Revered audio engineer and record producer Kwame Yeboah, says the older generation of Ghanaian musicians do not do well with transferring knowledge to the young folks.

According to him, this is one of the major problems the Ghanaian music industry is facing today. However, he quickly added that the older musicians are not entirely to blame for the practice since the young generation does not like fraternizing with the old musicians.

Speaking in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz, he said “the only issue we have here is we do not pass on the knowledge to the younger generation. The young guys come out but they do not want to hang out with the older guys," he said.

"When you go to Jamaica, all the older guys pass on their knowledge to the young musicians. When there’s a guy in the booth recording, there will be an older guy outside, checking him, making sure they are doing the right thing,” he added.

The music producer who has worked with Kojo Antwi for over two decades, believes it will be fruitless for him and the veteran musicians to die with all the knowledge they had acquired through music, without giving the younger musicians a dose to shape their careers.

“We are all going to die at one point. So if everything I have in me, gets in the grave, that will be a bit pointless,” said the “Adansie” producer.

When asked by Rya Anakwa, an entertainment pundit on Showbiz Review, whether he had reached out to the younger musicians with regard to conveying music expertise from older musicians, he said, “majority of musicians in Ghana… if they didn’t learn from me, then they learnt from the people I taught”.

“I paid my dues from when I was 15 till now. I have tried to teach, share or impact anyone that crosses my path,” the guitarist averred.

Kwame Yeboah, the multi-instrumentalist was born to the late veteran musician A.K Yeboah, and  grew up in a band house with his relatives and friends, surrounded by music, playing drums and guitar by age 5, and  7, respectively and later moved on to keyboard.

At age 18, he left for Denmark to broaden his horizon in music. He studied Arrangement and Harmony, and organised workshops with outstanding Jazz artistes and music tutors, such as Michel Camilo and Danilo Pérez.

The “W’ani Aba” producer relocated to the UK after being invited to work with award-winning British Urban artist Ms. Dynamite, which was followed by many TV appearances and live shows. He also worked with many British artists such as Daniel Bedingfield, Jamie Scott, Rhian Benson, and Craig David who he  accompanied on his 2013 World Tour. Kwame Yeboah has also worked with other Ghanaian artistes like , Osibisa, M.anifest, Kwabena Kwabena, Asi Renie and  many more.

His upcoming event, dubbed “Kwame Yeboah + DJ Volta 45”, will come off at The Jazz Café in London on March 26, 2022.

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