IT is often said that there is more power in collaboration than in competition.
These words have been said by Tariro Negitare in an interview with Standard Style.
She said one cannot ever lie on their laurels thinking they had made it.
“What I have learnt is that we need to practice and learn more,” Tariro Negitare said.
“Of course I also need to pursue being a brand ambassador so that I can distribute that guitar across southern Africa."
Guitarist Sidney Mpofu called for musicians to go back to their roots whenever necessary.
“It’s not always about money, we need to go back to the drawing board, learn the instrument, work on your craft and be better every day,” he said.
“As long as you don’t give up and keep on working, where you don’t put money ahead saying you want $100 or $50.
“If people call you and say this guy is amazing, you need to show or prove that you are amazing so get better because there is always another level you can reach.”
Russian born Mariana Blinova, who is now based in Italy, said it all boiled down to love.
“It’s about love, share and do love for music together because music is an international language,” she said.
“We saw it here, we can play together and sing together and share this energy, it’s amazing but this is the love.”
Andrea Valeri argued that he learnt more from his exchange in Zimbabwe than with anybody in years.
“As musicians, do you remember when you were kids and saw things very differently?” he said.
“For example distances would appear different like you could move from point A to b and it would be only 3km and they would look like long journeys.
“Everything looked bigger. I tell you this is the most important thing that music can teach us, to keep being kids and view the world like we are children because we can always be surprised and enjoy things in purity without barriers.
“This is what I have learnt this morning you know, and I am forever a student.
“The day I will stop learning kill me, I wanna always be a kid and enjoy like I did this morning.”