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Longtime Ghanaian singer, songwriter and producer of the high life, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, has explained why the current generation of musicians is struggling to stay relevant in the music industry.
Speaking with Foster Romanus during an interview on eTV Ghana’s Late Nite Celebrity Show, Gyedu examined that today’s type of music by artists dies easily over time, as opposed to those of yesteryear made by himself and other legendary artists from the high life like Amakye Dede and others.
He explained that this is because most music producers currently do not invest time and effort in assembling instruments with the rudiments of music.
“Today’s music has been a sharp style of music because the younger ones just get a computer and work on fruity loops to create beats. Some of the rappers even go to the studio, the engineer plays different beats, and then they just pick one they like.
“Our time, it was not like that. Our time is not someone who will create it for you. You believe it because we learned what is called music; the rudiments of music, the cadences of music and all that. The youngest of these days do not know the rudiments and cadences, so sharp things also die sharp, ”he reiterated.
Gyedu-Blay anticipated that, aside from the issue of instruments, the lyrics of most young artists do not make sense.
According to him, the lyrics in the music of his time were the ones that reflect our way of life, yet our young musicians, on the other hand, are singing more about their girlfriends than about the realities of life.
He went on to advise young artists to pay attention to the typeface they use for their songs so that the next generation can come along and still enjoy the songs.
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