Musical Concept
Lagos! The first time I had an encounter with a Lagos musician I almost couldn’t play a chord, all of us who came from Ibadan sat down and were waiting for showtime then this guy came on the keyboard and started playing every solo, riff, scales and chords he knows in this world. I was […]
Music and Sexual Innuendos
People learn fast what they see and hear at the same time. Pictures, sound and videos are very powerful when combined. If you can somewhat remove the soundtrack under a movie you’ll discover it lacks the emotion without it. Same goes for music videos, a song becomes more powerful when a video of it is […]
80s/90s: The Good Old Music Days
The first time I was in a studio was 1993, I had no idea about recording or producing, but there was something common to all the studios then; the tape trackers, Studer and so on. You are asked to take a solo, then the following session you feel like changing the line, the engineer tells […]
SINGING: Myths Vs Facts 2
I’m presuming you’ve read the part 1 of this article, if you haven’t, do so by clicking this link before you continue There’s no good music again only jargons are left. FALSE; Well, you have been out of touch. If you joined the same wagon you’ll be one to continue the jargons. You can’t sell hits, […]
SINGING: Myths Vs Facts 1
You’ve probably heard someone say if you swallow a whole banana your voice will improve. He he he! Have you ever tried something that crazy? If you haven’t or if you have, let’s demystify the atmosphere of those music myths: You must be born with a good voice to be a singer FALSE; Having a […]
Music Copyright
No label to sign you up, yet you managed to raise hundreds of thousands of naira to record an album, sweated all night writing, rehearsing and arranging. Master is ready and you had an album launch, cooked plenty food, rented a big event center, but you sold 100 copies, many of which were taken away […]
The Music Industry
Back in the days when I got admission to study music technology we were about 40 in a class and we were informed our set was one of the most populated in the department’s history. When I first returned for HND we were 4 then 12 when I finally returned. Last year I was at […]
Influence of Music
Songs stimulate the senses, the senses stimulate emotions, emotions leads to actions and when there’s an action there’s no going back. Words are powerful, very powerful. Someone can talk you into giving all your life savings, a speech can make you go out and hate people or eventually kill. We’ve all heard of suicide bombers and […]
Audio Spectrum
This is an audio engineering term but musicians can benefit from the knowledge, because good sound is not only a product of world’s best gears and a great mixing engineer but also in musician’s playing techniques and singer’s vocal techniques. I have been to several concerts where Top Nigerian musicians and Top American musicians performed, […]
Destroying Music with Loudness
When I started going to studios in the early 90s, recording engineers used to set a boundary called 0db rule; it is a standard limit set for music volume to make sure that loudness for media is the same everywhere. Producers and sound engineers are aware of this rule and no one pushes music beyond […]
MUSIC MENTORING: Introduction
Music is an Art and those who make music are called Artists or Artistes. Art is an expression of inner feelings, art works are beautiful, sometimes abstract you don’t even understand but it’s still beautiful, art works are kept and are valuable, a piece of art is made not to impress but express skillfully crafted […]
Dear Artiste, Fame Is a Killer
An Artiste remains ordinary until he starts hitting platinum; selling 10s or 100s of millions of albums, selling out tours, gaining millions of followers on social media, having access to anything he desires, going anywhere he wants and when he wants, seeing people screaming and fainting at his appearance. What else? You feel like a […]