Monday, 30 September 2013
why some artistes don't succeed
My Reasons Why Some Artistes Don’t Succeed
So I’m sitting on my bed this cold Saturday morning and I’m grateful
because it’s an environmental sanitation day and it’s raining! Good
excuse to remain in bed I must say. My family’s out on a weekend trip,
so there’s no dishes to be done or breakfast to be made.Listening to the rain and The Weeknd’s KissLand album simultaneously, my fingers were itching to do something. I figured I’d write another article after my last compilation on 6 mistakes upcoming artistes make . I read the article again and asked myself; How come artistes who don’t make these mistakes, or have corrected these mistakes still don’t end up being tagged successful artistes?
First, what is Success?
According to my dictionary, it says it’s an achievement of an action within a specified period of time or within a specified parameter. Success can also mean completing an objective or reaching a goal. Success can be expanded to encompass an entire project or be restricted to a single component of a project or task. It can be achieved within the workplace, or in an individual’s personal life.
To some fans, a musician’s success can be measured by the number of followers and fans they have on twitter, some by the endorsements they bag from telecommunication companies, pictures they see of them balling with Hollywood celebrities, or maybe nominations and international awards being won and the likes.
To others, it could be a 5-star rated album, Sales of album rights to distributors for a reasonable 6-figure cheque? International recognition and collaborations, or maybe the mad love and massive rotations they get on air and online.
From my findings especially in my country Nigeria, nearly every family can boast of an artiste or two and every body wants these artistes they are affiliated with to be somewhat successful or achieve one or three things I mentioned earlier.
Well whatever it is you may be gearing for as an artiste, a lot of things may hinder or help your success. I’ve studied a lot of artistes and situations and I compiled a list of 10 factors or elements that may and have hindered many artistes’ successes in their careers as musicians.
I’ll speak briefly and fairly on these 10 elements below:
The Artiste
He/She (as the case may be) is the subject of concern here. They’re held responsible for the successes and failures in their career, regardless other possible factors I’d be mentioning below.
The artiste is responsible for the genre of music they embark on whether or not they have the talents to handle that genre. They decide what song(s) to write record or perform depending on what they’re inspired or forced to do. The artiste decides on success or failure with or without knowing it.
The artiste is the first person to lie to his or herself, they start the Lying Chain. They lie to themselves on how awesome their music is; therefore expecting everybody to adhere to these lies and just say anything to please their egos and emotions. This, my people is the basic problem most artistes find themselves today.
The Funds
Money plays a major role in the music industry today. Artistes need money for production, promotion, tours and the likes. It’s only mandatory that an artiste has enough money to kick start a music career. Nobody cares if you’re just an unsigned act anymore, you’ve got to have that paper to be able to breeze pass many obstacles.
Funds may come in from the artiste’s pocket, sponsors or even record labels. Without money, efforts may be wasted and honestly, time waits for no man.
The Producers
They are everywhere today. I mean, anybody with a fair knowledge of Fruity loops and the likes, has a computer, good enough headphones, a mixer and a Mic can pass for a producer today. These producers tell the artiste to bring some small change for a song. Forget the terrible music quality, the producer would never tell the artiste that his music is sub-standard or “wack“, after all that’s what the artiste can afford. Everybody is hustling right? The producer doesn’t care about their feelings or reputations enough to tell them that their songs are sub-standard. So long as they’re ready to pay, he’ll lie to them!
Friends and Family
They’re supposed to be the people artistes trust. Even if the producer can’t tell them the truth, they rely on family and friends to listen to their music and be sincere with feedbacks.
Unfortunately, very few artistes get to be told the truth about what friends and families think of their music. They feel they might hurt their egos and emotions, hence they tell the artistes their songs are going to make hits; which is what the artistes want to hear anyway.
The artiste is satisfied with what his “personal people” think of his song or songs and heads on to make promotional plans.
The Manager
Managers ought to be the ones who take the wheel of the artiste’s career, guide them through decisions and make sure they are always on track. So long as it’s official, the manager is supposed to be with the artiste. These days, the concept of artistes’ management is an apology.
Managers are supposed to be people who command a degree of respect from the artistes they manage and also have a say in what they do. These days, a manager is just a friend, cousin or an elder brother who fronts for the artiste who also fall under the category of people who fail to correct the artiste. Managers cannot tell their artistes what they really think about the music because he/she is really like a Personal Assistant and is not being paid for “opinions”.
The most successful artistes have people who they respect sitting over them and telling them, constructively, what they think about the music, the business and personality. There is always mutual respect. Regular reality checks help good artistes grow.
Record Labels
These days, setting up a record label is almost no big deal. There’s so much record labels scattered around the country and the world in general today. Artistes set up record labels, producers set up their record labels, publicists and even bloggers have record labels you know. I’ve seen some of them!
Even those who are lucky to be signed under good record labels still find themselves at risk of failing because most record labels these days do not employ the services of personnel needed to run a record label professionally. One of such personnel are the A&R reps who are responsible for the contents artistes send out. They review every song or songs an artiste brings to the table and give advices. Unfortunately, most record labels don’t have them present.
Publicists
There’s a whole bunch of them out there today, thanks to the lack of job opportunities and the laziness present in our today youth. Everybody wants to earn a living by just sitting in front of their computers these days; hence the struggle to get artistes to promote is very real.
Most publicists would never give true criticisms on artistes’ material(s) because their comments may chase the artiste right out to the nest of another publicist. So they go ahead to accept the material(s), make efforts at distributing and promoting the sometimes “sub-standard” material. He “kisses ass” to get the songs on every blog possible and he’s on to the next client and really doesn’t care if people actually respond positively to the materials.
Bloggers
This set of people can make or mar your music career. They are a very important factor to your career because they ought to be the critics, not just download links providers. Unfortunately, most bloggers don’t criticize music. They just copy and paste whatever the publicist mailed them, drag the download links to their webpage and they’re on to the next post! What’s worse? Some of them don’t even listen to whatever music they’re posting nor encourage their readers to leave comments, hence no atom of feedback is left for the artiste.
OAPs
Everybody wants to be on an On-air personality’s good side because we want air plays and possibly, massive rotations. Artistes and managers buy them gifts and pay them handsomely to get songs playing at least 3 times daily. Do not forget OAPs are humans too, like the others, they got bills to pay. They don’t tell you that your song won’t be played for long because of it’s poor quality or that fans do not request for your song(s), they keep collecting gifts from you and manage to play your songs maybe once a day before they eventually stop. They may tell you to record something new for your fans just to get that song out of the way. Well yea, you “once” had that song playing on-air. Same goes to videos too.
Networking
I stated this on my last article right, networking is very important for artistes. They need to connect to a large number of people. Being an artiste doesn’t make you a king! You’ve got to take your listeners, critics and fans seriously, communicate with them and get to know what they think about your music. Quit winning them over with recharge cards, truth is they’ll only stick around as long as you keep giving out free tickets and recharge cards to them.
Quit buying fake views/fans/followers, because honestly, it takes you no where. Who’d watch your videos, download your songs or Retweet your tweets? Dummy accounts? I guess not.
Dear artiste, endeavor to network with other artistes, producers and the likes. It helps a great deal and exposes you to a lot of things your team members may never tell you.
All that being said, managers, record labels & publicists need take control of the artistes career and show them how it can be done. Speak confidently to your artiste and make them understand all you’re doing is for their benefits.
As a musician, to earn the benefits of being a successful artiste you have to become successful. Give your time, resources and energy to create music people love and want to hear and then focus on ensuring that the supply is consistent.
Good luck!!
Written & compiled by Joyce Imiegha (Media Agent/Consultant)
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28-Year-Old Man And His Daughter Arrested For Having Séx With Each Other - See more at: http://www.sholamie.com/forum/showthread.php?id=1726#sthash.qZtUqpJm.dpuf
According to reports, Police arrested 28-year-old Kelcey Nicholas and 21-year-old Lataura Jarrett and charged them with incést even though they are not related by blood and are both over the age of consent.
The couple reportedly face 15 years jail term.
Nicholas married Jarrett's mother five years ago and authorities allege that she calls him 'father'
Prosecuting Attorney James 'P.K.' Milam, Hopkins clarifies the definition of daughter in West Virginia law;
According to state law, a daughter is the natural daughter of a person's husband or wife -- and Nicholas is still married to Jarrett's mother, Hopkins said.
The two were charged with seven counts of incést, which under West Virginia law carried a penalty of anywhere between five and fifteen years in prison.
hujyhjhA man and his step-daughter have been arrested and charged with incést in West Virginia.
According to reports, Police arrested 28-year-old Kelcey Nicholas and 21-year-old Lataura Jarrett and charged them with incést even though they are not related by blood and are both over the age of consent.
The couple reportedly face 15 years jail term.
Nicholas married Jarrett's mother five years ago and authorities allege that she calls him 'father'
Prosecuting Attorney James 'P.K.' Milam, Hopkins clarifies the definition of daughter in West Virginia law;
According to state law, a daughter is the natural daughter of a person's husband or wife -- and Nicholas is still married to Jarrett's mother, Hopkins said.
The two were charged with seven counts of incést, which under West Virginia law carried a penalty of anywhere between five and fifteen years in prison.
- See more at: http://www.sholamie.com/forum/showthread.php?id=1726#sthash.qZtUqpJm.dpuf
According to reports, Police arrested 28-year-old Kelcey Nicholas and 21-year-old Lataura Jarrett and charged them with incést even though they are not related by blood and are both over the age of consent.
The couple reportedly face 15 years jail term.
Nicholas married Jarrett's mother five years ago and authorities allege that she calls him 'father'
Prosecuting Attorney James 'P.K.' Milam, Hopkins clarifies the definition of daughter in West Virginia law;
According to state law, a daughter is the natural daughter of a person's husband or wife -- and Nicholas is still married to Jarrett's mother, Hopkins said.
The two were charged with seven counts of incést, which under West Virginia law carried a penalty of anywhere between five and fifteen years in prison.
- See more at: http://www.sholamie.com/forum/showthread.php?id=1726#sthash.qZtUqpJm.dpuf
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And The Nominees Are… The 2013 NEA Award Nominees
The
nominees for the 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards were announced
yesterday at the nominee announcement event held in Lagos, Nigeria at
Euphoria nightclub.
Pearl Hart
of SoundcityTV and Freeze from CoolFM radio’s The Road Show hosted the
event, which kicked off at 10pm with the arrival of guests. Some of the
artists in attendance were Ice Prince, Funny Bone, Jhybo, K9, DJ
Spinall, KCee, Kswitch, MSmooth to mention a few.
Representing
for Nollywood and Gollywood were Juliet Ibrahim, Ramsey Nouah, and Uti
Nwachukwu. Guests were treated to performances by Emma Nyra, Eddie Kim,
Jhybo, Ketchup, and MSmooth.
The
President of the NEA, Tope Esan announced the nominees from all
thirty-four categories and some of the nominees this year include
Iyanya’s Kukere and K9’s Kokoma for Hottest Single of the Year, Rita Dominic, Genevieve Nnaji and Uche Jombo for Best Lead Actress, Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince and Vector for Best Rap Act and for Best Comedian
BasketMouth, Bovi and Senator were also nominated. The nominee
announcement event is an opportunity for all nominees to be celebrated
in Nigeria surrounded by their fellow industry peers, and supporters
before the official award ceremony in New York.
Voting begins online on June 28th.
Fans are encouraged to support their favorite artists, actors and
actresses, comedians and entertainers by voting and encouraging others
to vote as well. The 2013 NEA Awards is scheduled to take place on Sept.
1 in New York City. The organizers are working on making this year even
better than the last, and will continue to unveil more details in the
coming weeks.
For all
things NEA Awards tune in to Cool FM 96.9 (Lagos), the official radio
partner of the 2013 NEA Awards. Follow the NEAs on Twitter @NEAAwards and ‘Like’ the Facebook page ‘NEA Awards’
For sponsorship inquires please contact:
NEA US: (856) 506 5700
NEA Nigeria: (234) 805 807 7518
E-mail: info@nigeriaentawards.com
For all press and media related inquires please contact:
Mayven PR
Tel: 347 762 0677
Email: press@nigeriaentawards.com
About NEA
The
NEA AWARDS is an annual entertainment award show held in the United
States, with the sole purpose of celebrating and recognizing the
numerous contributions of entertainers to the African entertainment
industry, while at the same time promoting the image and rich culture of
Nigeria.
# # #
BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR
TIMAYA UPGRADE – TIMAYA
OBO – DAVIDO
YBNL – OLAMIDE
EMPIRE MATES STATE OF MIND – EME
SON OF A CARPENTER – BRYMO
R&BW – BANKY W
HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR
KUKERE – IYANYA
THIS YEAR – JAYWON
KOKOMA – K9
LIKE TO PARTY – BURNA BOY
LIMPOPO – KCEE
BEAT OF LIFE (SAMBA) – SARZ FT WIZKID
BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR
SEAN TIZZLE
KETCHUP
SEYI SHAY
BURNA BOY
AJEBUTTER22
DAMMY KRANE
GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
FRANK EDWARDS
ONOS
MONIQUE
FUNKE AKINOKUN
SAMMY OKPOSO
BOUQUI
BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
PRAIZ
BANKY
WIZKID
IYANYA
DAVIDO
WANDE COAL
BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR
OLAMIDE
JESSE JAGZ
ICE PRINCE
VECTOR
PHYNO
RUGGEDMAN
MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
SPELLZ
MASTERKRAFT
CHOPSTIX
SARZ
SHIZZI
FLIPTYCE
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
TONIGHT – BURNA BOY (DIRECTED BY MEX)
SISI EKO – DARE FT FLAVOUR (DIRECTED BY MARK HOFMEYR)
SKIBO- SOLID STAR (DIRECTED BY CLARENCE PETERS)
GHETTO – SHANK (DIRECTED BY PATRICK ELLIS)
VOICE OF THE STREETS – OLAMIDE (DIRECTED BY MATTMAX)
OLIVER TWIST – DBANJ (DIRECTED BY SESAN)
MOST PROMISING MALE ACT TO WATCH
SUGAR BOYZ
K9
BULAR
BLACK MAGIC
ENDIA
MAN
YUNG L
SHADY XL
MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCH
ARAMIDE
OYINKANSOLA
LOLA RAE
EMMA NYRA
KIMANI
AURA
LIL MISS MISS
NIYOLA
EASTERN AFRICAN ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
CAMP MULLA
FALLY IPUPA
K’NAAN
NAVIO
RADIO & WEASEL
P UNIT
WESTERN AFRICAN ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
SAKORDIE
TOOFAN
EFYA
R2BEES
MAGIC SYSTEM
VIVIANE CANDID
SOUTHERN AFRICAN ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
TEAR GAS
AKA
ZAHARA
THE VERY BEST
DAMA DO BLING
ZONE FAM
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
LIL’ SIMZ
FUZE ODG
STYLZZ
SEAN CSA
TOLUMIDE
JJC
BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP
FLAVOUR
OLAMIDE
TIMAYA
JAYWON
KCEE
REMENISCE
BEST COLLABO
TONY MONTANA- NAETO C FT DBANJ
BOTTOM BELLE – OMAWUMI FT FLAVOUR
EMI NI – CHIDINMA FT SUSPECT & ILLBLISS
GHOST MODE – PHYNO FT OLAMIDE
BADDEST BOY – E.M.E
WITHOUT MY HEART – TIWA SAVAGE FT DON JAZZY
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN FILM
OC UKEJE (ALAN POZA)
FEMI JACOBS (THE MEETING)
BIMBO MANUEL (HEREOS AND ZEREOS)
ALI NUHU (CONFUSION NA WA)
HAKEEM KAZIM (LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA)
MIKE EZURUONYE (FRIENDLY SCORPION)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILM
JOKE MUYIWA (AYITALE)
RITA DOMINIC (THE MEETING)
UCHE JUMBO (MRS SOMEBODY)
GENEVIEVE NNAJI (DR. BELLO)
OMOTOLA EKEINDE (LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA)
MERCY JOHNSON (FAZEBOOK BABES)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM
ALI NUHU (BLOOD AND HENNA)
JIDE KOSOKO (THE MEETING)
GABRIEL AFOLAYAN (HEREOS & ZEREOS)
JIM IYKE (LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA)
OC UKEJE (CONFUSION NA WA)
ALFRED ATUNGU (TWIN SWORD)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN FILM
EBBE BASSEY (DR. BELLO)
BELINDA EFFAH (KOKOMMA)
TUNDE ALADESE (CONFUSION NA WA)
NSE ETIM IKPE (KISS & TELL)
OGE OKOYE (FAZEBOOK BABES)
TONTO DIKE (MY LIFE MY DAMAGE)
BEST FILM DIRECTOR
CHARLES NOVIA (ALAN POZA)
JOHN UCHE (BIANCA)
NIJI AKANNI (HEREOS AND ZEREOS)
TUNDE KELANI (MAAMI)
KENNETH GYANG (CONFUSION NA WAH)
IFEANYI OGBONNA (FAZEBOOK BABES)
BEST PICTURE (FILM PRODUCER)
CONFUSION NA WAH
LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA (OBI EMELONYE)
THE MEETING (RITA DOMINIC)
HEREOS AND ZEREOS
THE TWIN SWORD
ALAN POZA
BEST TV SHOW
JARA
MOMENTS W/MO
PROJECT FAME
SUNRISE DAILY – CHANNELS TV
IDOL
BIG BROTHER AFRICA
PAN AFRICAN ACTOR
CHRIS ATTOH (SINGLE & MARRIED)
FRANK ARTHUS (HEART OF A WIFE)
MAJID MICHEL (THE GROOMS BRIDE)
THOMAS GUMEDE (OTELO BURNING)
DAVID MAPANE (TAXI COP)
JOHN DUMELO (LETTERS TO MY MOTHER)
PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS
YVONNE OKORO (THE CONTRACT)
NADIA BUARI (SINGLE & MARRIED)
YVONNE NELSON (SINGLE & MARRIED)
MBUFUNG SEIKEH (NINAH’S DOWRY)
MATSHEPO MALEME (A MILLION COLOURS)
NOLWAZI SHANGE (OTELO BURNING)
WORLD DJ
DJ XCLUSIVE (LGA)
DJ TUNEZ (NYC)
DJ SOSE (LGA)
DJ TTB (ABJ)
DJ SPINALL (LGA)
DJ BAYO (UK)
BEST COMEDIAN
SENATOR
BOVI
BASKET MOUTH
EMEKA SMITH
SEYI LAW
I GO DIE
ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER
SHEKPE KNIGHTS
BIG A
BIGMOOSE ENT
STRONGHOLD ENT
COKO BAR
EMPIRE ENTERTAINMENT
DELPHINO ENT
RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITY
YAW – WAZOBIA
FREEZE – COOLFM
TOLU – NIGERIA INFO
AJEBO – NAIJA FM
GBEMI – BEATFM
TOKE MAKINDE – RHYTHM FM
TV PERSONALITY
DENRELE
ADAMS
LABI LAYORI
DOLAPO ONI
UTI NWACHUKWU
YVONNE “VIXEN” EKWERE
ENTERTAINMENT BLOG
NOTJUSTOK
360NOBS
LINDA IKEJI
BELLANAIJA
NDANI TV
FACTORY78
ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE
GAGA (YSG ENT)
IBAKA TV
TONY NWAKOLOR (1805)
UBI FRANKLIN (MADE MEN MUSIC)
JASON NJOKU (IROKOTV)
ERIC IDIAHI (SPINLET)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
GBENGA AKINNAGBE
DAYO OKENIYI
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
EMMANUEL AKINTUNDE
NONSO ANOZIE
DAVID OYELOWO
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
MEGALYN ECHIKUNWOKE
ASHLEY MADEKWE
CAROLINE CHIKEZIE
HOPE OLAIDE WILSON
ADEPERO ODUYE
JUDI SHEKONI
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You are our President and presidential we want you to look – and talk! Eyeball to eyeball please, Mr. President
But it wasn’t a flattering photograph at all. There was President Jonathan obviously avoiding eye contact with Barak Obama who was looking directly into the eyes of Jonathan. I didn’t like it at all. The message, the body language, was unwholesome. In the American culture, it says of only one thing: you are a shifty guy.
However, I can’t knock President Jonathan too hard. The fault is not entirely his. His handlers must bear some of the blame, unless, of course, they prepared him and he just “forgot”! The business of international relations, especially at such high diplomatic level, is a tough and dicey one. Those playing the host are as groomed as those visiting, but the onus is more on the visiting dignitaries to know and respect the norms and culture of the host.
Eyeball to eyeball is a delicate thing. In our Nigerian culture (if one can be permitted to assume one) looking directly into someone’s eyes, especially an elder or boss, is viewed as rude and confrontational. And we grow up generally accustomed to avoiding eye contact as a form of politeness. It is unfortunate because in Europe and America the interpretation is the exact opposite. Eye contact is the rule; making eye contact is interpreted as showing interest, paying attention, and a sign of self-confidence.
But if it makes us feel good, America had their own horror of seeing their president (Obama) bowing to greet Japanese Emperor Akihito when Obama visited Japan in November 2009. Americans called it a “treasonous” bow. For them it was tantamount to treason for an American president to bow (damn diplomatic etiquette) to any other human being! That was an instance of carrying ‘respect of the host’s culture’ one bow too far!
I must admit that, other than his elocution, Dr. Jonathan is lately showing some signs of maturing somewhat into the dignity required of the office. But, please, President Jonathan, these things – body language, et al – are important. You are our President and presidential we want you to look – and talk!
Culled from punchng.com
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