Zim musician links artists via the web

let the movement gently rock you” sort of album. Its melodies spin themselves from lyrical yarn, the instrumentation’s brightly colourful and it’s all woven closely together by a silky smooth voice. Poetic, ambiguous words and jovial, sometimes theatrical play on instruments are an invitation to delve into layers of meaning.
The artist, Tristan Waterkeyn, has been around. Born in Tanzania, moved to Kenya, then to Zimbabwe, where he went to high school. He learned to play the guitar to escape the rigid institutionalism of boarding school, and made appearances in Harare for a band called “Substitute Parachute”. After that he spent three years backpacking through Asia, with guitar in tow, before returning home to Africa.
He studied philosophy and comparative religion at Cape Town University and soon found a group of people to share his passion for music. Having finished his degree and having found himself more involved in the live music scene than anything else, Tristan saw a need for a more unified community in South Africa ‘s diverse music industry.
So he formed “Overtone”, a company dedicated to building up the music industry of Southern Africa. Overtone provides every band and artist in Southern Africa with access to its rapidly expanding online community with easy access to the music industry via its directories. For fans and the industry, it offers a monthly gig guide and newsletter, as well as access to information on different sectors of the industry – from bands themselves to live venues, stores, labels and industry news.
As a resource for artists, Overtone is to offer all the facilities that they would normally have to source from multiple individual companies. It also offers facilities and help for musicians to record and produce their own albums. – ‘Hay Day’ by Tristan Waterkeyn is currently selling on iTunes and in all music good stores.