Bowtie Evening

Hi, my name is Pro Walezinto and I love to create sound. I was born and raised in two big families in Zola, Soweto

and I currently live and study in Pretoria.

My sound is very diverse and this is owed to my early exposure to different varieties of music - from the time when I was

just a small child to me leaving high school I had always heard different music played in my community by people of all diversities.

I love Hip Hop and RnB dearly and these make up most of the fabric of my music. I've noticed in recent years, especially during this one, that I

have a unique and distinctive appreciation for the blues, 60's/70's/80's American and South African music in particular, so that is a flavour

that is huge in the way I create melodies. It is with great feeling and the sincerest of expressions. I believe my voice is my music, that

it is my contribution to the world and what I ultimately represent and understand about it, so in playing it I am always careful of what I want to say with it.

I am the favoured and in-house producer at AVE Entertainment in my hometown of Zola, Soweto. AVE is a black-owned entertainment company behind the brand

Amalanga Awafani and AV Clothing. It is part-owned by a dear friend of mine and his one associate and they have a studio next door to my grandmother's home called GP Records -

where I prefer to spend most of my time when visiting home.

A lot of my work here in Pretoria is with Paradigm Records, an independent label based in Centurion.

Expect to hear my name a lot when going through most of their stuff, even though I don't think people understand just what it really is that I did there.

We have worked extensively on a number of projects that I only hope will make it to you one solid, intended piece.

My current project is with a very talented duo that I am pleased to have met this year. We are working on something I

consider a game changer for myself as a music producer and as a mix engineer. I have worked enough on vocals to understand

now what to do with just sound I create as a whole to make the experience resonate with audiences worldwide, and this next thing is a chance to do just that:

extend my reach out to the entire world.