The negligence of songwriting in Nigeria.


Nigeria is a great country blessed with great musicians and what not,but its no news that songwriters in nigeria arent appreciated,songwriters need to go to extra lengths to keep their pockets far from dry,the artists would rather end up writing meaningless songs and lyrics and it seems thats what the fans want too,i have heard lyrics like "skiborobo skiba skiboro" from an artist,and he sang it with so much confidence like what he said made total sense,i really cant blame him,i dont want to call names but the song really got me thinking
arent there any songwriters in his label?
There are even weird ideas that songwriters are only used for RnB and pop artists,its extremely wrong because i write hip hop songs and sell them quite a lot,a very unique fact about songwriters in nigeria is that we are extremely few,nothing more than 100 songwriters in a nation of over 150 million people,while the rappers,singers,producers,video directors are quite a lot,diving into millions.
I always questioned that fact until i remembered the advantage of it,songwriters are able to come together as one team and gain outright monopoly,we spread accross the nation in different territories,i as a songwriter,i charge very high for stealthily written songs,its my duty since am part of the monopoly aggreement.
As much as i want songwriters to be appreciated and gain more fame and recognition in nigeria,i cant help but wish the opposite too because if we start getting recognition then more people take up the art and if more people take up the art,there will be less payment and lesser amount fo artists to write for because by then everyone would be a songwriter,just like everyone is a rapper now,such loss is detrimental to my art and to my work,so at this point,i cant help but wish both ways..whichever way,i shall accept the outcome and live through it because when it all comes down,all i really want to do is make great music and inspire the world.

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nice

Iamsynord:
nice

thanks a lot.