While some think Nigeria’s music industry has peaked, legendary juju musician, King Sunny Ade has his reservations about the industry. He told Vanguard his thoughts.
Let’s talk about your genre which is juju music.What’s your take on the future of juju music in Nigeria?
It’s not juju music alone. It’s about all genres of music in Nigeria. The Nigerian music industry itself needs a doctor to treat its ailment. How many music and musicians are in existence today? Some of us cannot afford to purchase our musical instruments. You can’t get a very good guitar at anything less than N60,000,00. Except you want to buy a low quality guitar. Musical instruments are very expansive.
Musicians are fashioning out ways of producing their music. And for you to satisfy Nigerians with your music, you must always be good at your craft. It costs a lot of money. If young artistes want to copy my music, it would cost them a lot of money. It’s not only juju music, it also affects other genres of music in Nigeria.
Most of us who perform at shows,almost everyday hire instruments. Unfortunately, those who hire out these instruments have categorised them to the detriment of the musicians. That’s why these days, you have musicians who record their music using back up voices, he said
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