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THE NIGERIA MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THE UPCOMING ARTISTS.

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Music talents have been refining their craft making a lot of mistakes along the way and now they are well better than it used to be. But that's not really the case for the business side of music and that's why very few artists are consistent with hits, most hits are relatively not as big as in the American Music Industry and most labels lives are very short. And also, this is the reason why there are law suits between labels and artists everywhere. This is because the business side has been slow to develop. It takes talent and grooming to be a manager or label head. Passion and love is not enough. You have to have a good ear for music. You need good understanding of the art, creative and business parts. Added advantage is having good understanding in macro economics and politics. A good example of this is Clive Davis that brought us Whitney Houston and many big names. He was so good that at 85years of age was Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment. So we hav...
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THE NIGERIA MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THE UPCOMING ARTISTS.

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Music talents have been refining their craft making a lot of mistakes along the way and now they are well better than it used to be. But that's not really the case for the business side of music and that's why very few artists are consistent with hits, most hits are relatively not as big as in the American Music Industry and most labels lives are very short. And also, this is the reason why there are law suits between labels and artists everywhere. This is because the business side has been slow to develop. It takes talent and grooming to be a manager or label head. Passion and love is not enough. You have to have a good ear for music. You need good understanding of the art, creative and business parts. Added advantage is having good understanding in macro economics and politics. A good example of this is Clive Davis that brought us Whitney Houston and many big names. He was so good that at 85years of age was Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment. So we hav...
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ALBUM REVIEW: BURNA BOY'S 'OUTSIDE'

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Since Burna boy has been on entertainment news a lot these days, I think it's a good time to do a review of his music especially recent ones. When it comes to talent I don't think there is anyone as promising as Burna boy, that is, looking from an A&R/talent basis only. I mean his versatility and flexibility makes your investment safer and he is the one that has the most talent to do us proud in the American Music Industry while still being outstanding on the home front. And I don't mean him being able to do what they do only. Nah. With proper A&R, he can do anything. And if you are expecting me to go into the controversies then I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm just considering talent and A&R here. I mean, he can go from black American to ajebutter to ghetto to Jamaican and also infuse Yoruba accent and can even do all this within one song. He can comfortably move from R&B to ragga to Ajegunle styled ragga to reggae to rap to afrobeat to Yoruba m...
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WOMEN IN NIGERIA MUSIC INDUSTRY (2)

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Hi everyone. I'm sorry guys it took me so long to do this sequel to International Women's Day- Women in Nigeria Music Industry. It's primarily because I have other careers I'm setting up (check my bio). So, anyway I'm back and by the grace of God I don't see me taking such break again. So, back to the matter. Which is the reason why our ladies are lagging behind when compared to female artists in the American Music Industry and the solution. Let's understand the goal here. I think it's very clear men will always dominate patriarchy or not. I mean from the difference in makeup and nature. But I wouldn't want to delve into that. Simply put, this whole issue revolves around patriarchy and in a grand scale the solution has to do with maturity as patriarchy gives way to civilization. This isn't just theory or philosophy, its history, even music history. It was like that in the American Music Industry. Before the 60s you could very hardly find women...
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