Ghanaian-UK-based afro beat producer and artist, Lexis Drogo, has disclosed that before he found himself in the music industry, his mum was really close with lots of artists and they usually came around his home.
In an interview, he said that seeing them around and in hand made him ask lots of questions which made him find interest in making music and it helped him learn to play instruments.
“It made me very interested and which made me learn the instruments”.
Lexis Drogo
He added that all those passion was what influenced him in making a sound.
“I play the piano and drums and I can obviously orchestrate them digitally as a producer”.
Lexis Drogo
Lexis Drogo said that his mum was close to artists, and she inspired him before he found himself in the music industry, and for some reason she wanted him to chase engineering like his father.
The producer further said that his mum knew the inside out of the Ghanaian music industry because of how close she was with artists.
“Well, my mum just felt music doesn’t sell, obviously based on the fact that she knew the inside out of the Ghanaian music industry and felt it wasn’t substantial enough even after the fame”.
Lexis Drogo
The afrobeat producer revealed that his first experience with music was unique but at the same time, it felt like it was always meant to be because he just knew he had something unique he wanted to share with the world and with his supporters.
Lexis Drogo said that he has worked with Amerado, Kelvyn Boy, Twitch, Medikal, and other artists in the U.K where he is based now.
He added saying:
“I’m an artist with a unique vibrant sound”.
Lexis Drogo
The producer and artist said that he lives in the U.K. but obviously because he does afro beats he best connects with his motherland and gets inspired while pushing the sound.
Ghanaians don’t pay artists
The afrobeat producer says the system put in place in the U.K. is very organized and it helps protect artists and every creativity which means as long as one is creating his or her works, it is being protected and one gets what he or she earns.
During the interview, he was asked if making music in Ghana is not well organized as compared to that of the U.K.
He replied saying:
“Well, not the making aspects but I mean when branding and marketing aspects, like the infrastructure put in place doesn’t protect the artist and the content creator like if you put radio plays or TV plays.
“They don’t pay artists when their songs are being televised but here in the U.K., everything on any official platform is paid for or distributed to the copyright’s owner’s account”.
Lexis Drogo
He said another problem he has taken note of in the entertainment industry in Ghana is that the streaming platforms these days require the internet and others and people are not even streaming enough.
He added saying:
“The average Ghanaian will rather download the music than use their internet to stream, so then the artist would be losing”.
Lexis Drogo
He was then asked again why they don’t make it inaccessible so that they won’t be able to download the songs but rather stream the songs since the more the song is streamed, the more the artist makes money.
He responded by saying:
“Illegal streaming even exists here in the U.K but still more can be done so no one can stream like on music platforms and can be free or internet can be affordable too… They go hand in hand”.
Lexis Drogo
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