abacus:
I know one in Ilorin those days, he used secular beats to impress the congregation since they don't know meaning of beats.

Why will you play 'Oko times Oko ,obo times obo.. ' in church.

The naive congregation even wait for him to do the beat..

Well we wey sabi sabi, because Obesere has been my only music since JSS 1.

mhizesther:
I.play to impress at times(especially cute guys) and I had this pride issue, was always refusing to play for upcoming choristers.. Till one girl came and made herself my rival...I just asked God for a second chance..Im in love with music and instruments too.. I play the keyboard /piano, Guitar and sax . I'm still interested in learning how to drum, play the kanga and violin

ADEWUMIMichael:
In addition to what the guy below me said,




Most of them especially guys do play to impress girls,



And 97% of instrumentalist are Ashewo!!

Narldon:


There are still many good instrumentalists


I'm a Pianist


I don't Play to impress

Narldon:


There are still many good instrumentalists


I'm a Pianist


I don't Play to impress

ajog1:

Where are the music schools. Is there a pro music school in Nigeria?

adjoviomole:




How far bro. Make I come freestyle for your studio na.

I play the keyboard, violin, flute.

quentin06:
If you want to be am instrumentalist go to a music school that good teachers who are real musicians.
majority of churches in nigeria promote mediocrity in music.
instrumentalist should be able to play atleast 3 musical instruments, should know his scales, sight read and play by ear.
be original not copy copy.
there is difference between music and noise.

Sezua:

You have a home studio? can i meet you pleassseee.

technicallyrich:

How many months will it take me to learn production please apart from piano.and I heard I will make atleast 20k daily as a producer

ajog1:

Where are the music schools. Is there a pro music school in Nigeria?

mhizesther:
I.play to impress at times(especially cute guys) and I had this pride issue, was always refusing to play for upcoming choristers.. Till one girl came and made herself my rival...I just asked God for a second chance..Im in love with music and instruments too.. I play the keyboard /piano, Guitar and sax . I'm still interested in learning how to drum, play the kanga and violin

GGclef:

hmm,smh...pple that can only play chord 1,4,5 on only key c will b calling themselves pianist..itz well.
m sure even on sax&guitar..u cn only play tonic solfa on 1 key....issokay,continue

MhizzAJ:
Most of these instrumentalist play to impress the congregation
Afterall some of them get paid at the end of Sunday service..they no longer use their talent to serve God for free..everything na bizness these days

mhizesther:
O

Lol.. im not going to brag

GGclef:

U ar nt goin 2 brag?..u 've done dat already
anyway...alternating btw 3 or 4 intruments will make u"half baked"&causes inconsistency.why dont u choose 1 intrument,concentrate all ur effort,tym&energy on it&bcom a guru/pro on dat single instrument...just an advice tho#

kiddoiLL:
If you check well, most of them that get paid are the ones still hustling and have no good job. Most of them stop after getting jobs.. Its not as if they don't know they should play for free, Some of them it's conditions. You'll hardly see a man or young guy who has a decent job and source of income ask to be paid for playing in the Church

mhizesther:
I.play to impress at times(especially cute guys) and I had this pride issue, was always refusing to play for upcoming choristers.. Till one girl came and made herself my rival...I just asked God for a second chance..Im in love with music and instruments too.. I play the keyboard /piano, Guitar and sax . I'm still interested in learning how to drum, play the kanga and violin

mhizesther:

Thank u dear

kolaranking1:
We wey dey into classical music nko

quentin06:
If you want to be am instrumentalist go to a music school that good teachers who are real musicians.
majority of churches in nigeria promote mediocrity in music.
instrumentalist should be able to play atleast 3 musical instruments, should know his scales, sight read and play by ear.
be original not copy copy.
there is difference between music and noise.

PotatoSalad:

i didn't go to a music school, no teachers, no church. I learnt how to play the piano by ear. all i did was watch video tutorials on fingering and scales, then basic chords cos those are the most important. then i did everything on my own. I'm a very fast learner. i play guitar on the keyboard, i do keydrums too. most of the piano prodigies and professionals you see didn't go to any music school. why go to a music school where they'll teach you how to and how not to do things. Don't get me wrong, there are rules but at the end of the day, fûck the rules.

PotatoSalad:

sure lol. drop me a pm if you're in the east

PotatoSalad:
cool, if you're in Enugu, drop me a pm.

quentin06:


Dont be cocky you learnt from somebody, the piano though the easiest instrument to learn is the most difficult to master.
Its funny that some one studies piano for 3 months ,plays in the choir for 6 months knows only how to play songs and progressions on the c and a major scale calls himself an instrumentalist and master.

Sezua:

Aaargh, i'm in lagos.

adjoviomole:



Nah too far. I'm in lagos

PotatoSalad:

lol, no i didn't, not really. i wanted to enroll in a Music school but their classes was a joke. 4 times a month, i spent 6 months practicing fingering skills and another 3 months learning to play songs on all keys. I'd have decided to use the transpose function like most church pianists do but nah. note that i practiced an average of 3 hours everyday, don't blame me, no work and was waiting for NYSC. I'll proudly say that 95% of my piano knowledge is self taught.
i believe that if i had that opportunity when i was say, 5 or 6, I'll be competing with people like Yanni and Ming Freeman now lol.

McGg:
I rep bass guitar and the drum set


but I no longer go to Church