Gospel artiste, Laolu Gbenjo remarked that if everyone were to sing gospel music, the world would be boring.
“We have to be sincere to ourselves, if everybody sings gospel, the world will be boring. That’s the truth. If anyone is getting married, you don’t expect me to sing gospel all through, there are love songs and celebration praise. It’s just a celebration.” he said on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
He added that the COVID-19 lockdown was instrumental to the start of Alujo Special, a niche that he has carved out for himself.
“I started with highlife, then I evolved from lockdown. COVID made me evolve to Alujo special. During the lockdown, there were no parties, there was no where to go, so I started Alujo Special, where people will send their pictures and we’ll just sing in the studio for them.”
“I started singing because my father was a pastor,” he said when asked about what started his passion and his musical career.
Gbenjo took a step back from music after his first album in 2008, as a result of him not getting any gigs, which meant he wasn’t getting financial satisfaction from his chosen career.
“When I did my first album I had this hope that people will start calling me for events, but there was nothing like that so I stopped singing.”
Laolu recounts that he took a leap of faith back into music in 2014, and the feedback he has gotten has propelled him to do even more.
He also mentioned that ever since his musical comeback, his career has blossomed, his albums have topped charts and he now earns from various sources of income.
“I get a lot of money from performances. If I have to depend on YouTube to do what I do that will take me forever.”
Regarding copyright, he disclosed that he has never been flagged for copyright violation by song creators and labels alike; instead, he uses his platform to boost the songs of upcoming artistes.
“I’m a performer. There would be issues if I do a recording and put it on digital platforms. There are people that I support their career in my own capacity. So far, so good. I have not had any major cases where anyone wants to sue me for a particular point. There are artistes that send their songs to me, that say LG if you sing my song I know it will blow” he said.
He urged all upcoming singers to carve out a niche for themselves and excel at it.
“Find your purpose, know your area of assignment, be good at what you do, let people know you for your brand.”
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