“Tinoti Ebeneza” hit maker, Toggy Chivaviro, has signed with world renowned online music distribution giant TUNECORE.
This development is to ensure his music fans around the world are not starved of this music which has become a blessing to many souls.
“Gods grace is surely taking us somewhere,” a statement read.
It continued, “TuneCore is like the distributor , they take the music to more than 150 online stores, chief among them being YouTube, Amazon, ITunes, Spotify, Rhapsody, Googleplay, Deezer, Groove, eMusic, SmifyAfrica, Nokiamusic, Yahoomusic, iHeart Radio, Vervelife, Nmusic,Saarvn, ClaroMusica, Akazoo.I have been with them for 2 years now, serving about 5 stores on a trial basis with remarkable results, but this time with the way our latest album Mhepo Inoperekedza is being received by fans, they signed us for the full package ensuring about 150 stores across the globe.( you can check these stores on http://www.tunecore.com/index/music_stores)
This is the direction that music distribution is taking , the cd and DVD are going out the cassette and vynl way.Now we are even getting responses from as far as Australia, Japan, USA, Brazil etc.
Remember even in those countries there are many Zimbabweans that we may not be able to send our cds or DVDs to.CD distribution is being eroded by piracy, also many people now listen to music on their phones rather than cd players or shuttles.A person can just google MHEPO INOPEREKEDZA and get so many options to download the song for some cents, TuneCore collects our royalties and every month we receive our dues.
Revs songs have been doing extremely well on YouTube with more than 5 of them standing above 100 000 views each.Ebenezer , which was uploaded around May last year now stands at 637,870 views and still going, making it probably the most viewed ALL-ZIMBABWEAN song in such a short time.Its fast gaining ground on Oliver Mutukudzis Neria uploaded by BBC Africa in September 2009 which stands at 687,799 views.
Mhepo Inoperekedza has been quickly received by our fans and we are happy that this time its not only one song but quite a number, infact almost the entire album. Already songs like Mhepo , Zvichanaka and Chikomborero have entered various radio charts and doing well there.We hope by going digital and international the number of our fan base will grow and many souls will be uplifted.
This coming weekend we are taking our new albums to Durban , after a huge reception in Capetown last weekend.