Staff Writer
Zimbabwe-born and now Los Angeles-based Grammy-nominated musician Daecolm recently returned home to Bulawayo during the holidays to do his own form of gift-giving to local artists.
Daecolm is currently riding high after enjoying one of his most successful years as an artist that saw him moving from London to LA, releasing a slew of big singles, and working on Chris Brown’s Grammy-nominated album Breezy.
Most recently he co-wrote another song for Chris Brown titled It’s Giving Christmas which is holding strong on the holiday charts overseas.
Daecolm was in Bulawayo for a few weeks over Christmas to spend time with his family before he jetted off to South Africa and Ghana to work on new music with a number of A-list African stars.
During his visit, Daecolm also worked with upcoming local producer Irvine “Da Kudu” Ronney on some music set to be released later this year.
Before the Grammy nominee caught a flight to South Africa that same evening he sat down with a group of Bulawayo artists for a free songwriting workshop where Daecolm shared a great deal of insights from his illustrious career.
The charismatic vocalist and writer shared information on song structure, maintaining your identity, branding and promotion with the artists.
The free workshop was facilitated by Harare-based label Point Black Entertainment as part of The Music Industry Incubator program that they are running with Unplugged Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo’s own Def Jam signed artist ASAPH who attended the workshop had this to say “It’s very cool to hear from someone who’s worked with so many international icons.
“ So getting knowledge from someone who’s been exposed to such a high level, is always priceless. For me it’s showing me the level I can go to as well. If I just put in the work believe it myself. “
Musician Maggie Soul Bird who attended the workshop shared that “It was really informative and as a songwriter I personally need more of these.
“So I’m really, really grateful to the organisers of this whole event.
“Thank you. It sometimes feels like it’s difficult to be a songwriter who’s not a singer but I’m realising I can also make it as just a songwriter and I like I like having that knowledge”
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