Highlife musician, Dada Hafco has advised up and coming artistes to be humble, patient and not listen too much to fans.
Speaking on Zylofon FM as a panelist on the Showbiz agenda, he narrated his own ordeal when he was a new artiste.
He used the opportunity to advise new artistes to exercise patience and stay loyal to bigger artistes who may be helping them one way or the other.
He said he would have been bigger today if he had a bigger artiste to guide and introduce him to huge platforms.
“I have never benefited from being carried by a big artiste and pushing me out there. If I did I’d be bigger than I am today. A lot of artistes have had that opportunity and they took advantage of it. Whenever you are an artiste and you get being held by a bigger artiste you need to be humble,” he noted.
“You need to be humble because when a bigger artiste holds you, it affects you worldwide. Just chill, relax. Don’t let the praises of the fans get into your head. If you listen to them you’ll always be making mistakes. It’s like you’re working with your boss. Just be cool with your boss because he can unmake or make you. A call from him could sabotage you everywhere and you’d push and push and push it wouldn’t go. This our industry people do that,” he added.
He went ahead to say that listening too much to fans during the initial stages of a new artistes does not really better the lot of the artiste.
“If the fans really indeed want something huge from you, you should be bigger than you are because you are in the building process and try and mix the mortar and the cement and those things properly before you start plastering,” he stated.
“To all upcoming artistes out there, relax when you get hooked up by bigger artiste and he’s carrying you up and down be patient. People don’t know that,” he continued.
He narrated his own experiences from days he used to work with some producers.
He said during his initial stages, he used to visit Apietus’ studios at 7 am but will only get the chance to record his song the following day adding that “even that one when you get the chance to lay your vocals, it’s going to take one month before the song is going to get mixed. Patience, patience.”
He further advised up and coming artistes to take a cue from their predecessors.
“A lot of people have been through a lot but people don’t say it. People have served masters. The negatives that come out of it, we don’t say. We only highlight the positives because they give you a platform, they give you a start. They give you a button to push and so all upcoming artistes should put this thing in their coconut,” he concluded.
