Kgosinkwe�s raw talent to be felt
Tumelo Mouwane | Thursday January 12, 2017 16:14
In his first year in the music industry and having not had a chance to enjoy the much needed exposure to the outside world, Kgosinkwe’s raw talent still remains untouched.
However, the ambitious business marketing student at Gaborone Institute of Professional Studies’ entrance into the Afro Jazz scene will shortly be felt. He has already made his mark in Lobatse entertainment industry as he is often featured in events that attract multitudes.
Kgosinkwe said his talent was realised five years ago when he started compassionate services in the community. Amongst those, he joined a church choir, which made him grow his talent more than he did at primary school choir.
“After realising that mine is a God given talent, I never looked back. I joined the church choir. There I mastered my voice through the then choir conductor. My big break was when I became a backing vocalist for upcoming local artists such as Stazizo, Teddy Murphy and a few others.
This, I didn’t do for a pay, but for charity events,” he said.
Kgosinkwe said he aggressively found his way through the industry from the help of different people who saw his potential after completing his form five nine years ago. He wrote and recorded his first eight tracked album Gake sale with Nice and Edit studio in Lobatse.
“Now that I had time on my hands and experience from being a backing vocalist for different people, I utilised it to cook up a very soulful album, so I started writing the songs.
Sandy Rolling (mentor) had so much belief in me and wrote me a song which I sang perfectly and earned its copy rights,” he said.
Despite the fact that many did not believe he could make it, including his family, support followed after his debut album.
“They did not think I could make a living out music and they did not think I could sing because they never heard me singing in a professional platform. I started to have their full support after releasing my album,” he said.
Kgosinkwe said he decided to venture into Afro Jazz because it suits his strong voice projection, the soulfulness in the music and his lifestyle together with the lifestyles of people around him.
“The emotions in the composition of soul music make me feel at ease. To be an Afro Jazz singer you need to be able to connect and portray the emotions that the song holds to better communicate with the audience.
The outfit should also be on point,” he said.
Kgosinkwe appeared in many high profile events such as BOT50 road show, Mokaragana TV show and many others where he said he gained more exposure.
“I appeared in Mokaragana the local talent show three times and gained exposure each time I went there. People loved my album. They contacted me via social media and mobile in need of my services. Mokaragana is one platform that am really grateful for when it comes to my music exposure,” he said.
He shared stage with great singers who made inroads in the music industry such as Kearoma Rantao, Thabang Garogwe, ATI, and the legendary Johnny Mokhali just to mention a few.
Kgosinkwe plans to continue with his music and drop a single and form a southern district choir, which will target mostly the youth after completing his degree.
“I am all about youth and music and I realised that most youth in southern region do not have anything to keep them busy during their spare time, therefore I intend to form a choir that will sing Setswana songs and mix them with gospel together with choral.
“It will be interesting and we shall see when we get there. My single will also drop this year. It will be something new that Batswana will be hearing because it will contain jazz and kwaito beats at the same time,” he said.