Diamond Studios Buy Gasa A Flat

From the Zimbabwe Standard
by Silence Charumbira, 28th April 2012

Upcoming sungura musician Romeo Gasa is a happy man after his record label Diamond Studios bought him a two bed-roomed flat valued at US$65 000 in the city centre.

Gasa becomes the first ever artist to have a property purchased for him by Diamond Studios. The director of the company Steady Munyanyi said he was impressed the young man’s progress.

“I am impressed with the young man,” said Munyanyi.

“I am shocked at what he has achieved with his new album. I never imagined he could do this well.

“He is talented and I felt with him I could create a brand for the Diamond Studios model that I have in mind.

“The advantage is his age. We are going to dress him, pay the wages for his band whether they perform or not but we will get 30% from his performances since we also provide transport.”

Speaking in a separate interview Gasa was ecstatic about his new possession.

“It is something that I never imagined when I started my musical career,” he said.

“I am happy that the company has shown faith in me and they have done for me what anyone would wish for.”

As a condition for the acquisition, Gasa signed a five-year contract that entails him to record a single album every year.

After the five years he is free to walk out of the marriage although he has expressed his wish to stay at the stable.

“I have no plan to leave. Where in Zimbabwe would you get such an offer and treatment especially considering that I am just an upcoming artist?”

He is also supposed to get an undisclosed type of car, according to the contract.

Gasa shot to fame in 2007 after clinching the top prize at the Delta Beverages-sponsored Chibuku Road to Fame.

He has two albums to his name namely Sungura Kompressor and Mufaro Kwamuri which did fairly well on the market.

The Chinhoyi-based artist started frequenting Harare towards the end of last year for shows and the majority of fellow artists began to realise he is a force to reckon with.

He is set to launch his new album on Wednesday at Jazz 105 in a show that will feature Jah Prayzah.

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Born and educated in Zimbabwe, Africa, I grew up with in an environment much different from the one that I find I now live in. In some ways I find that the third world has a more appropriate sense of moral standards in comparison to the so called first world. When you are brought up in an environment that expects you to be totally self sufficient and prepared to make your own destiny you develop a strong sense of Entrepreneurship early on in life. You learn a “can do” attitude and become multi skilled. I have been amazed to find that living in a first world country so many people have little or no ambition in life. There is no sense of pride in achievement and everyone follows a set pattern because it is unthought-of to break societies trends. What is the purpose of going to university to become a travel agent? Why spend years educating yourself to sell yourself short at the first hurdle. True visionaries have learnt in this claustrophobic society of the first world to think outside the box. Measured success has come from individuals that learnt to apply themselves through hard work and the ability to see an opportunity and apply themselves accordingly. I was educated in a country that has a record internationally as having a society that are regarded as being the most highly educated people in Africa. That is not to say that they are academically perfect, but they have a practical knowledge that sets them aside as being unique in their ability to take what they learn around them and apply it to their own circumstances to adapt and be successful in ways other societies cannot. I am proud to be a part of this community, and proud of my heritage. As an individual I have learnt over time to have an appreciation for things I never quite understood before I was subjected to the big bad world. I am most certainly not perfect, and far from where I would like to be at in my life, but it is a journey along many roads, and with many adventures and tribulations along the way. Those of you that join me on this blog will find the thoughts, feelings and ideas that this journey generates for me. So I welcome you, and if you like what you read, give me a shout, I would be glad to hear your thoughts and opinions.

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