HIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL Week 10 First Round (ENG-ESP): "Mamela" (Original)
(Traducción al español al final del post)
Hello everybody on HIVE, and especially the Music Community. My name is Jasper and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town, South Africa!
Welcome to Week 10 / Round 1 of the Hive Music Festival! In weeks 1 to 3 I did some of my softer, more finger-picking, style of original songs. In weeks 4-6 I raised the tempo a bit and started strumming on some more original songs. In weeks 7-9, I picked some original songs that would allow me to rock out as hard as my acoustic guitar allows, and I also showed how I like to play alternative tunings like “DADGAD”.
Now we arrive at Weeks 10 to 12! Yay! South Africa has been suffering from rolling blackouts that we call loadshedding, when the national Electricity Company, Eskom, cannot match the demands of the country. It has been particularly bad over the last few weeks, but I was happy that there was electricity the first (sorry… wait) second time I sat down to sing you the original song for the week!
So, I thought why not be optimistic, and base the three original songs I will be singing you from Weeks 10-12 on a toy that needs electricity, and an amplifier, called a loop pedal? It is the pink one at my feet and it’s something I’m just starting to learn how to use and bring into live performance! It allows me to record a few seconds of music, and then plays that music back, to allow me to play or even record more layers over it. It is the closest I can feel to being a band on my own, to allow me to fill out a song!
The black pedal provides distortion to allow my acoustic guitar to sound closer to an electric one. The blue pedal takes things down an octave to make my guitar sound closer to a bass guitar!
Today’s song is called “Mamela”! “Mamela” means LISTEN in both isiZulu and isiXhosa, the two most widely spoken local languages here in South Africa. It is supposed to give the listener a feeling for how our local Politicians have let the country down through a mixture of incompetence, corruption and focusing on the competition between factions rather than the needs of the people.
It is a song that I like to sing with @clairemobey in our duo called MobeyDick because she adds great harmonies to make the chorus more powerful and rousing like it should be. Claire has just posted a link of a gig where we got to jam “Mamela” with a local kid, Dan Roux, who is rapidly becoming a maestro on electric guitar, so please check that post here as well:
https://ecency.com/hive-193816/@clairemobey/mamela-mobeydick-feat-dan-roux
Before I go: Please look out for my weekly cover request post on Thursday! If you make a song request in the comments, and then I attempt the song, you get rewarded with 50% of that post's rewards in HP! Please have a think about what song you would like me to tackle for you?
Lyrics for “Mamela” by @jasperdick / MobeyDick (my duo with @clairemobey)
Your father died a poor man, my friend
He struggled to survive
They said it would get better in the end, oh Baba…(Baba is a term of respect, meaning “Father”, for a man that is senior to you here in South Africa)
But the jobs did not arrive
Mamela! My brother!
Can you feel the anger that burns within you?
They’ve let us down
They say that they will help you today
But you will not forget
They’ve made you the same promise before, oh Baba…
They have not kept it yet
Mamela! My brother!
Can you feel the anger that burns within you?
They’ve let us down
They tell us lies… so don’t believe them…
If they don’t lead us, then we don’t need them…
We can fix it… if we work together…
Don’t let them make us… hate each other…
Mamela! My brother!
Can you feel the anger that burns within you?
They’ve let us down
(ESP)
Hola a todos en HIVE, y especialmente a la Comunidad Musical. Me llamo Jasper y os escribo (y canto) desde Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica.
¡Bienvenidos a la Semana 10 / Ronda 1 del Festival de Música Hive! En las semanas 1 a 3 hice algunas de mis canciones originales más suaves, más finger-picking. En las semanas 4-6 subí un poco el tempo y empecé a rasguear en algunas canciones más originales. En las semanas 7 a 9, elegí algunas canciones originales que me permitieran rockear tan fuerte como me permitiera mi guitarra acústica, y también mostré cómo me gusta tocar afinaciones alternativas como "DADGAD".
¡Ahora llegamos a las semanas 10 a 12! ¡Viva! Sudáfrica ha estado sufriendo apagones que llamamos "loadshedding", cuando la compañía nacional de electricidad, Eskom, no puede satisfacer la demanda del país. La situación ha sido especialmente grave en las últimas semanas, pero me alegré de que hubiera electricidad la primera (perdón... espera) ¡la segunda vez que me senté a cantaros la canción original de la semana!
Así que pensé, ¿por qué no ser optimista y basar las tres canciones originales que os cantaré de las semanas 10 a 12 en un juguete que necesita electricidad y un amplificador, llamado pedal de bucle? Es el de color rosa que tengo a mis pies, ¡y es algo que estoy empezando a aprender a usar y a llevar al directo! Me permite grabar unos segundos de música, y luego reproduce esa música, para permitirme tocar o incluso grabar más capas sobre ella. Es lo más cerca que puedo sentirme de ser una banda por mi cuenta, ¡para permitirme rellenar una canción!
El pedal negro proporciona distorsión para que mi guitarra acústica suene más parecida a una eléctrica. El pedal azul baja una octava para que mi guitarra suene más parecida a un bajo.
La canción de hoy se llama "Mamela". "Mamela" significa ESCUCHAR tanto en isiZulu como en isiXhosa, las dos lenguas locales más habladas aquí en Sudáfrica. Se supone que da al oyente una idea de cómo nuestros políticos locales han defraudado al país a través de una mezcla de incompetencia, corrupción y centrándose en la competencia entre facciones en lugar de en las necesidades de la gente.
Es una canción que me gusta cantar con @clairemobey en nuestro dúo llamado MobeyDick porque ella añade grandes armonías para hacer el coro más poderoso y enardecedor como debe ser. Claire acaba de publicar un enlace de un concierto en el que tocamos "Mamela" con un chico local, Dan Roux, que se está convirtiendo rápidamente en un maestro de la guitarra eléctrica, así que por favor, echa un vistazo a ese post aquí también:
https://ecency.com/hive-193816/@clairemobey/mamela-mobeydick-feat-dan-roux
Antes de irme: El jueves publicaré mi petición semanal de versiones. Si haces una petición de canción en los comentarios y luego yo intento la canción, ¡te recompensaré con el 50% de las recompensas de ese post en HP! Piensa qué canción te gustaría que versionara para ti.
Letra de "Mamela" de @jasperdick / MobeyDick (mi dúo con @clairemobey)
Tu padre murió pobre, amigo mío
Luchó por sobrevivir
Dijeron que al final mejoraría, oh Baba... (Baba es un término de respeto, que significa "Padre", para un hombre que es mayor que tú aquí en Sudáfrica)
Pero los trabajos no llegaban
¡Mamela! ¡Hermano mío!
¿Sientes la rabia que te quema por dentro?
Nos han defraudado
Dicen que hoy te ayudarán.
Pero no lo olvidarás.
Te han hecho la misma promesa antes, oh Baba...
Todavía no la han cumplido.
¡Mamela! ¡Hermano mío!
¿Puedes sentir la ira que arde dentro de ti?
Nos han defraudado
Nos dicen mentiras... así que no les creas...
Si ellos no nos guían, entonces no los necesitamos...
Podemos arreglarlo... si trabajamos juntos...
No dejes que nos hagan odiarnos.
¡Mamela! ¡Hermano mío!
¿Puedes sentir la ira que arde dentro de ti?
Nos han defraudado
Traducción realizada con la versión gratuita del traductor www.DeepL.com/Translator
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What a beauty brother, I was listening completely and observing the details you elaborated. I liked how you included different rhythms and melodic lines. I congratulate you on such a beautiful job. Today I learned the meaning of the word Mamela, this was wonderful. A big round of applause. Congratulations on winning this cycle of the Hive Music Festival.
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I want to congratulate you for winning the last cycle, you deserve it because you do a spectacular job.
Once again you surprise me with everything you have done this week, you are very versatile and it shows the desire and commitment to make quality content, congratulations for that.
In my country Venezuela we also suffer with electricity, so I understand what you are going through.
My friend, first of all, my apologies for not commenting sooner. I really thought I had. Let me tell you, your commitment to the music community is incredibly beautiful. I love that the rhythm, the music, the desire, is always with you. I've always mentioned to you, your creativity has no limits. And that, without a doubt, has a very important added value. Again, a thousand apologies. I hope you had a beautiful Christmas with your family. I send you a big hug 🤗
No need to apologize! Nobody needs to improve more at commenting than me!! It can be my resolution for 2023!!!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are getting ready for some fun on New Year's! I hope 2023 brings good things along with some strength and support to overcome challenges!
Oh I love your song Jasper!! It’s pretty cool!! It’s amazing that you are in the Hive music festival! You sound like a whole rockstar!! 😎😎 congratulations!!
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Saludos @jasperdick
Ha sido asombroso escucharte, tu capacidad de creación musical es increíble! Aplausos para tí.
Sinceramente no sabía lo de la situación de electricidad, espero puedan solventar pronto ésa problemática.
Un abrazo fraternal.
Thank you very much!
My main job is actually with a renewable energy development company. I should write a few more posts that go into the challenges a bit more, but I'm afraid rolling blackouts will be with us for some time!