Randfontein has got talent!

By Phuthi Mathobela

Brothers For Life duo has never found their luck in the entertainment industry.
Afro-soul duo made up of Velile Rum (36),and Nkosinathi  Gumede, (34) said that there are days that they wish people can recognise their work. The musicians from Randfontein outside Joburg told Ezimtoti News that their music life has always been difficult since they  joined the music industry. Nkosinathi said they  started off as hairdressers in order to finance their music but still they were struggling. He said they had been working on a project  that isn’t  even done yet as they are not doing well financially.  “There are too many challenges that we came across. Most of them were unforseen,”           “We had to start off independently with no sponsor nor a deal. We had to finance our projects by ourselves, and cover traveling costs,”he said.                    Nkosinathi said they had to pay for their  studio time as well.                  “We were finding it difficult to do some a lot of things due to a long period of unemployment. Sometimes opportunities would come around during the dark days and you’d find that it’s financially difficult for us as a duo to get there,”Velile said.                              He said with time they learned to hustle for their music and invest in it.                            “We were working as hairdressers specialising in dreadlocks at Randfontein CBD. This was from around 2013 to nearly the covid 19 season,”.                 “At that time we could afford to record 70% of our  album and shot one music video. After that the economy changed and our salons couldn’t be profitable as they used to be, so finishing up our album has become a difficult battle that we fight on a daily basis,”he said.                 
The musician said the feeling of giving up would come around for both of them  due to financial reasons and opportunities being far.                            However the duo couldn’t give up because they are both passionate about their talent and they made a commitment that whether the music pays or not.        Velile said they won’t stop making it because of the love of the music they have.
“What’s instore for us is the success of our album. We looking forward to the support from our surroundings,” “We targeting a high number of streams and downloads. We also plan to do our own events and market our own music so it can escalate heights,”he said.