This May, SOUL AFRIK – AN AFRO SOUL MUSIC TALENT SHOW will embark on a quest to showcase an undiscovered afro-soul entertainer who will take home 1 million naira. The show will kick off with auditions opening online beginning now, 2016. SOUL AFRIK is a talent competition series open to afro-soul artists specifically allowing them to showcase their skills and take the stage in front of restaurant audience as well as the entire world.
SOUL AFRIK, a product of Hangout Nigeria, aims to produce a niche afro-soul music talent showcase and competition that focuses on African cultural elements such as music, art, and fashion of the indigenous people. Soul Afrik will conduct an exciting online audition and selection process to select a final four contestants. Soul Afrik competition performances in four restaurants will be videoed and published online on www.soulafrik.com and YouTube where the world will watch, comment and vote for their preferred contestant. The winner of Soul Afrik talent show will get a price money of one million naira.
Why Afro-Soul music?
Afro-soul music requires raw talent. It is a genre that remains largely unexplored in comparison to others such as hip-hop and pop. Uniquely, afro-soul talent cannot be fabricated with production equipment. This is why afro-soul is considered a divergently powerful genre that cannot be compared to mainstream music, there is no faking this kind of talent!
How do you audition?
If you think you've got what it takes to be an entertaining afro-soul artist, submit a two minute video of yourself singing an afro-soul selection of your choice acapella (without musical accompaniment) to Soul Afrik Registration. Introduce yourself with your name and the name of the song you will sing before singing. Auditions is open and will close on May 30th. All video applications will be screened by the SOUL AFRIK executive team to narrow down the contestants to 12 on 2nd of June 2016.
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