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| (Sean Emmanuel) |
Sean Emmanuel is another brother in my community doing positive things in order to bring about change in Braamfontein.
Braamfontein Alive met with the upcoming artist at our office in order for him to share his success story with the rest of the world and make his new endeavour known to the world.
Below is our discussion:
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| (Sean Emmanuel) |
Q. Can you introduce
yourself?
A. My names are
Emmanuel Asek and my artist names are Sean Emmanuel. I was born in Cameroon;
central Africa. Four years ago I moved to South Africa and being in a new
environment is quite challenging but is a good experience all together.
Q. What was your
intention relocating to South Africa?
A. I wanted to change
my environment at the same time
looking for more opportunities to serve God
better, discover more and do all the stuffs God has called me to do.
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| (Sean with Braamfontein Alive.) |
Q. Can you share your
opinion about South Africa since moving in?
A. Is a beautiful
country. At first, it was difficult for me to settle down as a foreigner in
terms of securing a job and again South Africa is peaceful far away from civil
war and conflicts. The people are beautiful and easy to make friends with and
are for real. In general, South Africa is a wonderful place to visit with lots
of great and vibrant colours.
Q. So what’s new about
you?
A. I am very much into
my music career nowadays. For the past few months, I have been busy working on
my first album since I left my full time job as an area manager in one of these
sports bets companies in Johannesburg.
Q. Why music?
A. I have always been
involved with music since I was young. I have this undying passion for music
writing and performance and I'm always on the lookout for opportunity to
showcase the talents or gifts God has given me. So when I left my job I decided
to spend my free time cooking something new in the studio while still employed
at a new company that pays my bills (Fresh Bristle). So I find it very
fulfilling to be able to come back to what I am passionate about.
Q. So how should I put
it: Music part-time or full time?
A. I'm employed full
time with Fresh Bristle and trying to work my way up as a brand ambassador for
their product(s).
Q. How can you define
your genre of music?
A. I do Christian
hip-hop. As Christians when we party we craze for contemporary hip-hop music
and on this point I identify a need for Christians to who love hip-hop.
Therefore, I decided to create something out-of-the box. Something they will be
able to relate with a Christians. I don’t think I've listened to an African
gospel rapper before and if there is I am not sure we are many.
Q. Where do you get
your inspiration from in terms of your model or idols?
A. I will start by
saying that I'm intrigue with the way 2Pac, Rick-Ross and Birdman do their
things. I like their style of rap, rhymes but I really admire Trip Lee and
Lecrae as I draw lots of inspiration from this duo. For instance, Trip Lee is a
pastor. I admire his work, talents and this is very motivating for me that I
would like to step into their shoes.
Q. So what’s your
latest release?
A. I just released my
single “Drop Bomb!”
Q. When was it released?
A. We finished with
the recording on 21-02-2016 and it went on air officially on 04-03-2016. People
can now listen and download it on these online platforms: YouTube, SoundCloud
and we are working to make it available on I-tunes and SongCast.
Q. How are the turn-ups
for your music since the day it was released?
A. Is very inspiring.
The feedbacks are encouraging. People telling me that they love and enjoy it.
In 2 days of release we had 122 views on YouTube, 12 likes and 3 comments not
to talk of other online music platforms. These statistics are not bad at all as
a new upcoming and recording artist.
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sean-emmanuel-870480096
Q. Do you have a
platform where people can download your music and make it their phone ring
tune?
A. People can simply
go to YouTube or SoundCloud and do that. They can also visit; http://datafilehost.com/d/d5242bdd
only for android users.
Q. Are you this alone
or do you have a team?
A. I have a strong
team that consists of my manager (Derrick Da Don). He’s part of Vault Money.
Also Fresh Bristles are in partnership with my music. Mike Shamba (An Author),
Puni (Producer 1) and Musa (Producer 2).
Q. We noticed a lot of social media buzz about your single. Do you
have a team that does promotion and marketing for you?
A. We have a strong team so for now we are doing the promotion and
marketing ourselves until we sign a contract before we can be able to come up
with a team designated to promotion and marketing.
Q. What should your
people or fans expect after Drop Bomb?
A. People should
expect Drop Bomb’s video and a complete album afterwards. Actually, we will be
releasing my second single titled “No matter what!” This song was done in four
(4) languages; English, French, Zulu and Cameroon Pidgin-English. People
should be on the lookout.
Q. When should they
expect “No matter what”?
A. By end of March
after the release of Drop Bomb video. We want the video to be on MTV, Channel O
and people in Cameroon should expect it on ESTV and CRTV.
My people follow my success story via the
following social media handles:
Facebook: Emmanuel Asek.
Twitter: @Asek1985
Instagram: Sean Emmanuel
Sound
Cloud: Sean Emmanuel
Email: seancarlix@yahoo.com
And for bookings, contact my manager on:
073 961 7558.
awesome!!
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