Forgotten Balaka-based musician Enot Spear Mbandambanda has said that he is looking for well-wishers, who can assist him put his old songs on a CD and DVD.<\/p>\n
Mbandambanda said currently most of his old songs are still on tapes hence he wants to put them on a CD and then produce music videos for a DVD.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need well wishers to support me in this project. I am failing to make headway because I do not have money and so this is why I am calling for support,\u201d said the veteran musician.<\/p>\n
The musician, who was in the limelight and vibrant in the years between 1990 and 2004, said his putting back his songs on a CD and DVD shows that he is serious and that wants to make a comeback.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am ready for performances, of course I have been performing here and there after being invited by Alleluya Band but I want to do it more. I know some might think I have passed my prime but in music there is no such a thing, music runs through my veins and I believe the break I have had is enough,\u201d said the musician.<\/p>\n
He revealed that for him to work on the CD, he needs close to K160,000 but could not say how much he needs to work on a DVD.<\/p>\n
Mbandambanda, who has shared the stage with several musicians including Zimbabwe\u2019s music maestro Oliver Mtukudzi said he has four albums to his credit namely Kuchimwa Kulibe Mwini <\/em>which is still on a tape likewise his second album Ndapita<\/em>.<\/p>\n The others are Mwaonjeza <\/em>and Ubwelere <\/em>which are already on a CD.<\/p>\n On what happened to him to go into hibernation, the musician, whose music career started in a choir, said he found some people who promised to take his music higher whilst he was still performing in Lucius Banda\u2019s Zembani Band.<\/p>\n \u201cThese people promised to do a lot for me only to disappear from the picture and so I could not go back to Zembani Band because of the way I left,\u201d said Mbandambanda, who has also starred with Kuunika Band.<\/p>\n He said music has made progress in the country although he was quick to point out that it was tough as regards marketing and distribution.<\/p>\n \u201cI am happy that we have young artists on the ground, who are very creative although I would say that some are losing the touch. Unlike in the past where we had a proper marketing and distribution system with the presence of among others OG Issa, it is difficult now where artists are struggling to distribute their music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mbandambanda said he has not just sat idle as he is currently doing some piece works in order to make ends meet.<\/p>\n \u201cI have just got a driving licence and I hope to find a job and this is because I want to do something to propel my music career. This is just to show well wishers out there that once they assist me I will put the money to good use and this will be largely for the development of my music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mbandambanda, who is married with children and also has grand children, hails from James Village, Traditional Authority Nsamala in Balaka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Forgotten Balaka-based musician Enot Spear Mbandambanda has said that he is looking for well-wishers, who can assist him put his old songs on a CD and DVD. Mbandambanda said currently most of his old songs are still on tapes hence he wants to put them on a CD and then produce music videos for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28756,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28752\/revisions\/28756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}