Kwami Eugene, is a Ghanaian High-life and Afro beat singer-songwriter, he has recently opened up on some of the reasons why Nigerians don’t play Ghanaian music during their shows.
According to him, in one of his visits to Nigeria,he heard a Nigerian DJ play one Ghanaian song and the song was played at dawn, adding that there are many artists in Nigeria.
He further stated that Nigerians don’t have enough space to be able to play Ghanaian songs due to the huge population of artists in the Nigerian music industry
“I was in Nigeria and we were asking some friends why they don’t play Ghanaian songs, and he was like ‘Charley, we are many ooo’. Before they will finish playing theirs, then their time will be up,” Kwami Eugene said.
“And it’s not like we live in a country where we drop one song at a time. More people are releasing songs, but our system is one person at a time., where there can be more room for everybody to shine,” he said.
He also revealed that it is very sad when it comes to the ladies who make music in Ghana because five ladies can’t be seen making waves at a time here unlike in Nigeria.
“You can see only one for a very long time. Then you will see another lady crawling and we will have some small space for her then she will be there for some time before you see another lady crawling. But we have female artists putting music together in this country. But they will tell you the guys are not even finding it easy,” he stated.
The highlife artist revealed that he wished the case wouldn’t be like only the guys will be making waves more than the ladies but everyone should be pushed and given space once the song is nice.the industry in Ghana is big enough to accommodate every one he opined.
“But we spend our time on Twitter attacking each other more than spreading good news about each other,” he said
Kwami Eugene who is currently promoting his latest album ‘Love and Chaos’ recently opened up about his massive involvement in the creative process of Joyce Blessing’s latest single, ‘Victory’.
He is also urging Christians to allow other secular artists to write songs for gospel musicians.
