The Downtown Music Hub was established by the Department of Arts and Culture to address challenges faced by the music industry around access to recording facilities and production of high quality music. The Department facilitated the purchase of the building in downtown Johannesburg that houses the legendary Downtown Studios. The Downtown Music Hub was formed to spearhead the process, and was task
ed with refurbishing the studios and renovating the building with a view to creating a "state of the art" production and post-production facility. The Downtown Studios are legendary within the South African music recording industry and have retained the professionally designed acoustic environments that offer a special unique flavour to live recordings. The Hub boasts highly esteemed individuals in the music industry with years of experience in both the production and music management and who have guided the process ensuring that Downtown Studios is a top notch African facility. The Downtown Music Hub aims to become the catalyst for the advancement of musicians, creating jobs and promoting entrepreneurship within the industry. This will be done by facilitating the economic empowerment of South African artists and other industry role players, specifically those from previously disadvantaged communities.
