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Today on CapeTalk with Trevor Jones from 10am Respected as one of the Top Five original music score composers in the world, Jones is responsible for scoring over 120 wide-ranging blockbuster film and television productions, including the likes of Notting Hill, Angel Heart, The Last of the Mohicans and In the Name of the Father. Amongst a plethora... Continue Reading →
Happy birthday Dr Trevor Jones from all of us at Music Exchange. Thank you for what you do to inspire us all to be better and as you always say "Prepare or prepare to fail”. Your humility and love for your art shines through and inspires us daily - THANK YOU Trevor. In March 2019 the Western Cape Department of Cultural... Continue Reading →
Music Exchange 2022: From left: Martin Myers, Mark Rosin, Marc Marot and Trevor Jones standing in front of the MEX sign at the Academy of Sound Engineering (ASE) in District Six, Cape Town. By Rachel Reynolds I was driving home when I tuned into Smile FM and happened upon a man speaking about a conference... Continue Reading →
Dr Trevor Jones This weekend in Cape Town and next weekend in Johannesburg at the Academy of Sound Engineering is #MEX22. Now in its 12th year you can meet in person and engage with Dr Trevor Jones, one of the Top 5 film composers in the world, who returns home from the UK to open... Continue Reading →
#MEX22 Cape Town We have the great pleasure and privilege of presenting the speakers and topics for the Music Exchange 2022 (#MEX22) conference. The emphasis is on Exchange – Arrive to engage and ask questions of all the speakers and meet fellow creatives. You never know who is in the room. You have read about... Continue Reading →
Testament to True Talent Cape Town – Monday, 25 July 2022 – Recognition, celebration, and validation of contribution in composition was the theme of the day this past Friday at the University of Cape Town (UCT) when the District-Six-born Dr Trevor Jones accepted the award of the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa. Aristotle... Continue Reading →
'TO TOKYO' has been distributed in the UK by LionsGate on iTunes, Amazon and DVD. Now ‘TO TOKYO’ has secured international distribution with Gravitas and the first stage of international distribution is an iTunes Pre-Release in North American. We have to sell pre-sales for iTunes to promote our film on the USA Canada iTunes. How... Continue Reading →
Thank you to the Cape Times for calling me to write a personal reflection on the passing of Bra Hugh this week Not an easy to do Rest in Peace -Hugh
Join us LIVE for the 8th annual Google I/O developer conference. Thursday 28 May - 4PM (SA) Catch it all on MEX :www.musicexchange.co.za/live
What an amazing week -Sold out show across 3 venues in Cape Town for Pops Mohamed & Dave Reynolds . They have added 4 more shows starting on Thursday 12 March and culminating in fantastic intimate house concert in Pinelands on Sunday 15th March at 3.30pm with special guest Auriol Hays Pops Mohamed is SA’s... Continue Reading →
There are many special moments and memories that I have of 1994. In particular the extraordinary experience of standing in a queue in Trafalgar Square outside South Africa House, with my mother, who was visiting me in London, she was waiting to vote in the first democratic elections of our country. I had my passport... Continue Reading →
November 25 2013 at 11:04am by Terri Dunbar-Curran From http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/district-six-to-hollywood-1.1611771#.UpNQIxbrbzJ AS A young boy from District Six playing truant from school, Trevor Jones spent a lot of time in the cinema. Decades later, he suspects that those hours spent in the company of an alcoholic projectionist with a habit of dozing off on the job, led to... Continue Reading →
TREVOR JONES TO MENTOR IDOLS SEASON NINE’S TOP EIGHT With the race to the final of South Africa’s ninth season of Idols fast coming down to the wire, the Top Eight finalists are about to get a qualified boost from non-other than the musical icon Trevor Jones. For this week only, right through to Sunday,... Continue Reading →
Trevor Jones who met R J Benjamin at Music Exchange in Cape Town in March are working together this week on an exciting project Watch this space this week please
Trust me ,this book is amazing ,not only in the scope of songs he unearths for artists who we all know and love ,but also for some of the frank insights he gives regarding certain acts. I worked for the company for many years and am personal friends with his right hand man Charles Goldstuck... Continue Reading →
MOVERS & SHAKERS The show that will feature Sipho Mabuse will be aired on the 15th April 2013. The show is repeated every day and the times are: Monday: 10h50 (premier), 15h50 Tuesday: 14h50, 17h50, Wed: 08h20, 16h50, Thurs: 10h50, 22h50 Friday: 08h50, 15h50, Saturday: 08h20, 15h50, 20h50 Sunday: 07h20, 14h50, 19h50
Rolling Stone Magazine SA has laid down “the gauntlet”. Miles Keylock, the enigmatic leader of South Africa’s most prolific music publication, took time at Music Exchange 2013 to address the vibrant crowd in attendance. Keylock, who looks every bit the “Rock Star”, told the masses that “I am ready to help” and “My door is... Continue Reading →
One of the conference’s undisputed highlights was the keynote address by Trevor Jones, moderated by Universal Records managing director Randall Abrahams. Now based in the UK, Jones was born in District Six and is considered one of the top five film score composers in the world, with several Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations as well... Continue Reading →
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