EASY STEPS TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC ARTISTE IN NIGERIA - PART 1

With artistes’ rates moving from five to seven figures in recent years, it is indeed safe to say that the Nigerian Music Industry is growing. This growth might not necessarily stem from the depth of lyrics as we have seen many Nigerian artistes move from deep, emotive lyrics like “Sweet Mother” to repetitive lyrics like “Pop pop pop Champagne” or “Take Banana till you go yo” which has an amazing record breaking 16 repeats intro to the song.

It is hard to ignore the fact that music today has moved from pretty simple lyrics to words that do not exist in the oxford dictionary talk more of Google.com.

How do you explain the meaning of iyanya’s “na na na na na na….your waist” or Flavour’s “Porokoto pokoro pakoroba”? What has changed in the Nigerian Music scene? Is it the psych/choice of the listening audience or the mentality of the musicians? Or could we attribute it to the age difference?

With the type of lyrics that are being put out today by Nigerian artists, it would be pretty hard for an artist who sang “If I could run away, I’d run with you faraway” to compete with someone who spills “Kukere I get money o” on the dance floor.

My years of experience in the Nigerian music industry as an onlooker, songwriter, bathroom singer and a beat maker, has given me an insight as to what sells in Nigeria. Trust me when I say I have cracked that code as to how you can become a successful Nigerian artiste just by releasing one single! Here are the 10 proven steps you must follow religiously to become a successful artiste in Nigeria!
1. MUGU MASTER 101:
You might be asking yourself “Wait a minute is this guy telling me to lick boots?” Well Yes! If you must also know, lick the sole and laces of your boss’s boots along. The reason I tagged this as Mugu Master 101 is because, if you can’t act as a JJC in this industry, then trust me you are going nowhere! When I say act as a mugu, I mean be humble and gentle, act like you know no one, you have nothing and your voice is “just there” be willing to put aside your ego and listen to what the big boss (*cough* Don Jazzy) says. Even if it takes you two to four years to complete the Mugu 101  course, do so. Trust me this makes for a good “Humble Beginning” story so that when you finally sing “Fly” as Tuface did to announce his successful graduation from Kennis Music, people would be drawn to you. Wizkid, Dbanj and 9ice did it, so you also can do it.

2. USE THIS MUSIC FORMULAR (Beat, Lyrics and Tune):
Iyanya had to drop his “baby they don’t know how I feel about you” lyrics for “All my ladies…nze nze” after he had the privilege to listen to this advice you are reading at no cost. The kind of beat you should use must be fast-paced; you will find it in Davido’s “Omo Baba Olowo” and in many of “Terry G’s songs”. I’m assuming you are an average singer with no music experience, so I will advise you to stay away from P-Square’s beats if you don’t have the right tunes and sensible lyrics to back it up. Worried about your lyrics making sense? That shouldn’t be a problem because it doesn’t matter as long as you’re able to form whatever words that pops up in your head even if it is “bla bla bla bla”…that’s another form of expressing yourself. Ok, let’s do a simple practice on how to make up the perfect “meaningless” lyrics. Look at a chick (if you are a guy), what would you like to tell her? (You dey do me strong thing?) nah! Banky W has done that.
Think about something you love (food, blackberry) or something Nigerian (Koboko). It will be silly tosing something like “Your love dey sweet me like Koboko” are you for real? Koboko dey sweet for body? Sing in tangent with the beat even of it means distorting the lyrics like “E dey pain me like Kobokoko kobokoko kobokoko”. For the tune, look for a famous foreign tune and morph it into yours. Remove the Doh-reh-mis and add your own. A Brick & Lace “Love is Wicked” beats can be morphed into many songs. Imagine this was formed using the “Love is wicked beats”:
E just pain like Kobokoko
Yagayaga zagazaga
Day wey you pass for Amukoko
You and your friend on Okada…
Now doesn’t that sound just like it?

3. KEEP IN SHAPE:
This is already self-explanatory. You can’t be looking like Rick Ross and expecting your female fans to appreciate you. In order to be able to throw off your shirt at any given time, you will need to have the right 6packs (Please no hungry packs) but the right packs like Iyanya, Dipp and D’banj. Now if you a female artiste, then you need to shed off those unwanted fats around your stomach and reserve it for your hips and boobs because this is what Nigerian men love and you need it for your photo and video shoots.

...To be continued.

Thanks For Reading. Hope You Are Empowered.

Written by: Paul Oghoghorie
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www.TopNaijaMusic.com

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