Songwriting: An untapped goldmine in 9ja

Writing generally has always been a gift, a way of telling the world that which you feel deeply in your heart. For those of us who ain't gifted with such, we look with envy at those who do it with ease and finesse, putting the right words into sensible sentences. In hip hop, we call it PUNCHLINES, lines that stand out, thought provoking lyrics, that makes one think twice or even thrice as the case may be. In America, writing songs doesn't necessarily mean you are a musician, we have great and wonderfully gifted songwriters who wrote and co wrote timeless and classic songs for icons in the music industry.
Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart wrote the monster hit 'Baby' for Justin Beiber and also Beyonce's 'All the single ladies'. Nadir 'Redone' Kharat a Moroccan co wrote most of lady Gaga's hit singles like 'just dance ',' poker face', 'bad romance' just to mention a few. A Swede named Max Martin is the genius behind most of Taylor swift's monster hits including 'Blank Space', Britney spears song 'hit me baby' which had a number 1 spot in billboard 100 was also written by him.

These are just few examples of people who have "a powerful act of self denial", people who let others take the glory while they stay in the shadows. Using this as a yardstick, its surprising that our own 9ja music scene, things are a bit different. You see an artiste write, produce and exec produce, also arrange and compose his/her songs. A popular saying goes " No one is an island", this is one of the reasons why our music industry seem stagnated even though its more commercially viable. Lyrics is one of the most important component in making music, whether its inspiring or not, it shouldn't be disjointed, disarranged and hastily put together. Writing is a joy to some and a pain to others, we need to have an organized platform where people (ghostwriters) are paid their dues as agreed and everyone knows his/her function. I know we have gifted writers in 9ja,at least have met few and also read about others. Abeg I sincerely ask our esteemed and loved artistes, be yourself, if u no fit write music, no be bad tin, get the services of someone who truly does, have a written agreement that both parties would abide to, pay the person accordingly. Make una spread Una wings so we can all fly.