRROR, IT’S A DOOR
When you look in a mirror, you expect to see yourself. Using the analogy of a mirror that reflects the values of a school gives a slightly different perspective.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS VS CURIOS
I was at a teacher’s workshop a few years ago, and one of the attendees told me that their school had very little money, and while she would have loved to invest in AMI instruments, they were beyond the school’s budget.
AMI MARIMBAS: MAINTENANCE AND TUNING
What we see on our tuning trips This blog was originally part of a follow up letter to our marimba customers after Christian and Ben did a tuning and maintenance trip.
BONDING WITH INSTRUMENTS
It’s personal A couple of weeks ago, this guitar was stolen from its home in Cape Town. The thing is folks, this is no ordinary guitar. It belonged to Bood Carver, who died tragically in 2017. Bood was a one-in-a-million type of character.