Renowned musician, Brymo, has hinted that there is an excessive amount of pressure on artists in the “commercial scene” of the Nigerian music industry.
The musician explained in a recent episode of Loose Talk that he realised the severity of mainstream expectations after the release of his 2011 single, Ara.
He said it was difficult to make more music after the release of the singles due to its popularity among audience.
Brymo said the pressure on artistes to continue to make acceptable music for the mainstream audience is counterproductive for the artistes.
“Ara came out in 2011, so I started to have my own time to gig and tour. I now had a problem of not having the time to record my album.”
“People keep telling you drop hit, drop hit, drop hit. When you do they tell you ‘Drop another.’ Nobody can survive that. It’s impossible.”
“That was the first thing I found. After doing Ara and Good Morning people kept asking me for hits. And I began to ask myself ‘Am I a musician who make music or I’m just trying to score hits and make money?’”
He offered that there is the need for the industry to be structured in a way that favours the work pattern of artists.
“But that was bound to happen because you spend a lot of time gigging. I think that’s why abroad [in the United States and the United Kingdom] they probably get songwriters.”
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