Today, to empower you with the right knowledge to making it BIG in the music
industry, we will be sharing some key strategies with you. Today's strategy is
titled: 10 Easy Steps to becoming a Successful Music Artiste in Nigeria.

Now The stuff we have for you.

With artistes’ rates moving from five to seven figures in recent years, it is
indeed safe to say that the Nigerian Music Industry is growing. This growth
might not necessarily stem from the depth of lyrics as we have seen many
Nigerian artistes move from deep, emotive lyrics like “Sweet Mother” to repetitive
lyrics like “Pop pop pop Champagne” or “Take Banana till you go yo” which has
an amazing record breaking 16 repeats intro to the song.

It is hard to ignore the fact that music today has moved from pretty simple
lyrics to words that do not exist in the oxford dictionary talk more of Google.com.
How do you explain the meaning of iyanaya’s “na na na na na na….your waist” or
Flavour’s “Porokoto pokoro pakoroba”?

What has changed in the Nigerian Music scene? Is it the psych/choice of the
listening audience or the mentality of the musicians? Or could we attribute it to the
age difference?

With the type of lyrics that are being put out today by Nigerian artists, it would be
pretty hard for an artist who sang “If I could runaway, I’d run with you faraway” to
compete with someone who spills “Kukere I get money o” on the dance floor.

My years of experience in the Nigerian music industry as an onlooker, songwriter,
bathroom singer and a beat maker, has given me an insight as to what sells in
Nigeria. Trust me when I say I have cracked that code as to how you can become
a successful Nigerian artiste just by releasing one single! Here are the 10 proven
steps you must follow religiously to become a successful artiste in Nigeria!

1. Mugu Master 101
You might be asking yourself “Wait a minute is this guy telling me to lick boots” Well Yes!
If you must also know, lick the sole and laces of your boss’s boots along. The reason I
tagged this as Mugu Master 101 is because, if you can’t act as a JJC in this industry, then
trust me you are going nowhere! When I say act as a mugu, I mean be humble and gentle,
act like you know no one, you have nothing and your voice is “just there” be willing to put
aside your ego and listen to what the big boss (Coughs Don Jazzy) says. Even if it takes you
two to four years to complete the Mugu 101 course, do so. Trust me this makes for a good
“Humble Beginning” story so that when you finally sing “Fly” as Tuface did to announce his
successful graduation from Kennis Music, people would be drawn to you. Wizkid, Dbanj and
9ice did it, so you also can do it.

2. Use this music formula (beat, lyrics and tune)
Iyanya had to drop his “baby they don’t know how I feel about you” lyrics for “All my ladies…
nze nze” after he had the privilege to listen to this advice you are reading at no cost.

The kind of beat you should use must be fast-paced; you will find it in Davido’s “Omo Baba
Olowo” and in many of “Terry G’s songs”.I’m assuming you are an average singer with no
music experience, so I will advise you to stay away from P-Square’s beats if you don’t have
the right tunes and sensible lyrics to back it up.

Worried about your lyrics making sense? That shouldn’t be a problem because it doesn’t matter
as long as you’re able to form whatever words that pops up in your head even if it is “bla blab la
bla”…that’s another form of expressing yourself. .

Ok, let’s do a simple practice on how to make up the perfect “meaningless” lyrics. Look at a chick
(if you are a guy), what would you like to tell her? (You dey do me strong thing?) nah! Banky W has
done that.

Think about something you love (food, blackberry) or something Nigerian (Koboko). It will be silly to
sing something like “Your love dey sweet me like Koboko” are you for real? Koboko dey sweet for body?
Sing in tangent with the beat even of it means distorting the lyrics like “E dey pain me like Kobokoko
kobokoko kobokoko”

For the tune, look for a famous foreign tune and morph it into yours. Remove the Doh-reh-mis and add
your own. A Brick&Lace “Love is Wicked” beats can be morphed into many songs.

Imagine this was formed using the “Love is wicked beats”:
E just pain like Kobokoko
Yagayaga zagazaga
Day wey you pass for Amukoko
You and your friend on Okada…
Now doesn’t that sound just like it?

3. Keep in shape
This is already self-explanatory. You can’t be looking like Rick Ross and expecting your female fans to
appreciate you. In order to be able to throw off your shirt at any given time, you will need to have the right
6packs (Please no hungry packs) but the right packs like Iyanya, Dipp and D’banj. Now if you a female
artiste, then you need to shed off those unwanted fats around your stomach and reserve it for your hips
and bust because this is what Nigerian men love and you need it for your photo and video shoots.

Show some skin

Now Nigerians love daring performances (You can trace this back to Fela’s days)).
In order to have an engaging concert, you must be willing to show some chest on
stage like D’banj and throw your shirt into the crowd like Iyanya.A Disclaimer: Please
do not attempt this if you do not have a six packs and your body is only suitable for
a Michelin advertisement. (This is not a sub for special ed)For the ladies, a little baring
of the laps hurts no one. You can contact Tiwa Savage and Emmy Nyra for a few tips
on how to bare it all and still look classy.
5. Hit the headlines (Controversy)
Denrele once said “Good publicity is good publicity. Bad publicity is good publicity. No
publicity is bad publicity”. Being in the news is key! Do whatever it takes to hit the headlines!
You got to be kidding me if you need suggestions on how to achieve this. Ok, I’ll give you a
few. Have several baby mamas, have several tattoos or date two popular celebrities, start a
twitter fight by dissing another celeb or release a terrible song, breakup with your music label
or have a groupie take a photo of you in bed while you pretend to be asleep.
Please follow these suggestions at your own risk because I do not endorse bad behavior.
6. Form a dance step

I’m serious about this. Let’s follow the trend of people who have their own dance steps. They
get popular. Nigerians are always looking for new dance steps. Marvelous Benji did the “Suo”.
Daddy Showkey brought us the “Galala”, and Iyanya introduced the “Kukere”. Ghana’s Azonto
is still trending and we have found people like Wizkid doing their own version. 9ice had his own
signature dance step. So did Tuface. MayD has this very unique dance step that looks like Azonto
on both feet. P-Square remixed the Azonto step by giving us a hybrid version which they titled
“Alingo”. You should come up with your own step if you are creative enough.
7. Get a slogan

You think Tonto Dike was dumb when she thought of #Poko?

We have seen artistes carve a niche for themselves with slangs that they use. Iyanya gave us
“Your waist”, Durella would “Zanga” this, Dbanj is the custodian of “Kokolet, Labata and Lebete”
while Tuface never fails to remind us that “Nothin dey happen”.

You can use something like “Jati-jati”. Just a suggestion though.

8. Pally with bloggers

You see yourself? After all the yanga and the blasting that you do on Twitter,
you will still come back and beg the bloggers to publish and promote your
songs for free. Bloggers can make or kill your songs o. don’t try us. Oh. I didn’t
mention that I am a blogger too.

9. Collabo with the right people

Nobody knows you and you want to collabo (record a duet) with an unknown
artiste. Are you a learner? It is important to know your genre of music and feature
the right people. For example imagine collaboration between Bez and Terry G? Or
DBanj and Asa? Trying to imagine it gives me a migraine.

If you are an Afro-pop artiste like Tuface, consider doing something with a Waje,

Tiwa Savage (for the voice) or an MI, Ice Prince (for the rap) or a D’Prince, Wande,

Wizkid (for the style).

10. Stick to the elders (OAPs, Social Media publicists, events managers)

Your best friends and allies should be the On-Air-personalities, Social Media peeps,
Events Managers and Music Producers. Consult these ogas at the top before you record.
Ask the OAPs “What kind of songs do you callers like to listen to?”
Ask the bloggers “What kinds of songs get the most hits”. “How do I create hype for
my song or get Eko Hotel to host my event?

Ask Clarence Peters “What kind of videos do people prefer to watch”.
I’m not trying to tell you to follow the crowd; I’m trying to provide you with the necessary
guidelines to create your own strategy.

Putting all these together will help you go a long way in the industry.

So, that's it for today.

Kindly download this app to promote your music for free. Use UCBROWSER or Other browsers to download but not operamini
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jasmine01s:
Today, to empower you with the right knowledge to making it BIG in the music
industry, we will be sharing some key strategies with you. Today's strategy is
titled: 10 Easy Steps to becoming a Successful Music Artiste in Nigeria.

Now The stuff we have for you.

With artistes’ rates moving from five to seven figures in recent years, it is
indeed safe to say that the Nigerian Music Industry is growing. This growth
might not necessarily stem from the depth of lyrics as we have seen many
Nigerian artistes move from deep, emotive lyrics like “Sweet Mother” to repetitive
lyrics like “Pop pop pop Champagne” or “Take Banana till you go yo” which has
an amazing record breaking 16 repeats intro to the song.

It is hard to ignore the fact that music today has moved from pretty simple
lyrics to words that do not exist in the oxford dictionary talk more of Google.com.
How do you explain the meaning of iyanaya’s “na na na na na na….your waist” or
Flavour’s “Porokoto pokoro pakoroba”?

What has changed in the Nigerian Music scene? Is it the psych/choice of the
listening audience or the mentality of the musicians? Or could we attribute it to the
age difference?

With the type of lyrics that are being put out today by Nigerian artists, it would be
pretty hard for an artist who sang “If I could runaway, I’d run with you faraway” to
compete with someone who spills “Kukere I get money o” on the dance floor.

My years of experience in the Nigerian music industry as an onlooker, songwriter,
bathroom singer and a beat maker, has given me an insight as to what sells in
Nigeria. Trust me when I say I have cracked that code as to how you can become
a successful Nigerian artiste just by releasing one single! Here are the 10 proven
steps you must follow religiously to become a successful artiste in Nigeria!

1. Mugu Master 101
You might be asking yourself “Wait a minute is this guy telling me to lick boots” Well Yes!
If you must also know, lick the sole and laces of your boss’s boots along. The reason I
tagged this as Mugu Master 101 is because, if you can’t act as a JJC in this industry, then
trust me you are going nowhere! When I say act as a mugu, I mean be humble and gentle,
act like you know no one, you have nothing and your voice is “just there” be willing to put
aside your ego and listen to what the big boss (Coughs Don Jazzy) says. Even if it takes you
two to four years to complete the Mugu 101 course, do so. Trust me this makes for a good
“Humble Beginning” story so that when you finally sing “Fly” as Tuface did to announce his
successful graduation from Kennis Music, people would be drawn to you. Wizkid, Dbanj and
9ice did it, so you also can do it.

2. Use this music formula (beat, lyrics and tune)
Iyanya had to drop his “baby they don’t know how I feel about you” lyrics for “All my ladies…
nze nze” after he had the privilege to listen to this advice you are reading at no cost.

The kind of beat you should use must be fast-paced; you will find it in Davido’s “Omo Baba
Olowo” and in many of “Terry G’s songs”.I’m assuming you are an average singer with no
music experience, so I will advise you to stay away from P-Square’s beats if you don’t have
the right tunes and sensible lyrics to back it up.

Worried about your lyrics making sense? That shouldn’t be a problem because it doesn’t matter
as long as you’re able to form whatever words that pops up in your head even if it is “bla blab la
bla”…that’s another form of expressing yourself. .

Ok, let’s do a simple practice on how to make up the perfect “meaningless” lyrics. Look at a chick
(if you are a guy), what would you like to tell her? (You dey do me strong thing?) nah! Banky W has
done that.

Think about something you love (food, blackberry) or something Nigerian (Koboko). It will be silly to
sing something like “Your love dey sweet me like Koboko” are you for real? Koboko dey sweet for body?
Sing in tangent with the beat even of it means distorting the lyrics like “E dey pain me like Kobokoko
kobokoko kobokoko”

For the tune, look for a famous foreign tune and morph it into yours. Remove the Doh-reh-mis and add
your own. A Brick&Lace “Love is Wicked” beats can be morphed into many songs.

Imagine this was formed using the “Love is wicked beats”:
E just pain like Kobokoko
Yagayaga zagazaga
Day wey you pass for Amukoko
You and your friend on Okada…
Now doesn’t that sound just like it?

3. Keep in shape
This is already self-explanatory. You can’t be looking like Rick Ross and expecting your female fans to
appreciate you. In order to be able to throw off your shirt at any given time, you will need to have the right
6packs (Please no hungry packs) but the right packs like Iyanya, Dipp and D’banj. Now if you a female
artiste, then you need to shed off those unwanted fats around your stomach and reserve it for your hips
and bust because this is what Nigerian men love and you need it for your photo and video shoots.

Show some skin

Now Nigerians love daring performances (You can trace this back to Fela’s days)).
In order to have an engaging concert, you must be willing to show some chest on
stage like D’banj and throw your shirt into the crowd like Iyanya.A Disclaimer: Please
do not attempt this if you do not have a six packs and your body is only suitable for
a Michelin advertisement. (This is not a sub for special ed)For the ladies, a little baring
of the laps hurts no one. You can contact Tiwa Savage and Emmy Nyra for a few tips
on how to bare it all and still look classy.
5. Hit the headlines (Controversy)
Denrele once said “Good publicity is good publicity. Bad publicity is good publicity. No
publicity is bad publicity”. Being in the news is key! Do whatever it takes to hit the headlines!
You got to be kidding me if you need suggestions on how to achieve this. Ok, I’ll give you a
few. Have several baby mamas, have several tattoos or date two popular celebrities, start a
twitter fight by dissing another celeb or release a terrible song, breakup with your music label
or have a groupie take a photo of you in bed while you pretend to be asleep.
Please follow these suggestions at your own risk because I do not endorse bad behavior.
6. Form a dance step

I’m serious about this. Let’s follow the trend of people who have their own dance steps. They
get popular. Nigerians are always looking for new dance steps. Marvelous Benji did the “Suo”.
Daddy Showkey brought us the “Galala”, and Iyanya introduced the “Kukere”. Ghana’s Azonto
is still trending and we have found people like Wizkid doing their own version. 9ice had his own
signature dance step. So did Tuface. MayD has this very unique dance step that looks like Azonto
on both feet. P-Square remixed the Azonto step by giving us a hybrid version which they titled
“Alingo”. You should come up with your own step if you are creative enough.
7. Get a slogan

You think Tonto Dike was dumb when she thought of #Poko?

We have seen artistes carve a niche for themselves with slangs that they use. Iyanya gave us
“Your waist”, Durella would “Zanga” this, Dbanj is the custodian of “Kokolet, Labata and Lebete”
while Tuface never fails to remind us that “Nothin dey happen”.

You can use something like “Jati-jati”. Just a suggestion though.

8. Pally with bloggers

You see yourself? After all the yanga and the blasting that you do on Twitter,
you will still come back and beg the bloggers to publish and promote your
songs for free. Bloggers can make or kill your songs o. don’t try us. Oh. I didn’t
mention that I am a blogger too.

9. Collabo with the right people

Nobody knows you and you want to collabo (record a duet) with an unknown
artiste. Are you a learner? It is important to know your genre of music and feature
the right people. For example imagine collaboration between Bez and Terry G? Or
DBanj and Asa? Trying to imagine it gives me a migraine.

If you are an Afro-pop artiste like Tuface, consider doing something with a Waje,

Tiwa Savage (for the voice) or an MI, Ice Prince (for the rap) or a D’Prince, Wande,

Wizkid (for the style).

10. Stick to the elders (OAPs, Social Media publicists, events managers)

Your best friends and allies should be the On-Air-personalities, Social Media peeps,
Events Managers and Music Producers. Consult these ogas at the top before you record.
Ask the OAPs “What kind of songs do you callers like to listen to?”
Ask the bloggers “What kinds of songs get the most hits”. “How do I create hype for
my song or get Eko Hotel to host my event?

Ask Clarence Peters “What kind of videos do people prefer to watch”.
I’m not trying to tell you to follow the crowd; I’m trying to provide you with the necessary
guidelines to create your own strategy.

Putting all these together will help you go a long way in the industry.

So, that's it for today.

Kindly download this app to promote your music for free. Use UCBROWSER or Other browsers to download but not operamini
http:///1wJBVMG
Install and open then click on submit

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Zagazagazaga. Yagayagayaga

.

Good write up.. But in the part of lyrics and beat i'll add these:

Lyrics: even though you could blow with stvpid or weak lyrics or even repeated lyrics how you present it matters a lot. E.g shoki and Iyanya Kukere.. Take Banana.. Patoranking daniela whine.. Etc..
..
The beats behind these songs are top class and are filling up for the other 70% of the songs flaws..
Also these artists I'll say have mastered their craft and are very good at making stvpid lyrics or even non-existent words sound cool.. Eg doro bucci
..
So before you go about singing sh!t because the likes of Iyanya, D'Prince etc. sings junk that tops chart,
you should try and polish that your junk lyrics and make it come alive..
..
Wizkid does that, repeats lyrics like: she be my fine fine fine lady ahn.. She go say she no be lady ahn..x2(or more) and all that. But the way he presented the lyrics was cool and people liked it.
..
Secondly..
..
Beats: Even if you had Patoranking's Alubarika lyrics, without a good beat it won't sound good. I'm not saying Mastercraft or Shizzi has to produce for you, but you should try your best to get a good beat for your songs..
..
For artist that produce for themselves, try and get quality instruments(both virtual) so you don't sound amature, If you want to play a guitar try and find a real one or find someone to play for you(if you can't) after you must have finished you beat.
..
Mic: If you want to record in a small studio try and know the Mic they use, besause a good Mic can add so much life to your musical voice and overall your music.. People don't know how fine the studio you record your track is, they only hear how good or bad your voice and overall the music is.
..
For mics Condenser mics are very good for vocals. Most A-list(if not all) artists use them..
..
We have large diaphram and Small diaphram Condenser mics.
Try and read about them to know which is good for your voice..
..
Lastly: try to Mix the song well.. It could be by the producer, but don't hesitate to complain if it doesn't sound good..
My humble addition.