Olushola Babajide Aloba Bakare aka Jydo, is a graduate of Mass Communications from Olabisi Onabanjo University where he finishedin 2007. After a brief stay in the United Kingdom he was forced by circumstances to come back home where he once again found his voice to sing. He has a number of singles and videos to his name.
He calls his kind of music 'High-grade, a blend of highlife but Jydo has a different perspective on what music should be about and he shares his thoughts with our reporter. Hear him:
Tell us what motivated you to choose the path of Music
Well, I love music and I believe music is my destiny and I don't see myself doing anything else. I chose music because I think it is a gift God gave me. And with my own style of music, I believe I will be able to carve a niche for myself.
What has your experience in the Nigerian music industry been like?
It has not been easy. I came back to Nigeria in 2009 and I ve been doing a lot since I came back from the UK. It wasn't easy coming down here and trying to understand the system.
When did you start this profession?
Professionally, I've been doing music for seven years now and it's been great. But sometimes I get to hear a lot of people saying that my kind of music is for the old mind, but I just believe music is for everybody. When you hear good music, you should mean something to you.
How do you get inspiration?
Inspiration comes from what I see around me, what I feel in my mind and what has happened to me.
For instance, in 2009, I lost my mum and my two brothers to fire disaster in my house and I was in England at the moment and I had to come down to Nigeria immediately the next morning to take over the family business . So with that, I try to express myself through my songs. And if not that we have bad governance I wouldn't have lost my family to that fire disaster because there was nobody to help . So indirectly life hasn t been fair to me
How has the journey been so far, and what do you think about the music industry?
The journey has been great and I look forward to the future to bring better things. And talking about my experience, I think I've had a lot of experience both personally and from people. For instance, if you look into the music industry, people don't seem to do what is known as music aside from having a good producer.
But when it comes to content, I don't believe music should be something that everybody will have to dance to or using cheap lyrics in your songs but it should be something that can be played in the next decades. And there is this Nigerian mentality that once you have a good beat you have a good song. No, it shouldn't be. Though good beat sells these days but music is more than just the beat. I don't see music as a way of making money because it's better to do a song that can be played forever .
Why did you leave UK to do music in Nigeria?
I didn't leave Uk to Nigeria because of music, I relocated from Uk to Nigeria because I lost my mum and my siblings to take over our family business . And before I left Uk, I was doing music but it was on a low-key.
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I Don’t See Music As a Way of Making Money – – Jydo
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