Sanchez01 Preach!!

DoctorDoom:
It's a shame the idea of rehearsals is alien to most of our indigenous artistes. Ne-yo had everyone in Durban jumping in July despite being an R&B artiste.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfSxgnJzP-U

Some fans see you live on stage only once in their lifetime... You (the musician) have this incredible opportunity to ingrain yourself in their memories forever with a performance to remember, rather you choose to present them with the memories of a lip-synched performance... Little wonder some musical careers die quickly.

DoctorDoom:
It's a shame the idea of rehearsals is alien to most of our indigenous artistes. Ne-yo had everyone in Durban jumping in July despite being an R&B artiste.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfSxgnJzP-U

Some fans see you live on stage only once in their lifetime... You (the musician) have this incredible opportunity to ingrain yourself in their memories forever with a performance to remember, rather you choose to present them with the memories of a lip-synched performance... Little wonder some musical careers die quickly.

This thread is the bomb. It is only normal that i wont reply to every smart response here. But YOU (DoctorDoom), OP( sanchez01)... and the few reasonable commenters made true points . Music is life. Cos, life is music. However, many people see it as the life of the par-tay. Yea, the par-tay is always sweet. Okay after the par-tay and sex, what's next... Its hard to tell if you dont know.

Sanchez01:

Just saw the video and I wouldn't lie, I was blown away.
What you witnessed there was a well-orchestrated performance with everyone and everybody on the team putting effort to make sure it was performed flawlessly; from the camera work, sound engineers, lighting and big screen operators to the very performers themselves who must've rehearsed the same song tens of times till they got sick of it.

You fail to realize what brought life to that performance was a collective effort and not individual. Nigerian artistes can gather crews that big who'd make sure everything turns out right but at the end of the day the artist would lose because when their N2.5m appearance fee gets shared within the group they'd end up with a paltry N200,000.00 or less. Our greed-ridden artistes(like every other Nigerian) would feel short-changed in such a situation and avoid it all costs.

You may picture a perfect world where Nigerian artistes perform to international standards however I'm quit happy with what I'm given. I also realize to get there it would take a new generation of artistes if not two more from where we are now. If I don't like a specific live performance for any reason I'd count it as a loss and try my best to avoid said artist in future. I'm probably easy to satisfy because just the artiste's star appeal is enough for me.

safarigirl:
whoever uses awards to judge artistes doesn't know jack about music. Awon good pop and jazz music lovers ni. So, I can't dislike a style because you and some people like it? Did I say she's a bad artiste? I said I prefer Timi and you want to bite my head off. Airmark, if you don't know what a personal opinion is, I won't reply you anymore

I think you're confusing your crush on Timi dakolo with something else. Do you realize you're the only one in favour of this position of yours. For you to even compare him to asa talkless of now backing it up with vapid sentimental arguments is such an insult to asa.

Why are you trying to force your opinion on everyone else. I sense arrogance from you. You've already mentioned that you don't like asa's kind of music probably cos she sometimes sings in Yoruba and its hard for you to understand, so its not surprising that you're being sentimental.

You also said something that outrightly exposes your clannishness...you mean asa's kind of music is un-african or un-original...can't remember the exact words you used but that's the interpretation I got from your statement.

Well for you to say that shows the height of your hypocrisy. Asa that most often laces her lyrics with deep concentrated Yoruba?...tell me something? So you mean she has more european fans because of her Yorubaness?

Fact is Europians and outsiders in General appreciate and recognizes originality more than we ourselves...which is Asas strong point. Timi Dakolos style is just routine plus a great voice, but Asa is unique...get that?

IamOpemipo:
Lol..wich yeye psquare, soso usher dance for stage..

Gimme Asa, 2face and d'banj and i'm good to go

Only God knows the number of times av watchd d'banj live performances @ hackney show , colourful world of more, lagos countdown, afcon final, idol finale 2012, bba finale 2014, all the glo laff fest..dude was outta dis world..

I h8t stereotypes..asa is foreign? U knw ow many copies her 1st album sold in nigeria? U knw ow much she infused yoruba in2 her lyrics?
Frm bibanke to bimpe, eyo, broda ole, gratful, Satan be gone..etc

Cohbams even sing pass timi, wich song e gt sef..thank God for GEJ in his life, let's see the major shows he'll b performing at now that pdp is outta power..iranu

Lol...exactly..."ASA is foreign".

I can't believe anyone would ever think of making out all those words in a sentence.

Apart from her Yoruba lyrics, most of her songs her titled in Yoruba.

Am sure that safarigirl isn't Yoruba which makes her oblivious of all the trash she has been spewing all over here...its so annoying.

It was cruel torture for me reading all her comments...some people ehn!

i dont even listen to naija songs.

Sanchez01:

You're quite right but I beg to disagree with your assertion concerning "real vocalists". We have them and they're many. Iyanya, Praiz, Tuface, Dare art Alade, Tiwa Savage, Chidinma, Yemi Alade, Timi Dakolo, Omawunmi, Waje, Ige, Banky W, GT da Guitarman, Capital FM, among many others. Again, I beg to differ with "most people don't appreciate real singing talent". We do and the consciousness is fast increasing. It would have been better if you said that genres that support good vocals are not really appreciated here. Auto tune is largely the problem. Who would love to disgrace himself on stage?

in the voice of Uruk Hai:
the age of "genres that support good vocals" is over, the time of "skelewu genres" has come!

safarigirl:
where did you read that awards should be scrapped? Wetin concern me with BET and Grammy dem sef. Don't even mention that white supremacist Grammy to me. Burna boy has no awards, but someone like Davido keeps getting them, who is a better artiste by content? Leonardo Di Caprio has no Oscar, does that make him a lesser actor than all the others who have it? Airmark, I repeat, awards are like exams, they're not the true test of talent. Think whatever you want to think abeg, I'm in no frame of mind to argue with you, I don tire. Have a nice day

Don't agree with everything you've said so far, on asa vs timi, am neither here nor there, both fill a niche, but my opinion is asa fills hers better than timi. On awards not determining an artists worth, am 70% with you and your case in point davido vs burna boy, am so in total agreement with you, as in, i mean davido ain't gat nuffiN on burna and between the two, more matured music lovers will always pick burna but having said that, davido fills a niche too and he also fills it well

airmark:


When something is not useful, it's better to be scrapped. Burna boy won NEA awards in the past, though I still rate Davido as a better artiste in terms of dynamism. It's not only about content, if it is then everyone should be singing acapella, how many people care about contents in a dance hall nowadays?. Davido has great melodious hits than burna, that's what matters to majority. Tell me any burna song greater than AIYE then I rest.

Aiye?

You're kidding right?

Nigeria's music industry is lago-centric and yoruba tinted and that accounts for why songs like aiye got tHe hype and airplay they garnered but as per the question you asked, "soke" was dope, "like to party doper" and.................................... I fit fight you for this one oh! burna is like a breath of fresh air in our stale jingle singing musicians music industry

Live acts are rare in naija

Asa
Femi kuti
Tuface
Bez
Tosin martins
Sunny ade
Nomoreloss

That's it

ladej:
Live acts are rare in naija

Asa
Femi kuti
Tuface
Bez
Tosin martins
Sunny ade
Nomoreloss

That's it

all Fuji and juju musicians perform live acts and music mostly for 8hrs straight without repeating songs .give credit to your African indigenous music

I thought I was the only one pissed off by Nigerian artists lip synching their songs. Frankly it is annoying and terrible!! For goodness sake why did I come to the concert if you are going to lip synch the entire album? The same album I can buy at any retail shop?

Thankfully I have actually seen quite a good number of American artists perform live and NONE of them lip synced their songs! Live music is COMPLETELY different from music on a cd and most of our artists are either lazy, unimaginative or simply have awful vocals hence their love for lip syncing.

ibolomo:

please re-read your first comment. That doesn't sound like a personal opinion. It wreaks with a note of finality, making every one that reads to think that you are saying matter-of-factly that Timi's music is better than that of Asa. Instead, you should just have siad that you don't like Asa's style of music. different strokes for different folks.this is the reason why there is increasing failure of English Language in SSCE exams.

I was actually about to say this to her before i saw your post. I think you've said it brilliantly enough!

Feel Asa is the best coz she dos not sing her songs the same way it is on her album wen she is performin live on stage I.e. Bimpe I av 2 differnt version of it.
Then how cum no1 is talking of BEZ I feel that is the male version of Asa am a gigantic fan of his.
We have Nneka 2 whch most of u all know 2

safarigirl:
D'banj ke? That one wey dey act film for stage? Does he sing? I saw him last year, nothing interesting. People like Tu face, Seyi Shay and Sound Sultan are better performers than D'banj

Seyi Shay ko, Seyi Shegede ni. Mtchreew!
when its live performance among our so called afro-hip/pop artist 2face and D'banj set the standard.

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Sanchez01:

You raised the most important point there. Rather than leave people with something worth remembering, the keep revelling in a wicked vicious cycle. No Nigerian artistes has ever left me speechless with their performance. My sole purpose of avoiding them overtime remains the same.

Some Nigerian artistes have given me a reason to remember them... Omawunmi, Dare, El Dee and a couple of others... Unfortunately, Tuface had the same opportunity but his backups sang off key... Was so annoying...

Sanchez01:
I made up my mind ever since two years ago not to punish myself over attending musical shows involving Nigeria artistes, both Gospel and Secular. Reason for this has been best known to me from day one - our artistes are lazy, an eyesore and arrogant on stage.

So I was at the Eko Hotels yesternight for the Glo Laffta Fest. Who doesn't love a comedy show? For me, it was the best moment to ease myself of the many pressures I've been subjected to of late. Honestly, I had forgotten that music was added. I guess I wasn't really expecting a thing from any of the artistes. The code has worked ever since; love their songs over the air (TV and radio), avoid their live performances like a plague.

After laughing to no end, Burna Boy, just like every other Nigerian act came up without a single back up. It was solo, perhaps more money to him. Calling on DJ Jimmy Jatt at intervals, I could remember Burna Boy singing over six songs within 10 minutes. Which successful artistes does this

Within 15 minutes, Burna Boy had almost finished his album. His average time for each was 2 minutes each, worst of all, they were all lip-synced

The presence of DJs at shows meant for artistes have done more harm than good over the years and this is in turn affecting our music beyond the shores of Africa. The cliché has been the same over the years; they come on stage with the intention to "sing along" all in the name of performance.

It doesn't make sense attending events and all you hear on the stage is "DJ! Let's Go!!" and all you see afterwards is the annoying, regular, unrepentant and unprofessional catwalks they exhibit on the stage. Parambulating like it's a fashion show.

For Pete's sake we watch other foreign acts and they don't do all these. I keep a particular video close to my heart, a live video of Jay Z (a rapper) performing "Young Forever" with Beyoncé. One would think we have not started compared to these folks. We claim our music has attained a reasonable standard, yet they all tow the same line, boring walks, calling on DJ's to play the next track just to "sing along" or lip sync in the name of performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmfmdKOLzVI

Although the subsequent comedies from Basketmouth, Bovi, I go dye and others resuscitated the show. Perhaps our artistes would fare better if they don't sing, come to the show, sign autographs and go home because I can't fathom how they justify the word "performance".

Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Beyoncè, 50cents, Ashley Simpson, the great R-Kelly, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears among others have been caught in the lip-synching SCANDAL at some point in their careers, yet we brandish it in Nigeria like nothing is wrong with it.
www.forbes.com/sites/michelecatalano/2013/01/25/from-michael-jackson-to-beyonce-a-brief-history-of-lip-syncing/

Perhaps this explains why our glorified international acts struggle in the international scene, save for those who take their shows to these folks. Life, as far as music is concerned is beyond cut and paste in the studio. It continues on the stage not with mediocrity but giving your all.

I honestly couldn't wait to leave the venue after seeing Korede Bello, Dija, and Reekado Banks trying to find their way to the backstage to prepare at about 10:30pm. The scenario is all too familiar; better to have me listen to your songs in my house than see you jumping around while you sing your 2 mins songs with the cliché "DJ! Let's go!!"

PS: For those who don't know, lip-synching is considered offensive and highly scandalous if roped around an artiste in saner climes.

Cc
Lalasticlala

......infact whizkid was a disaster ...voice was warped

safarigirl:
Asa is based in Europe and blew from there that's why she majorly performs there, it's not her live performances that make her a toast. Timi is a better artiste than Asa by any ramification, but you don't see him everywhere in Europe

who be timi, he he he, u should be a comedian for dis piece of shyt u jst wrote,

onatisi:
all Fuji and juju musicians perform live acts and music mostly for 8hrs straight without repeating songs .give credit to your African indigenous music

Sometimes they actually compose music on the stage... I know because I have worked with a couple of them... In related news... Special kudos to all church choirs who through good and bad, horrible sound and sometimes with little or no encouragement from the church... We sing live every service...

If a singer claims he or she will sing on stage, just to do lip sync, a large truck of rotten tomatoes should be driven in, just for the crowd to have something to throw at the scammer singer.

As far as I'm concerned tuface is the only artist in Nigeria that can deliver and give you value for your money when it comes to live performance! All those "Dj let's go" "DJ hit it" "Dj drop track 6" artist, they're everywhere! Those are the ones that music is not their calling but everyone's making money from it, so make I follow drop album artist! Ishhhh. No voice, auto tune all the way, meaningless songs, they'll do videos and pack all the whole naked girls on the street inside! No one talent at al at all, how will they do live performance without Dj?

vicadex07:


Lol...exactly..."ASA is foreign".

I can't believe anyone would ever think of making out all those words in a sentence.

Apart from her Yoruba lyrics, most of her songs her titled in Yoruba.

Am sure that safarigirl isn't Yoruba which makes her oblivious of all the trash she has been spewing all over here...its so annoying.

It was cruel torture for me reading all her comments...some people ehn!

Lol, shey that 1, look it's easier to save the devil frm hell than saving her frm her own lies..
I knw her no b 2day, nxt time u see her comment jus pass and reason with other sensible post..she mak sense for sport section tho..

I decided to take my time to read all posted comments. I think what we're all missing out is that many of these 'popular' Nigeria musicians aren't accultured in the basics of music and instrumentation. They seem to have good voices only, without adequate knowledge of musical arrangement(s) and instrumental skills. This is why they have to lip sync everytime they perform on stage. Their music is very hollow and shallow, without reasonablemusical substance. Remove the beats and their songs are dead. For a musician to stay longer in the game, he/she must write/make good music with real chord sheets like Asa or Darey does. Many of our Nigerian 'hit' songs don't have chordsheets or tablature on big websites like ultimate guitar.com. For a guitarist like me, that is nonsense. It's better we go back to the basis, by using live instruments, even for studio recordings, and not synthesised music. Music legends like Micheal Jackson, Celine Dion and even our hip hop wizard, R. Kelly all use live instruments in the studio. With this, it will be easier for them to avoid lip syncing on stage. Now, the big question is this: how many Nigerian artistes can play at least one musical instrument? The last time I checked, I could only count few people like Asa, Darey, Cobhams, GT da guitarman, Nneka, Femi Kuti, Sean Kuti, Lagbaja. ..This is the real problem. Nobody here should mention that hip hop music requires no instruments to sound nice.

safarigirl:
personal opinion. I hate Asa's brand of music, I find Timi a more appealing alternative so he's a better artiste to me. Asa's hype is 70% based on where she's at and people she's working with, if Timi had that, Asa wouldn't see his back

what the fvck are you speewing?
that Asa's hype is 70% based on where she's at
gerra here mehn. ASA is plain good and not hyped

IamOpemipo:



Lol, shey that 1, look it's easier to save the devil frm hell than saving her frm her own lies..
I knw her no b 2day, nxt time u see her comment jus pass and reason with other sensible post..she mak sense for sport section tho..

make sense? I can still remember that she argued blindly last year Jan,that mikel obi should have been crowned AFOTY 2013.she said mikel was better than yaya toure.

Bless you too. I'm allergic to autotune lol!

ExInferis:


bless you! this has been driving me batshit crazy. some youg punks here in nairaland have also joined the autotune train.

Johnny Drille is far better than ASA, DARE, and TIMI!!!! quote me anywhere!!!!

What about 9ice?

safarigirl:
Asa is based in Europe and blew from there that's why she majorly performs there, it's not her live performances that make her a toast. Timi is a better artiste than Asa by any ramification, but you don't see him everywhere in Europe

Fu*ck!!!_. Timi better that Asa??

Am I dreaming or my eyes are deceiving me?....I know everyone is entitled to his/her opinion, but yours is very flawed.

Babe, Asa is better that Timi in everything, I mean everything!!!...I love the yoruba language because of her, though I'm not yoruba. That lady is the best thing to happen to Nigerian music. Go figure...

I expected someone top mention black diamond,wande cool.

tedid1st:

Sometimes they actually compose music on the stage... I know because I have worked with a couple of them... In related news... Special kudos to all church choirs who through good and bad, horrible sound and sometimes with little or no encouragement from the church... We sing live every service...

live stage performance always demands the best.just like in acting too,take most nollywood actors and actresses to the stage for a live performance and believe me you will either fall asleep within 10mins or pelt them with pure water sachet. Even leading choruses in church for 30mins no be small thing. That is why the best and most talented singers have most often been those who passed through their church choirs eg Whitney Huston,shina Peter and for Fuji music you have to be able to do ajiwere during the holy month of fasting to be able to be a good Fuji musician. But most of the hip hop acts in Nigeria today sit down in their rooms listen to other ppls songs and lyrics and add bits and pieces together to bring out 4mins or 240secs rubbish which usually fetches them millions once they can get a good producer