Staff Writer
Top music promoter and artist manager — Sam Mataure — will hold a master class this Saturday at Alliance Franciase starting at 9:30am
The master class will focus on band and management, music education and tips for sustainability in music industry.
The former manager and drummer for Oliver Mtukudzi will impart his knowledge during the one day master class and is free to artists.
This is the first in a series of master classes to be conducted by Mataure who is now recovering from a stroke.
The 54-year-old drummer does not need much introduction having worked with big names in music.
From the likes of Chiwoniso Maraire to Andy Brown, Jazz Invitation, Beaulah Dyko, Victor Kunonga and Dr Thomas Mapfumo, from Oliver Mtukudzi to Steve Dyer and Auntie Dot.
He has rubbed shoulders with some of the top musicians in Southern Africa and beyond.
However, the white bearded Mataure says he is on the mend and taking one day at a time.
“What I would need now is perhaps hitting the gym and find someone who can assist with working out. You know with stroke you cannot say when you will be up and running but I am taking one day at a time. And also you cannot rush anything he recovery is a slow process,” he said.
According to Mataure, the sudden twist of fate took him by surprise although he had been forewarned.
“Sometime in 2017 I went to South Africa for a gig and I decided to visit a doctor. That doctor checked by health and wellness and he warmed me that I could suffer a heart failure. At the time I didn’t take him seriously because I felt no pain.
“It was only in 2019 that I was hit by a stroke but luckily it was that severe had it been that bad we could be talking something different now,” he said.
But Mataure isn’t alone on the recovery path as friends and relatives are always by his side.
That positivity is what’s keeping him going although he admits that his biggest setback in his career was the sad loss of Blacks Spirits founding leader Oliver Mtukudzi.
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