The mistaken thought that music is not a respectable career
The mistaken thought that one does not need to work to succeed (“I can go into music and somehow I will blow”).
#there is dignity in labor
Why do people turn to
music when they have life issues/struggles and they can’t even sing?
And why do ‘Johnny miss
roads’ and fraudsters keep saturating the music industry sef?
Please, there is dignity
in labor.
Every mega successful
artiste from this country understands the above concept. Do not misjudge or misunderstand them. I don’t
believe a 2face lounges all day and I heard D’banj does not either.
A music video is a selling
tool and it will be silly for you as an upcoming music artiste to believe that
this is the lifestyle of the average top celeb. Well yeah, maybe on weekends, but
not on a Monday morning.
Being a music artiste is a job.
You need to work your job.
Also, please feel free to see
yourself as person who’s got a job – no matter how well you are known. As long
as you are on this journey to getting your music known and accepted you have a
career already. I know this could be difficult, especially if you are not
earning, but that’s what it is. You do music.
Package your music career. Be
serious about it. That you ‘sag’ your trouser does not mean you should be sag
or slack in your career. It is your ‘career’ we are talking about here.
If you are an upcoming artiste
doing good music but not earning, you can get a part time job or business to
support yourself. Get more on this from my post on this.
Successful music artistes
should do more to encourage young people through their music that work can not
be evaded. They should teach them the concept of work and how they themselves work.
This is because a lot of upcoming
artistes and young fans think a top music artiste just goes into the recording booth,
producer produces, marketer pays and wala! ‘Won ti so wo’(they’ve paid) so where
the girls at?
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