Rapper and songwriter, Okyeame Kwame, says that writing a good song is not limited to any particular duration.
According to the ‘Rap Dacta,’ all that matters is getting the inspiration and thoughts well pieced
“Once the idea has come to you and whoever is producing the song also understands the direction you are going, and it is instant it mustn’t necessarily drug or take a long time,” he intimated.
“It can take one hour to write and produce a good song or sometimes it can even take a year,” he added.
He made this revelation in a Twitter Spaces conversation held by ‘Joy Entertainment’ on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
Okyeame listed three qualities of a well-written or composed song.
The poetry of the song and the theme in the whole conceptualisation experience and the sonic pattern of the song.
This conversation comes on the back of a recent tweet by music producer Zapp Mallet that: “I guess many are those who have lost the art of songwriting because they are always chasing after a hit. Hit hit hit! Let’s hear songs.”
The current crop of musicians have been lambasted for not producing songs with rich content. A lot of their songs have been described as ‘fast food’.
Although Okyeame Kwame believes songwriters of the ‘Burger Highlife’ era were the best, he has acknowledged that artistes like Kofi Kinaata, KiDi and Akwaboah from the younger generation are on top of their pen game.
The Joy Entertainment Unpacked Twitter spaces conversation is meant to give insight and meaning to relevant issues in arts, tourism and culture.
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