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Silver Screens & Guitar Strings – S2 Ep 9: are we doing justice to developing local talent?

Evelyn Feroza shares her musical journey

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 29 Sep 2022 4:00PM

Silver Screens & Guitar Strings – S2 Ep 9: are we doing justice to developing local talent?
Evelyn Feroza has managed to independently produce six singles and one video. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, September 29, 2022

HOSTS Datuk Kamil Othman and Manvir Victor sit down with Evelyn Feroza, an upcoming talent who had to find her own way to finance and promote her singles so far.

As you listen to her story, you can decide for yourself whether we do enough to unearth local creative talent. Musicians usually end up with the shorter end of the stick as they not only have to try to perfect their talents on the fly, but opportunities are hard to come by. 

AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic
AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic
AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic
AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic

Gone are the days of Malaysian Idol where local talent were discovered and thrived. With new online developments, record label involvement in discovering, promoting and managing artists are few and far between, if they exist at all. 

Evelyn’s journey should give many other hopefuls confidence that this is possible, after you hear about the countries she has managed to visit and perform just through her hard work.

AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic
AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic

Armed with family, friends and a confident manager, she has managed to produce six singles and one video.

As she continues to perform and hone her talents, you can follow her on IG @evieferoza and watch her shows.

(From left) Manvir, Evelyn and Kamil after the recording. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic
(From left) Manvir, Evelyn and Kamil after the recording. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic

If you have any suggestions on how a better ecosystem can be set up to help our creative artists, do tweet @manvirvictor. – The Vibes, September 29, 2022

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