I love music! All genres of music are welcome as long as the ‘lyrics’ are clean and evoke great emotions.
Are there fellow music lovers in the house?
Okay, let’s do this quickly for the ‘Comments Section’. Say whatever your ‘Group’ in the Comments.
If you love music and can sing well, dance well and play an Instrument, move to Group A;
If you love music and can sing well and dance well, move to GROUP B;
If you love music and can sing well, move to GROUP C;
Good, now that all the Local Guides have been sorted into three groups, let me get down to this post.
MY LOVE FOR MUSIC
I will most likely select ‘Group A’, I am a Keyboardist at the beginner level. I still have quite a lot to learn. As you can see, I still have ‘tapes’ marking my keys. Are you experienced in playing the keyboard? Can you leave a tip for me?
LOCAL MUSICAL INTRUMENTS
My favorite Local instrument is the ‘talking drum’. It’s a drum affiliated with the Yorubas of South-Western Nigeria. It is made from Animal Skin, Leather tension cords and a hour-glass shape ? piece of wood. It is called GanGan in Yoruba Language.
It is called a talking drum because; when a ‘talking drummer’ plays the drum, we can make out the information, he is trying to pass across.
I was opportune to play with one when I visited LA CAMPAGNE TROPICANA BEACH RESORT, IBEJU-LEKKI, LAGOS (A beach resort that fuses Western Culture with African Hospitality). At the resort, you can use either the ‘Intercom’ or the Talking Drum to call for Room Service. How brilliant?!
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TRADITIONAL MUSIC
My best form of traditional music is ‘Afro Juju’.I love that it’s a kind of music that you can dance to by gently swaying your body, unlike most ‘African dances’ that require a lot of energy and sweat. I like ‘Afro Juju’ Music because it is ‘a cocktail’ kind of music, you can blend in music from almost any culture of the song and also play any form of accompaniment to the ‘talking drum’ which is an essential instrument for the Afro Ju. It is native to the South-western part of Nigeria; the home of the Yorubas.
When we have our traditional parties, we invite an Afro Juju musician, while he gives renditions that are a blend of hype, adulation, prayers and exclusive praise showering. While he renders the music, we ‘plaster’ money on the foreheads of the musicians. This is called ‘Spraying’.
Many Nigerians believe that; a person’s affluence is exhibited through the amount he is able to spray". People try to outdo themselves on the dance floor. Often times, the more a person sprays the musician, the more he showers them with praises and sings tributes to them.
The musician still receives money for his performance, the money he is sprayed is just a bonus for him. If a musician is very good, he can make 900% the money of his show performance from Spraying.
Recently, Lara, one of my beautiful friends who lives outside Nigeria celebrated her birthday. So, I decided to gift the gift of music to the friend who loves me the most! Listen;
It was a taste of home in a foreign country! She was over the moon and she could do the traditional dance to ‘a piece of music’ customized and made exclusively for her.
This is me dancing to Afro Juju at an Owambe Party at Shubus-T Event Center, Isheri-Osun, Lagos; one of the Event Halls you can rent at a ‘budget’ and that has all the basic amenities an event center should have.
What is your best form of Music? Do you have a special place you go to enjoy it?
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Local Guides, let’s bond over traditional music…
dear. Love you.
‘until you meet a man that can drum’ 
as far as it sounds good and in my case