Music and Education

The mistaken thought that artistes didn’t want to get education.

#what will education do for a music artiste?

Education is not limited to the classroom. So I am not only talking about conventional schooling here. The concept of education is a very flexible one and education itself is a continuous process. They say: 

‘The day you stop learning is the day you start dying’ –Anonymous.

 I’m sure they mean dying mentally. The mind begins to weaken…

Young people are getting a very wrong impression that some successful music artistes didn’t and still don’t want to get education.  I believe this is not necessarily true.  Music artistes are making efforts to become better at what they do and part of those efforts is getting knowledge or getting knowledgeable people around them to guide them right; hence the impact of education.

I believe education is majorly about getting knowledge to practice for good - for your good and the good of others. The key is to have a goal and study in consistent with that goal. Basic education (primary and secondary) and even tertiary will always be a plus to your music career.

Our music has gone beyond “make I sing make them know me”. Look at us; this is not where we were we and our music used to be. There has been an evolution and this sporadic growth is not coming to a stop in the nearest future. There is a huge disparity between artistes who are knowledgeable and artistes who are not.  Illiteracy begat stagnancy. 

Please don’t get me wrong, I am not talking about learning to speak Queen’s English, this is more about educating your mind.  

Educate your mind, sell your music, and make money. They say there is so much music and there is little or no business. Break the norm and induce the business.

Education will open your mind.

Do you need music education to become a music artist?

It really depends on what kind of artist you want to be. Classical, yes. Rap, No. A class in your music category would definitely help you. 

In most areas involving the arts, your performance matters more than your education. While a degree in music might help you get a job teaching music, it will be a recital or demo tape that will determine if you get a job as a musician. 

And it will be your talent, your persistence and a lot of dumb luck that will determine if you are successful as a performer. 

In hiring artists, I place far more weight on their portfolio than I do their education. 

However, that being said, a good music school can certainly improve your talent and ability dramatically, and the good schools can even offer industry connections and introductions.

Anonymous

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Music and Dignified labor

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?

#10 wrong reasons why you should do music

1.      That if you are a broke youngster (with no clue about music), then music is the way out and you’ll someday find a marketer who will buy your crap.

If you believe this then you are on a long thing with a sharp tip. Going into music business to make profit is not a bad one. You could be lucky. There is money in music and well, you have to know the Nigerian music business terrain. But if you are a broke person who suddenly picks up a singing career just because some existing music artistes sang that they were broke and now they are rich, maybe you need to ask them how long they’ve been into music and when they eventually made profit. And they can actually do music- well at least some element of it.

2.     The sporadic movement from the bottom of the food chain to the top of the ladder via the use of your talent

I understand that the state of economy of the nation takes a toll on its citizens and most times when people move from a lower level of finance to an upper one, they always want to tell about it. Yeah, music artistes singing about how tough things used to be, well everyone has a story.  Music is not the only way out of poverty and it is not the only way up the food chain.

3.     The girls, the cars, the big house and the crazy partying is your only dream

That is not exactly a wonderful dream. Popular music artistes are getting beyond this. If you should be doing music and are dreaming like this, take a break and set a goal for yourself. And if you can’t, there’s a problem because you might wane out along the way.

4.      Do you have a passion for music? Or you just want to be a musician for the fun of it though you can’t sing?

If truly, you do have a passion for music, what aspect of music would you like to be involved in? What kind of music would you want to do?

Stop wasting your little cash on trying to do music if you know you don’t exactly know music nor love it but that you just love the fame that comes with being a music artiste.

5.     Is music is the way to your ‘salvation’?

This is the idea that if you just do music and ‘blow’ that’s the end of all your sorrows. If you love music, you will primarily derive satisfaction from being able to sing and be heard by any size of audience. Yeah, there is the urge for more- more fans, more money, more opportunities, but you should find fulfillment in what you do, as long as you are doing it.  If you venture into music because you feel it is some kind of huge way to the best life you could have, then you might get disappointed along the way.  

6.     Stop dreaming it, start working it. Artistes are not lazy.

Please erase that idea that a music career is for lazy people. Our industry has gone past that. Do not be deceived by the music videos and crazy lifestyle.  People are working- crazily working. Opportunities abound.

7.     That fraud and music now go hand in hand.

If you are looking for quick money, then you are in the wrong career line. And if you are into fraud and doing music, you are killing the industry for everybody.

Also, music artistes should stop doing songs that indicate the promotion of anti social behavior like fraud. This is seriously affecting the mentality of young people in this country; music like this is doing serious damage to these young minds.  

Fraud and music don’t mix.

Please, 8, 9 and 10 are in your care. Please share. Thanks.

“Educate yourself and make your world view bigger”

KRS One (Rapper)

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