Music Promotion | የሙዚቃ ማስተዋወቅ
In the digital world, music promotion is more than just about the music. It’s also about the artist behind the music. And when people come into play,…
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Managers and Artists | ማኔጀሮች እና አርቲስቶች
The manager is responsible for contacting potential venues and promoters, marketing and social media, liaising with others, paperwork, managing accounts, networking, artistic direction, connecting with fans, negotiating…
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Music Production | የሙዚቃ ፕሮዳክሽን
The road to music production is the best kept secret in the Ethiopian music industry. “Well, you just make music,” is the general rhetoric. Perhaps it’s not…
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Becomeing a Music Professional | ሙዚቀኛ እንዴት ነው ባለሙያ የሚሆነው?
In the quest to understand how young musicians become professionals, one is first confronted by the question of what makes a professional. Most musicians seem to have…
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Music Education | የሙዚቃ ትምህርት
We live in a fast-paced and ever-changing world, where the advent of the internet is opening doors and opportunities for people from all walks of life. Technology…
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Ethiopian Pottery and Handicrafts
Handicrafts and their creator’s stories mirror Ethiopian history and the industry today. The artisans produced essential items for sustenance (think of the injera clay plate). Still, they…
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You will Die at Twenty | Sudanese Film
You will Die at Twenty Maybe? We don’t know… For the first time, ever, Sudan is submitting a film to the Oscars. For a country with an…
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God in Art | Ethiopian Art
Given our history, you wouldn’t be surprised to find out that religion plays a huge role in the daily lives of Ethiopians. A country where a good…
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Shiro Meda | Ethiopian Fashion
It would be safe to assume that everyone reading this is familiar with Shiro Meda, but as a refresher, let’s briefly describe it. Shiro Meda, located around…
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Monolithic Architecture | Ethiopian Architecture
Mostly associated with the ancient world, monolithic structures are buildings that are carved, cast, or excavated from a single piece of material. Immovable reminders that civilizations once…
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Tell Me Something New | Ethiopian Creative Sector
The creative sector in Ethiopia is something that causes a lot of people pain. Both people that are on the outside looking in and those of us…
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Jesus Shows the Way to the Highway and We Tell You the Story of a Film | The Design Blah Blah
After tracking down and hacking into google servers we tracked down one of the best yet super batshit crazy movies ever made. We met the mind behind…
