A Message To The Musicians In My Locality " Northern Ghana "

In this 21 century, things are going digital, education is now the key regardless of the career you choose. Many think aspiring to be a musician means no or little education, my dear friends if you want to succeed in the music industry, you either school, or home school. Read lots of books, make research, study the art of music. I can boldly say some musicians in my locality don't even know the kind of music they are doing. When you listen do their interviews on Radio and Tv, you will realise they know little about what they are doing. If the interview happen to be in English language, you can't help but close your ears. If you know you are larking something you either work hard to get it or manage it, learn to improve on it, don't just sit and do absolutely nothing. It's never too late to go back and learn.

Music is poetry, music is like bullet, when it hits you, you will feel it, music is like light, it travels faster regardless of the language, culture, skin colour or origin. You don't have to hype good music, it sells itself. Music finds it way to the people and conquer their hearts, soul and mind. You don't measure a musician by the number of Tv or Radio interviews the musician gets, but we measure a musician by the number of CDs you sell, the number of national and international record hits he/she produces, the number of views and followers he/she gets on YouTube and Twitter, the number of national and international music tours he/she is making or has made,and lastly the number of national and international nominations, recognition and awards he/she gets. So tell me among these musicians whom have achieved national and international success. Even with likes of Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Manifest, FuseOdg etc. Rocky Dawuni is the first Ghanaian to be nominated for Grammys. So I ask, Is Rocky Dawuni not from Northern Region? Did they nominated Rocky Dawuni, because he was interviewed on TV or Radio? Did Rocky Dawuni friends and family hype his music for him to get this international recognition?

Despite their success or trails they found a way of educating themselves before, during and after their huge musical success. These musical icons do lots of reading, poetry, writing, research etc. So anytime they come out with a song, it's lyrically matured and edible, mind blowing beats, rhymes, and sounds and lastly artistic videos and beautiful picture quality. I hope and pray musicians in my locality will do same and study music carefully for music is not just beats and rhymes but art and poetry. American hip hop icon Lil Wayne enrolled at the University of Houston in January 2005. He dropped out in the same year due to his conflicting schedule.[147] He also revealed on The View that he switched to the University of Phoenix and majored in psychology taking online courses. An article in Urb magazine in March 2007 asserted that Wayne had been earning high grades at Houston.

After high school, EL pursued a degree in economics and political science at the University of Ghana, Legon. El is also a sound engineer. Sarkodie started rapping at a very young age and continued throughout his educational career. He earned a degree in Graphic Design from IPMC. Stonebwoy studied at Methodist Day Secondary School the same year with rapper Sarkodie where he gained his High School Leaving Certificate. He continued his tertiary education at University of Professional Studies to earn a degree in Marketing in 2013 M.anifest is the Son of Ghanaian lawyer and academic Tsatsu Tsikata. M.anifest migrated to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St Paul) in 2001 to attend Macalester College where he graduated in 2005 with a BA in economics. Efya received voice trainings from some of her family members at a young age. She graduated with a degree in theatre and music from the University of Ghana

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