Ladies beware! I’m not ready
for marriage —Flavour
on december 28, 2013 at 12:33 am in news
*Flavour
IYABO AINA
What’s the secret of your success story in
pursuing your musical career?
The secret of my success is originality.
Right from day one, I knew that if I try to
be original, the sky would be my limit. But
I know it’s going to take some time before
that dream would become a reality. This
is because nothing good comes that
easily.
I work so hard to sound so original in my
music. Right from when I released my first
album, there has been a tremendous
improvement in my music. And this time
around, I had enough funds to do better
videos which has distinguished my style
from other artistes. Africans as a whole
love originality, even though some might
pretend about it .
If you are original in whatever you are
doing today coupled with being down-to-
earth, you will get to anywhere you want
to. That has been the secret of my
success. I began my career as a drummer
for a local church in my home state,
Enugu State.
What has actually kept you going till
today ?
Having passion for what I’m doing. I have
so much passion for music. I started
singing at the age of 13. I went to the right
source because I had some companies
that gave me a scholarship as a way of
encouraging me. They trained me in music.
They believed in me becoming as a rising
musician then.
The director always tell us that people
used to regard musicians as irresponsible
and wayward people. People who squander
all their money on women and cars while
trying to live a flamboyant lifestyle. If you
are talented, you need to work hard to give
back to the society. That has been my
driving force. People now see me as a
responsible person and an example to the
young ones.
I have to keep my head low and stay
humble and keep doing what I am doing
well. So, the passion has kept me going.
Initially, when I started, I didn’t care
whether I had some money in my pocket or
not. I was just doing it for the love of
music. But I wanted to get somewhere.
Where do you draw your inspiration from ?
I draw my inspiration from people around
me, especially things that happen around
me I like when things go bad and when
things go good because it doesn’t have to
be good all the time.
So, all I do is to keep focus and balance
the two situations that come my way. And
sometimes friends around me inspire me
even when my family were against my
keeping too many friends, I still get close
to them making them know that they are
very important to me. To me, I think as a
musician you should have a story to
tell .Things around me inspire my kind of
music .
Glo endorsed you recently. How do you
feel about the endorsement ?
It’s something great, it’s not only Glo I still
have a lot of awards both within and
outside the shores of the country . Glo
endorsement is a wonderful opportunity ,
it’s good to associate with big brands and
it’s also good for big brands to recognize
big artiste and not to just use the person
to build up a platform.It’s something nice
and I am enjoying the relationship, the
tour , interviews and the photo shoot; I am
enjoying everything.
Can you share some of the pains and
gains of becoming a celebrity ?
Let me start with the pains because it’s the
bigger part of the challenges we face as
celebrities . The painful part of it is that we
go through a lot and people don’t know
and they don’t even care to know.
They just want to see you up there so what
we go through as artistes every day is
unimaginable. Even when you get to meet
your fans , the way some of them will
approach you is something else . Then the
challenge of being on top of your game;
But if you know what you are doing the
pains will become a blessing and a
watchword for you.
You have to take so many things away
from you , you don’t live your normal life
again though not everyone. But left for me,
I am free spirit. I want to wake up and
walk around the street buy something that
I want.
Sometimes you will want to have fun alone
but you won’t be able to do so because
other people will want to associate with
you; you don’t have to chase them away
because they are coming because they
love your music even the once with bad
intention you have to show them love and
accommodate them.
Meanwhile, achieving my dreams and
getting to where I want today remains part
of the gains . I am also, not relenting on
efforts. My work just keeps going and I
have so many things to do and also
achieve .
What are you working on presently ?
Presently, I have been performing almost
every weekend. People invite me to
perform at different shows and I’ve been
working everyday, there is no day that
pass I don’t have something to do. I like
surprises, and I also like to look at the
market and know where I can make my
impact. There are also different
businesses I have been doing with some
cooperate bodies .
We learnt you are coming up with a reality
show. What is it all about ?
Yes, it’s not that much. Iam just planning
to come out with something very soon.
However, I need to put everything in place
before I can talk about it.
How have you been able to compete with
other top artistes in the industry ?
If you have your own style , you just need
to stick to it; be very versatile and at the
same time, original because every now and
then, new artistes keep emerging from the
blues. You need to maintain the tempo.
The hardest part of the job is not to come
up with a hit , but to be there and keep
giving them the hit till when you retire .
The drive is to just keep on doing what
you are doing well and going deep into it .
And always source for ideas , look for
different things , know your market and
the people that are looking up to you.
What they think about your work .
For me, I havemade a lot of findings
outside the shores of Nigeria. So, that
alone makes it difficult because you are
not just looking at the crown but also, you
are looking at Africa at large. From Africa,
you can hit the international stage.
Doing collaboration with other artistes is
what is in vogue in the industry. In your
own case, what are the conditions and
things do you look out for before
accepting to do collaboration with fellow
artistes ?
I look out for somebody I can work with,
and not someone that just want me to
bless his song so that it will just be my
glory. There are few artistes in Nigeria who
can really release some good stuffs . In
every song, I’m collaborating with any
artiste, I always try to bring in something
new. I bring my creative ingenuity to bear
in every song I’m featuring in.
The truth is that I must always try to bring
in something commercial; something I
know the fans and lovers of music would
embrace and hold unto. I spend quality
time thinking about the listeners and I
keep trying to put myself in their shoes. I
always ask myself, what are the fans going
to hold unto in this song, even if it’s just a
word or phrase?
So, I keep looking out for such word or
phrase. I have to create that unique ‘word’
or ‘phrase’. There is no way you will sing
and be appreciated if you don’t appreciate
your fans and put them into consideration
while composing a song. If you don’t
consider them you would end up singing
and satisfying yourself instead of your
fans.
So, what I bring to the table is the key
factor in the success of most of my
collaborations. But the essence of
collaboration is to see two different artistes
combining their styles. You tap into my fan
base while I also tap into yours. For
instance, Omawumi is good; she was the
first runner up in the 2007 edition of West
African Idols.
She is doing well in the music scene and
has done good songs. So, in the song,
Bottom Belle, she brought in something
new while I also did. The same thing
applies to other collaborations I have done
with other artistes.
Do you have a price tag for doing
collaborations with other artistes?
It depends on the relationship I have with
the person. The only artiste I ask to pay me
for collaboration is the person I stand to
gain nothing else apart from the money.
But if you have a fan base, you don’t have
to pay me. I tap into your fan base while
you also tap into mine. Except if you don’t
know what you are doing and you need me
to fly, then that is where I will ask you to
pay me.
Many celebrities are faced with one
scandal or the other. How have you been
able to stay away from controversy?
It’s only God that knows the secret. I’m not
better than other musicians just as they
are not better than myself. No artiste that
ever set out to be faced with scandals. It’s
always people around them that fan some
of these scandals.
But the issue is that I try to stay away from
trouble. For instance, I don’t even go to
clubs. Anything I want to do something, I
do it in the comfort of my house. I party
inside my house. I do my recording inside
my house. When you start mingling and
partying with everybody in different places
that is where one or two things would start
to emerge.
I’m either here in my house or in my
second house in the Island. When you
mingle much with people, at times you
start trusting people that are not supposed
to be trusted. You start having divided
attention. You would take a picture and
make joke with it and tomorrow it’s all over
the newspapers and internet.
So, the question is Who did it? Is it not
someone you trusted? That’s how it
happens . Nobody knows what will happen
tomorrow, you just have to guide yourself
in anything you are doing.
We also heard you proposed to your
girlfriend?
People will always talk and turn around
stories. But I am still single because
marriage is not my priority for now. I still
want to hit the top before thinking about
marriage. It’s not yet time. I am still
concentrating on my music.
It was once rumoured that you were dating
Tiwa Savage after doing a collaboration
with her. Was it true?
I didn’t feel bad when I heard about the
rumour because I knowpeople will always
talk even if we didn’t kiss. While shooting
the music video, the director came to us
and said, you guys are playing love scene,
you need to do something intimate. He
urged us do it, and I now looked at Tiwa
and she gave me a go ahead and I said
‘yes’ we can do it. There was nothing
wrong with that. More over, we did music
with passion.


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these write up doesnt look like an interview..pls op include paragraphs so it will look better

Saraben: these write up doesnt look like an interview..pls op include paragraphs so it will look better

U want to see the part he stated dat he aint ready for marriage aight?