While speaking at the 4th Nigerian Entertainment Conference, tagged “Entertainment Industry ‘Last Hope’ For The Largest Economy which held today at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos, music producer and brand ambassador, Banky W during his section narrated his ‘not-so-pleasant’ experience of getting his songs out there.
He revealed that in order to make some money off his craft in his early
years as a musician, he often sang for women at beauty parlours/salons.
“10 – 15 years ago, I would print posters of my songs and paste it on
the car and drive around to salons, where women are and sing to them
and then sell the CDs for $5”, Banky W said
Furthermore, the Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) boss, quipped: “I used to sing at hair shops and nail salons.”
Banky W, who spoke on ‘Content Marketing: The Power of Music, Comedy & More’, said artistes need to realise that talent is not enough as they have to apply hard-work to their craft and art.
He used NBA star, Kevin Durant’s popular quote ‘Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard’ to drive home his point.
He further encouraged participants to start from where they are and affect people around them before expecting a major breakthrough.
conference are some of Nigeria’s brightest minds in music, film, media,
tech, and government like Funke Akindele, Banky W, D’banj, John Ugbe, Dayo Adeneye, Waheed Olagunju and Olatunde Falase.
