'Music is a healer ' Liam Majet
By Thomas Cedrick
Liam Majiet comes from the ganglands of Cape Town, known as the Cape Flats, the birthplace of political freedom stalwarts, leaders, celebrities and diverse talent that is born in marginalized communities, from a life of inequality, struggle, hardships and the ever presence of gangsterism. Due to personal circumstances, countless less fortunate, diversely talented, skilled youth remain unknown, their talents, skills unseen, undeveloped and eventually, sadly lost to the world. Talents and skills that could have developed young lives into great role models, leaders and legends in the future, talents and skills that could have positively changed the hearts, minds and souls of countless people, uplifting communities and contributing towards eliminating countless problems marginalization creates, skills and talents that no nation, no community cannot afford to lose, skills and talents that could have achieved greatness beyond expectations, imagination and accomplishments for future generations of humanity.
'IN AFRICA, THERE IS A CONCEPT KNOWN AS 'UBUNTU' - THE PROFOUND SENSE THAT WE ARE HUMAN ONLY THROUGH THE HUMANITY OF OTHERS, THAT IF WE ARE TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD IT WILL IN EQUAL MEASURE BE DUE TO THE WORK AND ACHIEVEMENT OF OTHERS"
(Nelson Mandela)
Within the Cape Flats, however, despite the struggles and hardships marginalization creates, the ever present crimes gangsterism creates and impacts upon its communities, there are talented, skilled youth who against all odds, despite their circumstances and lack of diverse support, struggles, unemployment creates and more, these youth are persistent, determined to keep their God's given talents and skills alive, seeing it as their 'way out' to a better life, a prosperous future and ultimately achieving success in life. Achieved success that will enable them to be able to help their families, help uplift their communities and to create opportunities for others they themselves never had, true 'UBUNTU'.
One of these talented, skilled youth is Liam Majiet, a creative and humble up coming music producer who creates lyrics and beats into 'works of art' which is captivating, inspiring, motivating the minds and hearts of those who listen to his authentically, original produced music, created from his life experiences, from his heart, described by many as truly brilliant only a good soul can produce. Despite his wife, kids and his own struggles, hardships they daily have to endure, he continues to strive to be the best father, husband, community member and music producing artist he possibly can be, bestowing kindness and empathy upon others and never giving up on his talent, skill, never losing faith and the belief in himself that he will become a successful music producing and performing artist someday, never losing hope that sometime, someday he will be 'discovered' and granted the opportunity to professionally develop his talent, his skill, become a recognised, established and esteemed artist.
Liam believes that music can heal the wounds that medicine cannot touch nor heal, it brings pleasure to especially those who struggle, people from marginalized communities, the impoverished and the less fortunate, music releases their suffering for a moment, a period or a lifetime, it has healing powers and the ability to take people out of themselves, make them feel, think and change for the better, he strives to create, produce what he calls healing music.
"MUSIC IS A HEALER, NOT ONLY DOES IT FREE ONESELF FROM THE DUNGEON OF ONES MIND BUT IS ALSO THE MEDICINE OF THE MIND, MUSIC IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ONESELF WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS, IT SPEAKS WHAT CANNOT BE EXPRESSED, IT HEALS THE HEART AND FEEDS THE SOUL AND ITS HEALING POWER NEVER SHOULD BE UNDERESTIMATED, MUSIC IS LIFE ITSELF"
(Liam Majiet)
HOME BUSINESS & COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Besides dedicating valuable time to his young family, he additionally supports his wife's home bakery business, I & M CAKES AND BAKES which provides his community with affordable home baked bread, cakes and pastries and often donating to the impoverished and homeless. Coming from a background of hardship and struggle he knows too well the pains of hunger, deprivation, how important having a birthday cake is to a child, a simple cake most people take for granted but to those who are less fortunate, its a "big deal", it uplifts the human spirit, brings joy to ones heart and can have a profound effect on a young persons life.
Liam and his wife never turn away a request to bake a cake for any child's birthday or providing, bread, pastries to families who simply don't have the means of acquiring food and in doing so they have become known as a "god send" to their marginalised community through their unselfish donations despite their own hardship and struggles. One such notable donation was when they specially baked a cake for a terminally ill young child dying of cancer, seeing the emotional joy in this young child's eyes, through the pain and suffering, realising that helping a person might not change the world, but it could change world for one person and that in fulfilling this young child's wish, greatly more so has inspired his wife to push harder with her baking skills and he with his music producing talent. to be able to do far more for others in need.
"I WISH I HAD MONEY TO PAY FOR ILL CHILDRENS MEDICAL TREATMENTS, MONEY I DONT HAVE BUT INSTEAD I HAVE A GOD'S GIVEN TALENT TO MAKE MONEY THAT I WILL USE WISELY TO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT NOT ONLY MY OWN FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCE'S BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT, HELP, UPLIFT MY PEOPLE, MY COMMUNITY, TO FREE THEM FROM THE SUFFERING, MONEY ONE MAKES IS A SYMBOL OF THE VALUE ONE CREATES AND BRINGS TO A COMMUNITY, MY TALENT WILL CREATE THIS VALUE"
(Liam Majiet)
SUPPORT NEEDED
Liam believes that it starts with oneself, through support for others, a simple unselfish act of kindness towards others and in having empathy towards others, it can greatly inspire others to follow by example. Through producing good, clean, homegrown music and in writing lyrics that not only will captivate the attention of its listeners, lyrics others can relate to in regards to their own circumstances and experiences together with creative harmonious beats, ones music could not only inspire, motivate others but can heal deep spiritual, emotional scars and pain, it can create peace, uplift communities, change the mindsets, hearts of people, create success in fighting marginalisation beyond expectation and imagination, but is only possible through support.
As in all up coming young artists, support helps to give them the desired necessary exposure they all crucially need, it creates, develops their talents and skills into job creation, employment, empowerment opportunities, personal and social upliftment resulting in creating young role models of today, leaders of tomorrow, without any support no matter what, this all is not possible.
This artist needs your support, listen to his tracks available on several music media platforms, be inspired to support this up coming, young Hip Hop, R & B artist, a humble, true, original home grown and proudly South African who needs support in developing and growing not only his music producing career and in reaching, creating greater audience, affording him an excellent music production and performing platform, but also in growing his and his wife's home confectionary and bakery business which will enable them both to expand their business, create employment and greater increased support for the "have nots", support what he critically needs is as listed below.
- Funding for studio music recording equipment for advancing and further developing his music career talent and in helping develop other young potential artists.
- Opportunity in having his music aired on radio, vital for exposure, increased listener, audience reach and public support.
- Confectionary and bakery equipment for developing, growing, expanding his and his wife's home confectionary and bakery business.
All that is needed is support, to be given a break, to be granted an opportunity to establish himself as a recognised music producer, recording and performing artist, creating and producing what he calls "healing music" which is desperately needed to help keep kids, youth off the streets, away from gangsterism and succumbing to crime, additionally to develop and run together with his wife a successful home business in supporting, serving and uplifting his marginalised community within the Cape Flats, the heartland of gangsterism in Cape Town.
"WHAT COUNTS IN LIFE IS NOT THE MERE FACT THAT WE HAVE LIVED, IT IS WHAT DIFFERENCE WE HAVE MADE TO THE LIVES OF OTHERS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LIFE WE LEAD"
(Nelson Mandela)
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