from many songs i hear, i feel there are many bad songwriters around 9geria. listen to edge of desire by john mayer or jar of hearts by cristina perri. then wonder why they cant write like that. i can think of neyo in the u.s but none over here. 

no one talking about songwriting? what music forum is this?

i doubt if we do, Also i have been looking for the forum for quite a while now and am hapi i have someone sharing the same pain asmine

We have songwriters for goodness sakes.

You have to understand, the industry, Nigeria does not have the proper marketing,promoting or reward channels that the yankee & cambridge boys have.

Guitarman is a song writer, so is Asa, you think D'banj writes all his songs.

Anyway, from what i figure, if Nigerian artiste gave more info on their cds you would know how many song they did write.

Dbanj must have a bad songwriter. Asa and Guitarman professional songwriters? do they write for other acts?
I think we havent really explored songwriting as a money making venture.

am waitin for de day songwriting would be recognised.but waitin wont bring dat day i think we shld av an umbrella body to nurture it like de screenwriters.

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aw about the lyrics crooner wat is dr hope if the songwriters are not getting any hope, pls i need someone to bail me out on that

OJB Jezreel is a really good song writer. Listen to the lyrics of his song and you'd be amazed

Nigeria is a difficult place for song writers. Unlike in Europe and America where song writers are given due recognition, Nigeria doesn't give at all. Also our music artists(Singers) are not helping matters at all. They want to be jack of All Trade, that's why most of them hardly follow their Depute songs with other quality songs. They want to enjoy all the royalties alone, forgetting that distributipn of labour in American music industry is responsible for the great feet American artists have achieved. Well, i'm blessed with the gift of the Garbs, and can write quality Hip-Hop and R and B songs, any interested artist may contact me via: Comradeferdy@yahoo.com