Zakes Bantwini Admits That You Do Need School To Succeed In Music

Musician and businessman Zakes Bantwini admitted in an interview with Gareth Cliff on CliffCentral that you do need education in order to make it in music. He raised this issue after going through an experience where he came cross people who are constantly convincing others that education is irrelevant and unnecessary when you want to get to the music.

Most musicians make it seem easy , that being talented is enough in music, Bantwini raised a point that he is where he is now partly because of Education. “I’ve been in this for very long time and it’s not because I’m smart or because I’m very talented‚ but it’s because I went to school. I tell people that school helps you to think differently and school also gives you a database of artists and people‚” he said.

“Every time when I go to these music workshops‚ where people are talking to artists‚ I feel like people are lying. Telling people that ‘you don’t need school‚ this thing you can do it’ and I’m like you are lying! Maybe you don’t need school but don’t tell them that they don’t need school because you are robbing them of their careers,” he added.

Zakes expressed that he feels most musicians who always go on about how they made it without education are encouraging the youth to abandon education to pursue careers in music. The Wasting My Time hitmaker concluded by saying that bashing education‚ was not the way to go about empowering the youth, they should be made aware of the importance of going to school and try to blend their talents with education, that way it will become easy for them to reach for the stars.