Hehehehe if he was really serious by now we would have had Ferre Gola website on www and maybe a proper Facebook interactive page where we know who is who in the band,mini biograophies and extracts of their performance etc. I have seen that on Youtube,the official Ferre page has a number of new uploads of Ferre's old works so someone is updating,that's about it. It's the same for BCBG, we had a BCBG website back in the days with a lot of data and all band members details,discography of the band etc that's the most basic marketing you can do to connect your organisation to your market.
What's astounding is now nowadays anyone can create and maintain a website. The likes of Squarespace, Shopify and Wix have made it so easy. Imagine with a website, you could sell tickets to concerts directly as well as merchandise. Wonder why Congolese artist have not jumped on this trend.
i saw few hours ago ndombolhino posting screenshots of him planning on future work with celeo,ceda ya mado,ruth nzele,kabuya,idologik ntumba and all the people involved were no more in a group so free to work with him and she has not featured for two generiques now
That's unfortunate as she was the only female atalaku. I was in contact with her a few years ago. When I traveled to Kin we even met up. She invited me to the rehearsal at 123 and made sure I was taken care of. Another time I invited her to come kick it with us in Kintambo to eat ntaba. She's a nice person. I know she has a daughter, and lived with her mother at the time. Hope she makes it out alright despite not featuring for Ferré.
ado seems to mess interviews up when he is too much in admiration of his guest or talking like they are friends as much as i dont like him cutting guests like a robot to finish his classic questions sometimes him and the guest get distracted into something and by the time they are over it 20 minutes is gone,i wonder how it will be if he interviews his close friend genta
Kalonji is very charismatic; he had Ado by the finger the minute he walk on the set. You could tell Ado was in awe the whole time. Mbote ebimaki très tôt na emission lol.
On the other note, Bill makes his stories quite believable. Great story teller but you can also tell he's a great bullshiter.
He had problems with Serge Kayembe, who had normally to release that album back in 2014, after that he had also problems with Borel Kosimato who became the new producer and now he has problems with Marc Jacobs.
Problems with 3 potential producers now. Seems there's a trend here. Doesn't reflect positively on the artist.
When you understand the phrase Improvisation you will know only great artist do pull this off and people who do not understand music or arenot mislead by a typical music understand
Charly Soll has done what is called Improvise where he is not playing the same rhythm as the original version but paying odemba rhythm and the Great One Ferre Gola doing his thing
These are what great artist do improvise meaning changing a rhythm of the original to come out different but the same song
Regarde Moi the master piece more to come from Harmony
It's a great song by a great artist. The execution here is a bit off.
his name is name is mboyo londo "tata mapasa" due to being father of twins,and he is the main choreographer of the group and provides choreography for the group except when its his boss or his partner in choreography department ali loketo he participated in almost every if not every cultura concert and release(except a period when he had suffered a serious accident which took almost a year to recover)
Tremendous technical skills required on this song. However, I found the voice or perhaps the sound a bit off here.
The guitarist Charly was not playing in sync with his boss and at one point Mark 1.50 he confused his boss. Charly played the same rhythm throughout without following the melody of the song. On vocal clarity or perfection,you cannot compare something that's been recorded in studio to a live performance,in studio imperfections are deleted that's why artistes spend a lot of time to record.
The guitarist not being in synch, that answers my question. I just couldn't pinpoint it.
I don't really understand why are people doing this comparison.
Fally did a french pop urban album. France is the n°A market for his album.
Heritier did a rumba album. France is not in his target market.
This is like comparing the sales of a Francis Cabel album in France or iin Nigeria.
I don't know why Congolese people are obsessed with the french mainstream market in France. France is not a rumba land. You don't even have 1 million congolese in France. It's a tiny marlet for rumba, outside of playing in halls and getting mabanga money.
Well said, and frankly this should be atop the list. Different sounds attracting different markets.
Also, following the commercial success of Tokos 1, it was expected that there would be major interest in the second one. Whether or not the music lived up to expectations is another story.
Although sonically his music has changed dramatically, he still has an impact on the African continent. As evidenced by his recent tune with Diamond. And previously his own solo hits like selfie, etc... That alone is reason enough to continue (in his mind).
Someone mentioned it: money. Seems like money is still pouring in, he's now active in Europe, so life is good.
Frankly, there's no age limit to making songs. Whether or not people still enjoy your songs is another thing. I will say though that he's entertaining as an artist/individual. "vieux a lingi ko Kola te" lol
He comes across as a logical person. Showing maturity in most of the interviews I watch of him. I don't suppose that's a recipe for success in Congolese music - until there's a change in mentality.
I can't help but think that he just doesn't have what it takes to become bigger than he is now. The voice comparison to Fally doesn't help. But also missing the star factor in my opinion. I find that he doesn't bring anything new to the table.
Greatly appreciated the dancing. He hit every move effortlessly.
the most loyal dancer of a group ever(as far as i know) been in the group in 1995 before the group officially existed he deserves a lot of credit for still doing this well in dance with 25 years more,nowadays some with 1 year more become already lazy lol
Reply #18 by Lamusica on 16 Jan, 2021 04:31
Post actions Thanks for the background info. What's his name by the way? Also, does he have a specific role within the group? Such as choreographer? And does he dance with the rest of the artists at concerts and in videos?
Thanks for the background info. What's his name by the way? Also, does he have a specific role within the group? Such as choreographer? And does he dance with the rest of the artists at concerts and in videos?
One can always dream; MSG is a big feat. The significance of the venue alone is major. Performing at MSG is one thing, filling up the stands is another. Perhaps Monstre only cares about the former.
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