If I Have The Privilege, I Will Like To Work With Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy, D’Banj – Macore
•••Sets To Launch 13 Tracks Album “Street Evangelism S•E•V•G”
An HND Graduate Of Business Administration From Federal Polytechnic Ede, now an entertainer, producing music, doubles as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Core World Records, Mr Ayoola Adejumo popularly known as Macore recently engaged Kazeem Awojoodu about his music career, his bad experiences with producers, his new music project and his next move in the industry. Excerpt.
What Makes You Stands Out From Other Artistes?
My versatility as an artist distinguished me from others, I am a kind of person that can sing almost all genre of music, for instance my latest project, is 13 tracks compilation and the album is titled Street Evangelism codename S•E•V•G, this is a combination of songs that comprises afro hip – hop, Apala, Raggea Vibes, African tunes, R&B, Dancehall and many more, I took my time to create unique beats with the help of my studio engineer, a young talented and very hardworking beat producer, “Cool Rhythm” and all the songs were composed, written, and performed by myself alone just to signify my comeback into the music industry after I have lay low for a while.
For How Long Have You Been In Music Industry and Like How Many Artistes Have You Worked With?
I have been in this game professionally for over a decade now and I have worked with the likes of Jaywon, Durella, and Danny Young, some years back I was privileged to participate in a musical video of D’Banj. Have recorded several singles such as Oko Omoge, Ege, Call Me, Modinba, I also have two different EP online, apart from this my latest project.
Can You Tell Us More About This Your New Project?
The album is a banger, it comprises songs from different genre just like I said earlier, it is the best thing from me and it captured all audience, it contained different songs for different folks, we have old school vibes type of music in it, we have Apala, Raggea, I can say that this project takes lot of energies from me and my team before putting it together, it is something that really brings out the best in me, I worked on it day and night and I thank God it came out fine.
The album will be out on 29th of this month, and it is going to be on all the downloading platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Audiomack, YouTube and other social media platforms but on December 11 we have an event where the album will be officially launched, myself and other members of my team are working to ensure we have a successful event in Osogbo the Capital City of Osun state, I will be performing all the tracks on the album live for our invited guests and I believe when people started listening to it they will know exactly what I’m saying and they will know what exactly I’m capable of.
Apart From Music, What Other Things Do You Do?
I’m strictly into entertainment business, I own a record label, I’m the founder of Core World Records, its a registered record label Company, so I’m into artistes management , I do content, I promote artistes, I’m into showbiz, I love meeting people on daily basis and I love assisting others especially upcoming artistes, entertainment is a very lucrative business and I have no regrets so far since have discovered my talent.
Who Are Your Role Models In This Industry And If You’re Privileged To Work With Any Who Are You Thinking Of Working With?
My number one role model is D’Banj, but I love to work with Tiwa Savage, she’s very good, Don Jazzy is another great asset in the industry, I wll like to work with him if i have the opportunity, of course I will like to work with my number one role model D’Banj because he has a have positive energy and he knows his crafts, I also look forward to work with any artistes that knows his onions too so we can bring out the best in us for listening pleasures of our audience.
What Is Your Perception About People’s Opinions That Artist That Reside Outside Lagos State Might Not Likely Make It Big In The Industry?
It depends on the artist, that is why I said earlier that we needs to be good at what we are doing, irrespective of where we reside, or where we reside or where our location is, as an artist your talent will surely speaks for you, if people knows that you’re good they will definitely want to associate with you, for instance the likes of Duncan Mighty, Jeremiah Gyang and many others that became successful in this industry were not based in Lagos before they became world wide known artistes, I can’t say for now maybe they’ve relocated, but the last time I checked they were still in their cities where fame and fortune located them, and they’re still doing so well, we have many of them like that, moreso the world we are now is a global village where people from far and wide can be closer to you with the help of social media. All you need is to be good at what you’re doing, Though I’m not disputing the fact that Lagos state is an entertainment hub when we talk about music industry in Nigeria but I still have these feelings that music is beyond ordinary, it’s spiritual and irrespective of where you are fame and fortune will surely find you, music travels far, even more than we the musicians.
Your Advise To Upcoming Artistes, And Music Producers
A music artist must be able to distinguished himself from others, for God gave us unique talents and once you discovered that talent in you, one need to work hard to turn it into a fruitful means of livelihood, because through our talents we will seat and dine with the kings and queens, even including the mighty ones in our society, and as for producers, it is time for producers to start treating the artistes well, I have had series of bad experiences with so many producers, it is so painful, at a point I think I had to start my own record label, I’ve had a bad experience with a record label before and I’ll say to every record label companies, If you’re not up to the task to help an artiste, don’t waste their career and time, this is the more reason I’ve been trying to work out things on my own. So for now I have Davidainojadu, Kakamba, Cool Rhythm as my team members and we are doing so well, I really appreciate them for their support and dedication to my project.
Where Did You See Yourself In The Next Five Years?
In the next five years, I see myself touring round the world, because I believe people cannot wait to hear from me, I believe I have what they need to hear as far as music is concern.