Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Nkosi on April 15, 2014, 18:18
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Ferre makes work easier for WMM. He has modeled his musicians along WMM philosophies. Let me explain a bit on the on-going Ferre-Werra polemique. Its all politics and publicity.
1. Werra and Ferre are using the polemique to spar their musicians to keep arguing and aim to outperform each other. Werra and Ferre don't bother commenting much on the issue. Ferre learnt the power of polemique in WMM and he knows its used to drive musicians and keep fans wanting to watch and listen to new releases, concerts etc. Ferre knows that its the polemique which made Bill insult JB but Bill did not mean it. he went fast and reconciled with JB. So this is all for the fans.
2. Ferre knows that he is an excellent singer/ musician and modelling his band on the WMM philosophy would make them compete with Werra and his direct rival Fally. He also deliberately chose a place close to Werra. The negative side of his grand plan is that he has raised the best crop of singers in Congo at the moment. These singers are as good as in one WMM house but in different bedrooms as Werra's crop. Werra on the other hand says time to focus on raising musicians from scratch who may end up leaving for Europe is tedious and disruptive. He has short term incentives for his trusted musicians such as linking them to powerful business men and footballers who buy them expensive cars and give them cash. he allows them to contribute songs and they get something from that and mabangas. He travels with them as he doesn't do solo performances as he is not such a good singer. He has Sankara, Tresor, Yankee to sell the musicians and they feel like real stars. So, he is building a team by getting musicians from the other room because they are ready made for him. Kunzardo will surely move to WMM soon and is loved among the Wenge Admin. Infact he was earlier targeted than Bercy together with Shikito. Ferre hasn't lost anything from this and will never be at a loss. Look at this analysis:
- Kirikou.... He was never a dependable ataluku but the guy is creative with a bad voice. Werra gave him chance to make himself. Ferre has less congestion as a result.
-Arnake.....He was never given much attention by Ferre because he knew Werra would snap him at all costs. Arnake knew that he would never make it under Ferre because he sings like him and only close followers would identify his vocals in a song under Ferre as they would think its Ferre.
-Nicodem.....He has some following for no serious reason. He helped in organizing Ferre's group in Ferre's absence. He has some presence on stage which Werra likes. Its a relief to Ferre as he kept carrying him around at the expense of other good singers. Its a good move for Werra, Ferre and Nico.
-Bercy....Him and WMM is match made in heaven. Ferre has less trouble with Bercy away.
More musicians from Ferre will join WMM as Ferre will not always perform with band. He still does excellent and economical concerts with a couple of them accompanying him or even hiring. Werra also does economical concerts as he has so many private sponsors to take care of his clue without banking much on concert money. A good number of Ferre's guys will jump to the other side at the benefit of both. Fans will continue flaming the hype and this will benefit both.
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...Well put Nkosi...
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Maison Mere is like Manchester City always spending money on people from other clubs and not really investing in the people they already have and not putting a lot of emphasis in the youth system/reserve. Werra is getting Bercy,Angola,Nicodem well he really doesn't need them because Werra already had a good crop of singers and atalakus like Cinq Chantier,Brandon Avatar, Deodorant and singers like Rice Matadien,Robinho and Cafe Rhum. But at the end of the day both Man City and Maison Mere want to be the best at what they do and it doesn't matter at what cost.
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The people in Ferre's group should stay put just look at Gessac and co when they went to Quatier Latin. And Arnake was given a lot of attention by Ferre he had like 3 or 4 vocals in Boite Noire and when he first came he automatically put him in the first team.
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A good hypothesis Nkosi !