Hagen Engler is a highly creative individual who has managed to make creativity his job as well as his passion. He is a journalist with over twenty years of journalism and editorial experience behind him. He is also a poet, novelist and musician… he really manages to cram a lot … Read More
This week’s creativity interview is with Louise Rose Innes…. A romance writer. I think sometimes people look at the romance genre and see a cookie cutter solution that just about anyone can do. But that’s clearly not the case. In this interview Louise shares her creative secrets and gives some … Read More
There is this guy called Simon who is doing great things to support SA Music. You should find him on Facebook and visit his web site. Like now. It’s called Love SA Music. Simple really To make this visiting easy, he interviewed me recently about the state fo SA … Read More
A lovely update on media coverage from Cape Town. I was on SA FM on Saturday morning last week with Michelle Constant. If you missed it, never fear because I was able to get a recording of the interview from her lovely producer Monique. I have added some pics to … Read More
5 FM DJ and front-man for the band Cassette, Jon Savage, hosts a cool blog over at his website. It is all about the inner workings of the SA music industry. A couple of weeks back, he was kind enough to host me, David chislett, in one of htose recording … Read More
Well, my Bloem trip was succesful from more than just a speaking and sales point of view, I got some awesome media coverage.I was on OFM on 23rd of March and on Kovsie FM twice, each for about half an hour… thanks guys! I was even featured on page … Read More
This week promises to be a busy one as I head on down to the Mother City for a 5 day incursion of media, presentations and workshops. On Wednesday 16 March I will be on the UCT campus speaking to the journalism students with a particular focus on music journalism … Read More
Dawie Bornman, host of the Totally South African show on Tuks FM recently recorded a series of interviews with me for Tuks FM. The first of these can be heard on Tuks FM during totally South Africa on Sunday 13 February at 20:00. Thereafter, every second Sunday will feature an … Read More
Welcome to 2011! I was very pleased to hear that an interview I did with Craig Wilson on “1,2,1,2: A Step By Step Guide To The SA Music Industry” last year has seen the light of day on MIO. Music Industry Online (MIO) is a great resource for anyone inthe … Read More
I picked up a free copy of Muse magazine at The Golden Tikki Tattoo Parlour in Linden today and was very pleased to find that an interivew that Craig Wilson did with me in September had found its way into the December/January issue. Very nice!