Call for music: Al Jazeera documentary

The deadline for submissions is 3 June. Song samples should be sent via email to [email protected]. The artist whose music is selected will be paid $200. The producers want the money to go to upcoming artists looking for exposure.

“We are looking for a soundtrack, a few minutes of music, to play over some of the scenes," Longshot Productions project assistant Niki Moore said. "We are looking for music that someone might already have recorded. We're not expecting people to record fresh material.

She said the producers were looking for a song similar to ‘Bazonyenza’ by Busiswa ft DJ Maphorisa’.

"In other words, very sassy and aggressive. The music will be played over a montage of scenes, showing the activities of the vigilante groups,” Moore said.

“It is a news documentary, highlighting gangs in townships where policing has failed. It is a human-interest documentary to show how ordinary people sometimes have to do desperate things.”

The successful artist will be credited and asked to sign an agreement.

Requirements

• The producers are specifically looking for gqom music.
• The artist must sign a release for the single.
• The artist retains the copyright but allows the producers to use the music in the documentary for worldwide broadcast.
• The producers require the track on a downloadable format. It does not have to be published music.
• The call is only open to South African artists.