Afro-root artist, Rocky Dawuni has urged rising artist in Ghana to be humble and open minded if they want to stay relevant in the music industry.
According to Rocky, in order to be successful in your music career, one has to invest more through hardwork.
"You have to know that your talent is a gift from God, so you do not have to let your ego and pride control you. Learn to be humble so that God would bless you more."
"Be hardworking all the time. When you open yourself and you also approach everything with a sense of humility, knowledge will abound for your advancement."
"You must be humble and hardworking to stay relevant and be able to achieve greatness in your career. Just keep believing it will happen."
Rocky Dawuni also said Ghana's music industry is filled with lazy musicians who feel comfortable and happy copying the original works of their fellow artists.
“When doing music, you don’t have to do it like someone else or copy what somebody is doing,”
"Musicians who do that can’t make it international." He added.
“My style is not pure reggae music, it is called afro root. It is a style I mix with Highlife, Afrobeat, and different mixed together. So if you are doing music, you don’t have to do it as someone else or copy what somebody is doing. When you do that, you won’t make it.” He explained.
"So what I’m saying is that you can’t copy somebody’s style and make it yours. Of course, you can’t do it better than the originator of the style so you have to create your own and that is what will make people know that you also have something unique to offer." He urged his fellow musicians.
"When I began I was inspired by people like Nana Ampadu, and Ampofo Adjei, all of these people inspired me before Jamaican music came. So when you listen to me critically, it is a fusion of all these styles." He revealed
He made all these known in an interview on Nhyira FM based in Kumasi.
