A popular musician and recording artiste, Akintunde Brown says Nigerian musicians can not win Grammy award because \u201cwe sing in our local dialect and the sounds are poor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have sounds from different parts of Africa, the mixture will make it a world class sound but we are not complying with that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Brown said Nigeria\u2019s hip hop and other genre do not conform to world music standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also do not use the right nomenclatures which consists dynamic and partly subjective set of songs, which can be identified by having been performed or recorded by variety of musical acts, often with different arrangements.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the Grammys, you have a best R&B album category, but someone who calls his music Afro-Soul, or fuji Blues and some other names in Nigeria, cannot win in that category,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
He said Sikiru Adepoju who in 2009 won the \u201cBest World Contemporary World Music Album\u2019\u2019 was because he was part of Mickey Harts group Planet Drum US-1991.<\/p>\n
\u201cAyodeji Balogun, popularly known as \u201cWizkid\u2019\u2019 got a nomination for his contribution in One Dance by Drake in the album of the year category.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat song as been streamed over a billion times, that is what data, brings to the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey create category, when they feel like honouring an artiste and their people must be involved,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Brown noted that the genre of music we create in Nigeria can not blend with what obtains in the international music.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid Adeleke aka Davido and Olamide Adedeji, and their likes do not even stand a single chance to win anything because the beats and sounds are nothing to that of.<\/p>\n
\u201cLets say a Drake or Jay Z to rap album of the year with fuji poly-rhythms of Wouter Keller, Fluist and Composer, best New Age Album in 2015, roots in classical music hence his techniques in mixing classical and contemporary tunes effortlessly.<\/p>\n
\u201cKellerman is a Grammy Award-winning South African flautist, producer and composer who has won 7 South African Music Awards (SAMA).<\/p>\n
\u201cHis Love Language- 2015 received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and won a SAMA for Best Instrumental and\/or Classical Album. It debuted at no one on the World Music Billboard charts in July 2015,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Brown added:\u201dThe album also featured at no. one on the ZMR Top 100 International Radio Airplay Chart in August 2015, and spent 11 weeks in the CMJ New World Top 40 Chart, peaking at no 12.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe used his classical training as a foundation and focused his attention on World Roots music, exploring the versatility of the instrument and fusing classical and contemporary sounds.<\/p>\n
He received a Grammy Award at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for his 2014 album \u201cWinds of Samsara\u2019\u2019, a collaboration with Indian composer and producer Ricky Kej.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinds of Samsara\u2019\u2019 reached No. 1 on the US New Age Album Billboard Charts and also peaked at No. 1 on the Zone Music Reporter (ZMR). Top 100 Radio Airplay Chart in the month of July 2014.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The musician said that the economic value of many musicians abroad did not equal that of Nigerian musicians, he gave examples of Bruno Mars\u2019 average nightly gross swelled from 130,000 dollars to 202,000 dollars.<\/p>\n
\u201cEsperanza Spalding went from 20,000 dollars to 32,000 dollars and Taylor Swift jumped from 125,000 dollars to 600,000 dollars.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all paying tax in the US, the home of Academy. Their economy does not have anything to gain if an African wins,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
He noted that lack of data and lack of good music has been the problem in Nigeria.
\n\u201cBesides Fela, who else has commanded the kind of respect he had,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said that Asa could have, had it been she was more intentional with her sound but the she risks authenticity with her core fans and that is the French and Europeans.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey enjoy the flavour in her sound without having them leave their comfort zone which is classical music,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
He claimed that even at home some awards like Headies, Soundcity and MtV Base awards, the number one issue comes from the ever changing nature of genres here.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can imagine Olamide getting angry because Nasty C won best rap song of the year. They have to be steady in what they do,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
He said that the Grammy organizers don\u2019t have that time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know we will get there, our industry still in its infancy but we have to infuse our own sounds in Nigeria with other African countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to have that distinct sound, compose them well, infuse them well to make a good meaning, that will stand us out.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there must be improvement on our music structure, established genre and not limited to time signature as stated above, and majorly label backing,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A popular musician and recording artiste, Akintunde Brown says Nigerian musicians can not win Grammy award because \u201cwe sing in our local dialect and the sounds are poor.\u201d Brown disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. \u201cWe have sounds from different parts of Africa, the mixture will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":7502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17],"tags":[140,540,139,59],"class_list":["post-7499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-art","tag-award","tag-culture","tag-music"],"yoast_head":"\n