Legendary Ghanaian highlife singer, Gyedu -Blay Ambolley has said that many music producers in the country do not put much time in making good songs for their fans that’s why they do not last in the industry.
According to him, these music producers are always in a rash to bring something out just for fame without putting their fans first as to whether they will enjoy the song or not.
“Today’s music has been a sharp style of music because the younger ones just get a computer and work on fruity loops to create rhythms. Some of the rappers even go to the studio, the engineer plays different beats and then they just choose one that they like.” He said
“Our time, it wasn’t like that. Our time, it’s not somebody who’s going to create it for you. You create it because we learnt what is called music; the rudiments of music, the cadences of music and all that. The younger ones these days don’t know about the rudiments and the cadences of it so sharp things also die out sharp sharp”, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley added.
Gyedu-Blay added that the problem is not only about the instrumentals, but the lyrics that the young artists put into their music as well. According to him, the lyrics in music from his time were ones that reflect our way of life, however, our young musicians, on the other hand, are singing more about their girlfriends than the realities of life.
The legend advised that lyrics play a very vital role in music, hence this is not the best way to go if our current artists want their music to stay relevant for years and time immemorial.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Frank Oteng
