Funny enough, I have stumbled across your article and here I am giving you an update on what has happened to our free release.

As far as I know we’re still the top download on Overtone Music, but unfortunately due to differences, Jet Black & The Multicolors disbanded around July 2008.

I tried regrouping the band with new musicians but without steady paying gigs, few musicians in Cape Town will invest the kind of time that a band needs to go anywhere… coupled with the politics of promoters booking only their friends and local bands undercutting each other for a paid gig… The industry here is a total mess.

A month after Jet Black & The Multicolors split I started a new band, The Hush.

We never had a chance of giving our stuff away for free because we got picked up by Soul Candi Records straight away. And having released our material through a licensing deal we are no longer able to give it away for free.

Within 5 months we were playlisted on Goodhope Fm and were invited for a 2 hour interview where we were able to plug the band and all our upcoming gigs for the month of March… but nothing.

The live music scene in South Africa is as reliable as a hobby, and those who take themselves seriously are forced to go and try their luck abroad.

Our publisher also advised us to go to Europe or the US, because they think we’ll have a good chance of getting something off the ground, but South Africa is a total waste of time. Pretty to look at, but not good enough to take home to meet your parents.

Peace & Love

yeah, i realise that malls do stay pen after hours, but seriuosly – who’s browsing at 3am?

The V&A is a little different in this regard (but only a little) in that some of the tenants in the mall are bars, restuarants, etc.

@Dave,
Thanks for the comment, very informative. Was still infuriating that it did happen to me tho, and on two occasions. I still think that even if them reducing their consumption doesn’t help with load shedding, it would still be an eco friendly step, which never hurts

I also highly doubt places such as the V&A Waterfront will ever have to turn their lights of since the V&A is the number 1 visited tourist destination in the country…

I use Mxit for PC Beta and it’s very lekker…you can reply quicker and your thumbs are not screaming for dear life after the first paragraph…I like to bubble, so luckily now, I can type as fast as I think.

Sadie

The one thing to remember is that load-shedding is caused by us not been able to generate electricity for _current_ demand as we are unable to store (on the most part) electricity. I do not think there is a high-demand of electricity in South Africa at 3am, and I would be quite surprised to hear of any load-shedding happening at that time at all.

Therefore, them turning off, or down their lights late at night would be purely a marketing gimmick on the most part and not help one bit with energy reduction doing peak times.