Veteran gospel musician Charles Charamba who has been copied in the past by upcoming gospel artistes said those who have imitated his work were going against the scriptures in the Bible.
Quoting Genesis 1 verse 27 which reads; “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them,” Charamba said those who copy other artistes were mocking God who created them.
The singer said he could have copied other musicians who came before him, but that would have limited his creativity.
“I could have copied Jordan Chataika or Mechanic Manyeruke, but I saw that there was a gap in gospel music. I introduced a fast beat in the gospel sector because many Christians did not have good songs for bridal dances or to play during parties. Every artiste should see the gap and try to fill it rather than to imitate other artistes,” he said.
He added that people should desist from copying other people and come up with their own work.
“I discarded the notion that gospel music is supposed to be sombre. I love God and I love music, so I had to do songs that I enjoyed to sing. That is why my genre was fast paced and enjoyable,” he said.
In a cut-throat showbiz industry which was infested by Zimbabwean golden generation of musical greats of the 90s, Charles Charamba, a cleanly shaven Mudzi bred boy found himself trying to make a “Jerusalem entry” with a genre which was not only popular, but detested by music recording companies.
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