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Mathias Mhere

Arts Correspondent
Gospel musician Mathias Mhere who released videos for his album “Double Double” last week is satisfied with the reception on the market so far. According to the musician, “Mudiwa Wemoyo” – that features musician Nyasha Mutonhori -has gained ground.

“We released it as a single but it is fast gaining ground. I performed at a church function recently and people were already singing along,” he said.

Mhere said the DVD has brought glory for him.

“When you are doing God’s work and it gets that overwhelming response you get encouraged. I have several individuals now who have offered to join the ship in marketing the videos,” he said.

The videos feature CAPS United and Warriors player Hardlife Zvirekwi, Alick Macheso dancer Seleman “Majuice” Mpochi and musician Mudiwa Mtandwa.

Other songs on the DVD are “Double Double”, “Simba”, “Nhau YaNoah”, “Makorokoza Muchurch,” and “Nhava Yebenzi”.

“Some people are now appreciating the album because of the videos. I wasn’t expecting such a response,” he said.

The coming in of different faces has brought exciting scenes on the videos.

“We have to be different and we managed to bring in new faces. At the end of the day we are trying to be creative and bringing life to the music,” he said.

Mhere, who rose to fame with his song “Favour”, said they have managed to set up a team of people who are selling it in and outside Harare.

“It has been our norm to release videos but this time around we released them shortly after the album because of the response to the audio.”

He said after the DVD he will be performing in different parts of the country as a way of promoting the videos.

“This is so encouraging and I am going to be touring the country, meeting my fans and also giving them an opportunity to have one-on-one chats with their artiste,” he said