The Industry Part 3.1

Which brings me to my next gripe: SABC1's Music Lounge and generally every black person in the music industry. Artists always claim the moral high-ground when it comes to race. But, why is it then, that when SA musicians (mostly black) talk about "Local Music" and "Local Artists", White musicians are constantly overlooked? I've watched Music Lounge lots of times but I've never seen Kurt Darren or Louise Carver, Taxi Violence, Zebra & Giraffe, The Parlotones, etc. even when there's a label on the top-left corner of the screen saying,"Local". Aren't these guys as local as boerewors? Argh! Wrong example! Aren't these guys as local as DJ Cleo or Big Nuz? The rock acts in this country are World Class and I dare anyone to tell me otherwise. Some of our mainstream "Local" artists couldn't push two records internationally, but the artists who have the capability of cracking it abroad aren't being recognised.