Tunes of Friday, 29 January 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2021-01-29
Musician Akwaboah
Highlife musician and songwriter Akwaboah Jnr. has disclosed that he supposed to sell ‘Daa Ke Daa’ to Kiki Banson when the latter was the manager of Becca for a thousand Ghana cedis but transformed his head right after an interaction with the business mogul.
Talking on Onua 95.1FM in Accra, the son of the legendary Kwadwo Akwaboah said Kiki Banson convinced him of the have to have to give the music out for free. He noted that the EKB Information boss stated to him he’d rather sector him as a songwriter than spending him off, stressing that it will inure to his [Akwaboah] benefit.
“I needed to market it to him for GH¢1,000. I gave it to Kiki but he mentioned he would not acquire it he’d promote the music and every person will know I’m a excellent songwriter which will be monetarily worthwhile. He said that he could get the song and not mention my name as the songwriter but he doesn’t want it that way, he rather would like to advertise the song and encourage my model so I get additional customers,” Akwaboah explained.
‘Daa Ke Daa’ gained Akwaboah ‘Songwriter of the Year’ at the 2010 Ghana Songs Awards. Akwaboah who doubles as an instrumentalist has given that composed tunes for best musicians which includes Sarkodie. He made and co-wrote the Wager Award winner’s fourth album ‘Mary’.
In a person of her interviews, Becca described Akwaboah as “an amazing composer and songwriter.”
She explained: “He was element of Daa ke Daa… Akwaboah is just very good. When it will come to songwriting below in Ghana, Akwaboah is my quantity a person.”
Having composed tunes and performed with various bands for a incredibly lengthy time, he reckoned the time was ripe to history his music.
In the final pair of several years, he has unveiled superior documents which include the ‘Matters of the Heart’ album. He has also showcased on hit tracks this sort of as Flowking Stone’s ‘Blow My Mind’, Strongman’s ‘Transformer’, Celestine Donor’s ‘Thank You’ amongst others.
Akwaboah is presently promoting ‘Enjoy’, a track that attributes Kelvynboy, and ‘Face To Face [Remix] which is a collaboration with his father.
