Chief Tony Okoroji, the Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), on Thursday advised up-and-coming musicians to be creative while composing their lyrics by relating them to contemporary happenings in the society.
Okoroji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos such would make their songs to be relevant and make meaning to the society.
He commended Peter Austin popularly called “King Wadada’’ for the creativity and relevance he included in his latest song titled “Minister of Injustice”.
Okoroji said it would set those who had been fleecing the industry without contributing to its growth thinking on whether they had been fair to the industry or not.
“This is a timely song that will go places because of the depth of the message it is preaching as well as seeking transparency in whatever activities those in the industry are involved in, “he said.
The COSON chairman said that the association recently protested against some set of people that were infringing on the rights of its members.
“We will continue to deploy our voices, trumpets, drums and every other instrument available to us, while we shall continue to protest against any form of injustice done to our members until the world hears us,” he said.
Also, Austin Peter, popularly known as “King Wadada” said that he composed his song to discourage unscrupulous people from meddling in the affairs of the music industry.
Wadada said that as a reggae-artist, he was not afraid to speak the truth through his genre of music because reggae is about preaching the truth and emancipating the people from oppression.
He said that musicians should be bold enough to reflect happenings in the country in their music and also use them a medium to correct the ills of the society.
NAN reports that in 2010, King Wadada won the KORA awards as Africa’s best reggae artist of the year.
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