About making new music, theres this refreshing thing about this idea, more like breathing in fresh air after a long while, letting it all wash over you, dont even go there, I know what you are thinking, don’t get me wrong, I love my favorite songs, those jams that hit me and carry me through rough days, but to be honest, sometimes your playlist gets stale, it gets tiring. It’s like eating rice and beans every single day. Even though it's my best meal, there are days my spirit and the whole of me scream for something totally different. That’s how I feel about music sometimes.
As I would always say, music isn’t just sound, it’s part of me, when I walk, laugh even in how we all survive, music is just a part of everything. Imagine being stuck in traffic and some guy is blasting some jam from his keke napep stereo, and this Nigerian keke riders do have the baddest jams, baddest mistapes, one you would feel and just go to download it. Even old school music, there was a time I went to repair my dads radioand the technician was listening to some music I dont even know, I think its one of this juju/Fuji musicians, a song that had existed even before I exist, but still I vibe with it, nodding to its every lyrics. Music has that power. It carries memories, emotions, dreams, and vibes. So why do we sometimes fix ourselves into just one playlist.
And also about making new music, I do that sometimes when inspiration comes, you know creating music with my own voice and my own story, am not a professional nor am I a musician or with good voice, and to me it doesn't matter, since it's not as if I want to fix into any category. I just record on my phone for the fun of it, free styling some nonsense just to hear my own voice, and since it's not as if its going to end up on apple music, Spotify or audio mack, who cares, its my music.
Someone like me, I save my playlist with names only I can understand, let's not go there though.
The real magic is changing my playlist. You know that feeling when you stumble on a song that’s so good you stop whatever you’re doing just to vibe to it, well I do come accross such mostly from this keke napep(trycyle) drivers, or sometimes from this friend of mine, most of the gospel songs I have, I got it from her, I will be like, "is that not Dunsin Oyekans voice,or BBO, when did he release that again", and this it, I download it and then it goes on repeat until I ruin it for myself. And that has beeb the cycle for me,new sing enters, it becomes my go to song and I listen till I get tired.
Earlier this year, I started something, just download a song, not the ones trending on tiktok and the likes o, I mean songs of artist I dont even know,those genres I hardly listen to. Around last week, I stumbled on a reggae music I couldn't pick up a word, but my soul was dancing, just vibing to it. Music is universal like that. It doesn’t care where you’re from or who you are, it just connects with you.
Sometimes, changing your playlist can feel like cleaning your room and rearranging it, I should edit the songs in my go to playlist, and replace it with songs I have long listend to or I should just delete it so as to make space for new ones. Its not as if I am forgetting my favorite jams, they will surely have their place.
Making/creating my own music or exploring a new playlist, whichever it is, I definitely owe it to myself, to keep to keep me intact, sound and alive. We should try something different and shouldn't get stucked in the same rhythm. Join me to take the step in trying something different.
all pictures without source are screenshots from either my phone recording app or music app.
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This post is in collaboration with the @afri-tunes community and an entry to day 23 of #januaryinleo in #inleo,I am inviting you to also check it out,so as to partake in various interesting writing prompts.