Quality African Production Music gets a BIG boost!
Mama Dance is the publisher of one of the largest, high-quality African production music libraries in the world. Pressure Cooker Studios are producers of some of the best quality music for productions on the continent. They have competed on many advertising...
African Music for Videos: Gqom & Amapiano
The diverse and vibrant continent of Africa has been the birthplace of countless musical genres and styles that have captivated audiences around the world… Music is a universal language that has the power to evoke emotions, tell stories, and elevate visual...
Unlocking the Power of Production Music: The Soundtrack to Creative Excellence
Production music, also known as stock music, is a valuable resource in the world of music licensing and content creation. It offers a wide range of benefits for filmmakers, advertisers, YouTubers, and other creators seeking high-quality music to enhance their...
New International Label – Pitch Hammer
Following hot on the heels of our ANNIHILATION label release, we're absolutely thrilled to welcome PITCH HAMMER MUSIC to our roster of top quality International Libraries here at Mama Dance ! Music library. PITCH HAMMER MUSIC provides high-end tracks and custom music...
New International Label – ANNIHILATION
We're very excited to welcome a brand new International label, ANNIHILATION to the Mama Dance family! ANNIHILATION is a premium music library of high-end tracks, sound design, and underscores for all types of high-impact production media. Their roster features some of...
GLOBAL GRIOT: Bridging cultures through the evolution of an ancient African tradition
by Shalini Tewari 7 min read Nic Paton and Jally Kebba Susso combine their individual expertise to create the story of the Global Griot – a fusion of electro-classic Mandika music. By blending the spirit of tradition with the fusion of world music, they tell a story...
How to use music in your video, film or commercial …legally
I’ve been in publishing for 15 years and I know it can seem very complicated. While not a copyright lawyer, here is some info that has helped me understand music rights over the years. It is all in the name. Understanding music copyright. In very...
Get to Know Amapiano
The Amapiano genre has taken SA by storm! While it may have been inspired by Kwaito, it has become its own beast and has even recently been given its own category at the SAMA's along with Gqom and the aforementioned Kwaito:...
Meet the Composer – Luca Hart
Luca Hart Luca and Mama Dance have crossed paths many times over the years, but we are thrilled to finally have her exceptional violin skills on our library. The album Cinematic Strings - Heartfelt Emotions is a collaboration with long-time Mama Dance...
Meet the Composer – Zamile Mtezman Somchiza
Gugulethu based producer, Mtezman, has a loooong history with Mama Dance that goes back to before we even had 1 album on the now 230 album strong Mama Dance Music Library. From his early days with renowned kwaito group DIMKOP to producing tracks for our first album...
Meet the Composers – SA Urban Drama Series
Realising the dire need for dramatic urban music beds for South African TV series, Mama Dance created a new production music series called "SA Urban Drama". The two albums in the series so far focus on the Tension and Suspense moods and here are some of the talented...
Mama Dance at the friendliest music festival in Africa – Busara Music festival, Zanzibar, 2020 (Part 2)
DAY 3 The Busarafestival always impresses me with their strong calling out of sexual harassmentthroughout the festival and a general focus on capacity building. This year itincluded a programme that provided opportunities for woman to gain stagemanagement skills and...
Meet the Library – Atomica Music
The Atomica Music Library is one of the first libraries Mama Dance had the privilege of representing in South Africa (going back almost 10 years now) and is year on year one of the most popular amongst our clients. Their offering has increased over the years to...
Mama Dance Music Composers – Ronan Skillen
Ronan at work. As a mainstay of the SA music scene for quite some time we were very excited to sit down with master percussionist (and apparently excellent chef) Ronan Skillen to find out a bit about his musical journey so far… Tell us a little bit about yourself:...
Meet the Library – Jambaar Muzik
We are thrilled to welcome Jambaar Muzik to the Mama Dance family and thought we'd take the opportunity to get to know this French library a bit better by having a quick chat to the founder, Bachir Sene. MD: Can you give us a quick overview of your library? JM: Our...
Mama Dance at the friendliest music festival in Africa – Busara Music festival, Zanzibar, 2020 (Part 1)
When Inoticed that my favorite African music festival was the day after my musicpublishers meeting in Jhb last month, I impulsively decided to head to Zanzibarfor 10 days of the fantastic East African live music, workshops, networking anda spot of Kite surfing! And...