INTERVIEW:Five minutes with Charles Webster

For those who don’t know Charles Webster, the man has been in the House/Dance scene for about two decades and has showered us with his beautiful music. The man is a star and an extraordinaire writer, producer, a disc jockey and a philanthropist who is still a real person with an amazing personality.

This pioneer of House was recently invited by the Do-It-Now Recordings to come and grace us (House music lovers) with what he does best.

So Kaizen Lifestyle Magazine was able to score an inteview with the main man before he jetted off to his home country.

Here’s what we gathered from the man himself.

1.What brings you to South Africa?
Charles Webster(CW):Do It Now Recordings approached me and asked me to come play in SA and also given me the platform to launch my compilation called Studio Soul.

2.What are you working on at the moment?

CW: I’m actually this side to promote my album (Studio Soul) that will be launched in SA sometime this month. Me and Atjazz under the label “Version” will be releasing our album in November and in it we working with a female Vocalist named Amelia.

3.How has your tour been so far?

CW: It has been something nice and different. People this side are very passionate about music and i’m happy to play for people like that.

4.If you had to choose between being a disc jockey and producer, which one will you prefer doing?

CW: I would prefer making and writing music because that is a long term job; your music will always be there and played forever. Whereas, playing a gigs is just a temporary thing.


5.How do you give back to the community?

CW: I think it’s important for me to give back to the people who supports and love my music through what i’m best of. Charles will be playing at a charity event called “Cancer Sucks” that will be held at Chaf Pozi on the 8th October 2011.


6.Best three countries you have ever played in?

CW: Ireland, Japan and South Africa.


7.Whose music did you grow up listening to?

CW: Definitely, Mr Fingers!!!


8.Where can we access your podcasts and other of your music downloads?

CW: You can go on to www.samuraifm.com, there is an archive of my mixes there that i have done for the past five years. Alternatively, visit www.misorecord.com and charleswebster.net for more information about me.

Left to right: Nhlanhla, Charles and keke



By kekeletso Kubequ

Edited by Nhlanhla Molepo
Images: Irvin Khumalo



BUSINESS: Friends as business partners

Starting a business is exciting and what’s even more exciting about starting a business is the prospects of making money whilst doing something you love, being your own boss and delivering a product or service that many clients will appreciate.

When starting a business there are several crucial steps that need to be taken to ensure that a business functions effectively such as business plan, type of business (Sole Proprietary, Partnership, Close Corporation, Private Company and Public Company), administration, registration and so forth.

Once all of the abovementioned has been decided, a very important step follows which is the selection of the business partners as these people will serve as the foundation of the business and they will carry forward the goals and mission of the business and will ensure the stability and smooth functioning of the business. In most cases, entrepreneurs often choose to go into business with someone they can trust and who has proven or is aiming to prove their worth in the business and as such we choose our closest friends or family.

Well this is what this article is presenting, the pros and cons of doing business with friends and family:

Pros:

•Sometimes two or three heads are better than one, meaning that your friends may offer you a different perspective in terms of how to approach the business and it’s market

•You already know the capability of your friend so which means you already know which area of expertise they are more likely to deliver successfully their tasks.

•Communication is easily developed between partners because you already understand each other and how each partner approaches their tasks in the business.

•Trust is also easily developed. Because you already know each other it’s easier to delegate work and some tasks to your partners because you already know their strengths.


Cons:

•Partners (Friends) make take each other for granted. Depending on the type of friendship that exists some business partners m

•Some partners may not have the business interests at heart. Your friends may join the business because you recruited them or rather you took out a loan with them and in return you offered them a share of the business

•It’s never easy to criticize your own friends work especially if you know they have put all of their efforts into the project.

•It’s never easy distinguishing or rather drawing the line between friends and business partners. Some partners (friends) may not know where to draw the line in terms of friends and business partners.

Many businesses that were started by friends have succeeded to become some of the businesses in the country. It’s always best to weight the good against the bad and see if going into business with friends is the best way to ensure that the business progresses forward. If the pros weight more than the cons then it should be easy to enter into a business venture with a friend or family member but however if the cons weight against the pros then it’s best to just start the business on own and maybe consider friends and family members at a later stage when they show an interest in the business.


By Nhlanhla Molepo

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Kaizen Lifestyle Magazine @ the Castle Lite Event

The Castle Lite Cold Room Explosion was held at the Golf Park in Fourways. This was the third on-going event that brought people to come and mingle while they were pampered with good food, drinks and beautiful music. Dj Franky, Dj Fresca, Fistaz Mixwell and the Naked Dj did their thing on the decks while Slikour and Kwesta gave us a live performance.

The Castle Lite ladies surely did a good job making their guests to feel at home as they mingled and kept updating everyone about the competition which Castle Lite and Blackberry were running. People got a fair chance to enter the competition and winners were announced during the event and I'm happy to say one of the Kaizen team won himself a Cooler box with a Blackberry phone. Also there were games such as Nintendo and people got an opportunity to play Golf all for free because Castle Lite is extra cool like that.

One has to give a big Prop to Castle Lite for hosting a chilled out session. People who would like to know more about the upcoming events that Castle Lite will be hosting they can simply go to the Castle Lite coldroom explosion Page on Facebook and join in. You too can probably see yourself on the guest list; you better do that because so far this is the coolest event happening in the streets of Jozi!!!!

By Kekeletso Kubequ
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Images by Irvin, Nhlanhla and Keke