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There's a difference between being able to mimick artistes voices,and being able to sing. You can't start and sustain a music career by sounding like somebody or different people. Secondly,that you admire artistes doesn't mean you should sing too. Can you sing? Do you love music? Do you want to be an artiste? What genre do you love more? Are you ready to try it out? If your answer to all of these is yes,then give it a shot. If no,stay away from being an artiste,and just enjoy the songs you listen to.

themodernman:
OP what's your advise for me. I really have a good voice as I can rhyme and mimick any artise's voice. I always have d melody and beat playing in my brain which makes people marvel anytime I sing.

I've had people compliment on my voice so much that when I was travelling back to lagos from Kano, a guy asked me if I was an artiste...I just laughed it off as I've always been complimented since childhood on my voice. He said I sound like someone who swallowed an MP3 player. There was even ds chik just admiring me 2ruout the journey sef.

Another occurence happened when I was just singing one of wizzy's songs and d keke napep driver asked me when is my album coming out..even in my Part 1 days(2004) when singing R-Kelly & Celeine Dion a guy commented dat I was sounding like a deck.

This encouraged me to enroll for the MTN project fame and was auditioned by TY-mix even though my medical doctor colleagues laughed me to scorn. Unfortunately stage fright got the better part of me as I botched d opportunity. Perhaps d song I chose too worsened matters-Jesse jagz featuring Wizkid "bad girl".

I've now come to discover my self that my talented voice actually comes out when I'm in tune with the music or song when listening to it but doesn't come out well when I'm just singing without listening to the music.

I've decided the next edition of any music edition I'm going for, I'm gonna be going with my ipod so I can be in tune with the melody and sing while closing my eyes just to prove myself.

What do you have to say about all ds cos I live a boring life as a Medic, I'm financially comfortable but I envy superstars and d good life they enjoy....lol....

I like the melody of the bridge... But you sound kinda aggresive on the song. You shouldn't be so much in a rush;you need to enjoy yourself in the studio while singing. Work on your lyrics and vocals and diction.

Optimisticgondy:
Thanks for your pieces of advice, bro. They're all noted. I say big amen to your prayer. God bless your hussle tooThank you so much Boss.. if not for you, I wouldn't know the site was messed up. Sorry about that..I just uploaded it on dropbox now. Use the link below

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b0o07l9kb3q6064/Gondy-Wonder%20Wonder.mp3?dl=0

The world has over 6billion people and there are chances of you having about 0.01 % of the world's population,who would like what you do. Just be yourself and do what you love.

musicwriter:
@chronique.

You made a very realistic constructive criticism to upcoming acts and the modern Nigeria music scene, and I can tell you have a huge passion for music. I started recording demos over 10 years ago. It got to a point I couldn't help but putting it out there for others to listen to whether or not it's the best production.

The truth is Nigeria have lost it musically at the moment, including signed artistes. All you need now is contacts in the industry and in a blink of an eye any mediocre is all over the place and everybody thinks that's a musician. Nobody seems to know what good music is anymore even music promoters themselves. I can count just about 3 musicians in the country at the moment.

As stated earlier, myself is a recording artiste and someone totally doing something different than the crowd. If you listened to my songs and it doesn't appear to be different, I would quit!. But, while you're advise to be different and carve out a niche for oneself is a good, but problem is the Nigerian music scene have been so much bastardized that people feel my type of music doesn't belong today. That's the downside of that argument, as I tell by my own experience. A friend of mine even call it intellectual music. My only consolation is Bob Marley's music was once seen exactly that way and radio stations even refused to play it. I will get there.

I have few songs on iTunes. Check out my songs on iTunes. Artise name: Africason.

Work on your lyrics,vocals and deliveries.

HarkymTheOracle:
pls listen to my 1st song that i recorded d 1st tym i entered a booth.. I really need expert advice on it..Thanks.

www.datafilehost.com/d/903212c7

Pls don't mail me. You can just post a download link here.

laykhorn:
Oga chronique, I think I may need your help. I manage a friend who is also upcoming. I try as much as possible to raise his flaws too. I could mail you some of his tracks for review.

Terry G's first song with AY-Zee "love you sexy" was nice but He somehow chose to do something else which I term as noise but He made money with. You might wanna classify him as an afro-pop artiste. I listen to virtually every genre of music apart from hard rock(it's noisy to me).

cupidhero:
Are you saying terry G's kind of music does not belong to any genre of music?@chronique
I used to be like you till I understood that it is bad for a lover of a particular type of music to hate on makers and followers of other genres that he thinks is inferior to the one he follows because they lack lyrical and rhythmical content of the ones he loves?

Did you read the subject of my article? I wasn't just talking to him;I was also talking to other acts and I wanted the thread moved to the. Fp so they could also stumble on it and take whatever they can get from it. Why should I hate airforce1? Will I get richer by doing that?I'm actaully a very reserved person who doesn't like interferring in other people's business. I only decided to air my views on the subject matter cos I realized most people didn't tell him the truth when He released the song. And let me also let you know something;the producer of that song is someone I know very well and I've worked with. He has worked for one of the artistes I used to manage way back.

kr0ne:
The Op is not really criticising, he's hating. See how he taunted the nigga when he said he was leaving. His purpose was to expose mock the young man in public, otherwise he wouldn't have implored the super mods to put this on the front page. If you diss the likes of 2 Face, Bracket, D'banj, Psquare, etc, in this manner it wouldn't cause as much as a flea bite to their career because they're already made men. This guy is an upcoming artiste; a one-on-one or a secluded group criticism would have been better.
Op, your plan will fail.

I like your chorus and instrumental but your rap needs work.

joebeckz:
you know music. take this from me. rate it and on a scale of 10, tried getting lala to push this to FP but he didnt. check my thread on it too. thanks.
http://tooxclusive.com/downloadmp3/lypsi-taking-over-ft-emjoe/

Link isn't correct. Send the link again.

tosinbabe:
Noted boss, that was Gugele u analysed. Wud it be too much to ask for your opinion of the 2nd song 'Baby'? Your opinion will go a long way, thanks!

Did you read the part where I said It's not good enough to get on radio? Did you read the part where I said I used that to test-run the ability of a producer we were trying to employ? I can't fault your opinion though but if you prefer airforce1's own to that,its simply about taste. But pls,you guys should tell these artistes coming up,the truth. That's the most important thing you can do to help their careers.

brrrr:
Bro I swear eh if na u sing that song no near studio again wtf!!! .....ur write up made me download ur song and to think that the song so wack arghhh....ur song has no dynamics I prefer airforce1 own song

Your lyrics are poor and the lines are too basic. You can't expect rappers to dobale for you by saying "you're a small fish swimming with the shark". The only rap line I liked was the "shut it down like sundays in the northeast". You should work on your rapstyle too. You sound like you're muddling things up. Could be better though.

Damikevin:
www.nairaland.com/2327104/single-dropping-soon the links are here on nairaland nobody bothered to listen. Download listen and criticize. Op tell Me what you think.

Unfortunately,I can't listen to the song. I tried to download it several times but it keeps redirecting me to several links and asking me to register...

Optimisticgondy:
@chronique
Please, review this song of mine

http://tindeck.com/listen/hrzl

Criticisms are welcome

Read again and understand me well. I spoke to him and others;not just him alone.

handsomeclouds:
Isn't there any other way to contact Airforce1? Maybe by mail.....rather than this needless publicity. The OP is really a meddlesome interloper!

Not a bad idea.

An0nimus:
Gee, this thread needs some serious clean up.

@airmark
I have a suggestion.

Today I saw Airforce1's jam on FP and I loved it. Going through the thread I heard some other guys
jam too and they were all niiiice and it got me thinking if there could be something like a 'Nairaland song of the Week'. That is, people submit their songs and votes are counted or/and a 'jury' decides which song is the NL song of the week. Other rules guiding the process could be put in place.

The song of the week gets to hit FP (say every weekend?)probably with a brief bio of the act and picture art. The thread will bear the title 'Nairaland song of the week.'

I feel it'll encourage more acts to put up their stuff on NL and for those that make FP they'll share it with friends which could drive some traffic here. Win, win.

plus, its good for the section.

i know it'll involve some work but i had to get the idea off my chest.

over to you guys

cc: airforce1, chanchit, joebeckz, iamsynord, chronique, foxyflow,

The 5th rat. The others can continue to flex.

The same subsidy removal they wanted to hang GEJ for removing? Nigerians sha....

Airforce1:
What u shaking yo head for?

Lol

Shaking my head cos of the cockroach that entered after I listened to your song...

Airforce1:
Walks out of thread

smh...

This is strictly my opinion and I think I have been vindicated over the years in most cases.

I write to you all(upcoming artistes) with good intent and purpose. I write as someone who has been a music lover for so many years,someone who followed Nigerian music from the late 80's down to this very day,someone who listened to pioneering American hip-hop acts from the late 80's,someone who listened to music when we still had music genres like soul and funk,someone who basically likes and has a substantial knowledge of what good music should sound like. Music is a form of art,and good music should sound pleasing to the ears. The melody,lyrics and instrumental should be good and the overall production must be of the higest standard. I don't believe in people doing mediocre jobs and promoting it. Majority of the songs we listen to today on radio,should normally not even get airplay if standards are to be maintained.
I know most people reading this piece,would eventually attack me and say stuffs like "you don't know what it means to go into the studio to record a track cos if you do,you'd know it's not easy". Before you guys slaughter me with that line,listen to this song with the following link:

http://www.datafilehost.com/d/2934af36

The above link was a rough demo I recorded at our studio when I was still neck deep into music production and entertainment years back. I was conducting an interview for an in-house producer we wanted to employ and I asked him to make the beat and produce me as an artiste. I did the entire song myself,and directed the production and we finished the whole song in about 12 or 16 hrs. Despite the fact that it sounds a lil bit appealing to some people,it's still not a standard job that can be played on radio. That being said,let's move on to the main issue(since you now know I've also had studio experience).


I decided to write this article cos over the years,I haven't seen any artiste blow up from nairaland. The only person who has blown up from here(nairaland) that I know,is Dee Tunes. I remember when He sent me his crew's demo several years back and after listening,I told him to stick to his production and shun rap(not like He was terribly bad though) which He did,and has now made a solid career from. He might not remeber me today,but I'm happy He has made a name for himself in production,and now charges 400k per track. Apart from Dee Tunes,all the other artistes who I had the opportunity to talk to and advice here on nairaland,are still where they are. Reason is that when you advice most artistes and you don't tell them they're the next best thing after fried rice,they tend to see you as their enemy. The average upcoming artiste thinks He's the best and when you point out their flaws,they find it difficult to accept. Most people don't like the truth and that's why we have so many trashy sounds on radio. A good song should have good lyrics that makes sense even if it's meant to be a danceable song. The fact that a crappy song like Terry G's "knack you akpako" made waves,doesn't make it the standard for an upcoming artiste to emulate.
Artistes should also know learn to carve a niche for themselves and not just do what every other person is doing. There should be something extra that you're bringing to the table and as such,you need to put a lot of hardwork into your song writing and deliveries.

With the hype airforce1 has been enjoying on nairaland and His assurances to fans that He wouldn't disappoint them,I was expecting something better from him. All I can advice him to do,is to first and foremost,try to discover himself and find out what genre of music He is good at. This His "such a diva" song isn't it at all. That brings me back to a particular artiste who was hyped here some weeks back. The original poster even went as far as comparing him with Cannibus but when I listened up,song was quite wack. The dude can't even make the list of top 50 rappers in naija. Instead of people to tell him the truth,they kept typing "d.ope","drugz",etc.
I can't remember who the artiste is again but I'd say this: "only those who want you to succeed will tell you the truth". There's no point believing sycophants who praise you cos they don't want to bruise your ego. Whatever is worth doing,is worth doing well.

Finally,all I'd say is this: be open to criticisms,learn your art very well,work on your lyrics,carve a niche for yourself and be yourself. Don't try to copy what others are doing;be original.

I hope someday,nairaland would produce it's first music superstar.


Cc: lalasticlala,ishilove,airmark

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