Jungo Vibes

Benley is a fashion photographer and DJ, originally from Jamaica but living on the colourful Caribbean island of Curaçao. He comes from a very musical family and later on started his photography career. Benley’s advice to upcoming artists is to be happy with what you are doing.

Key takeaways:

-Having the right preparations for a shoot

-Why high quality content is so important for artwork

-Working together with a team of creative

-Don’t hide your talents

-Connections rule the world

-Look for what you want in a photographer

-You can always negotiate

-Working with a team makes your work ten times easier

Follow Benley on IG:

@Iambenley

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Follow the host Sentini on all social platforms: @sentinimusic

Intro music: Groove On - performed and written by Sentini produced by Romel Veal

Outro music: Mario Trap produced by Milli

Nana Kwame (Nockus) is a famous radio presenter known from Ghana’s top radio station for the youth, YFM Ghana. He is one of the founding fathers of new music in Ghana by making way for previously underground artists like Shatta Wale. Grammy award winners Burna Boy and Wizkid made a name for Nigeria ans African artists all over the world by winning at the 63rd Grammy Awards on March 14th, 2021. Ghana and Nigeria are like brothers as English speaking countries in West Africa, mostly dominated by surrounding French countries. In this episode we talk about if Ghana is ready to receive a Grammy. We also dive into the music industry and why there is not a lot of Ghanaian music played outside the country as much compared to Nigerian and South African music. His main advice for upcoming artists is to keep links with the people who helped put you on in the industry.

Key takeaways:

*Rely on people in the industry with nuggets of knowledge

*Pushing the Ghanaian agenda in other (African) countries

*Focus needs to be on excellence

*Make music that is founded in Ghanaian originality

*Know the history and the roots of your countries music to create

*Don’t focus on unnecessary controversy and drama

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Follow the host Sentini on all social platforms: @sentinimusic

Where to find Nana

You can listen to him every Friday night 8pm - 12am on Yfm radio: https://yfmghana.com

Intro music: Groove On - performed and written by Sentini produced by Romel Veal

Outro music: Mario Trap produced by Milli

Alessandro is a former DJ, producer and now Cryptocurrency investor. We talk about the cryptocurrency market and what it will mean for the music industry and artists. There are a couple artists who openly support the cryptocurrency movement and invest, like Jay Z, Burna Boy and Akon who even has his own cryptocurrency Akoin.

Disclaimer: This episode is not financial advice. Please be careful with any money you spend on crypto as it is still a high risk industry!

Key take aways in this episode:

* The difference between Bitcoin and altcoins

* What is cryptocurrency?

* Binance, Bitrex and Coinbase are examples of crypto wallets

* What the crypto market is currently doing

* There are highs and lows in crypto investing

* Will we receive crypto currency for our music services in the future?

* How crypto can change the music scene in terms of ownership (Nft’s)

You can follow Alessandro on

IG: sandrogh_

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Intro music: Groove On - performed and written by Sentini produced by Romel Veal

Outro music: Mario Trap produced by Milli

Wumi Spell is an exentric and talented Afropop/Trap/HipHop artist from Nigeria and has two EPs out “Tutorials” and “Isolated” you can listen to both. In addition to being an artist he is an amazing producer as well and works under the name Swaggaboibeatz. He produced my songs “I’m With You” and “Summer Vibe” (both out on all platforms). Both projects were remotely recorded while I was on the Caribbean Island Curaçao and he in Lagos, Nigeria. His key take away for upcoming artists is to stay consistent!

Key take aways in this episode:

* Be innovative not only in music but also in recording

* Using remote recording as a way to put out music (Logic and Zoom)

* What makes the Nigerian music so universal

* The secret to having a good mix in Afrobeat / Afropop

* Right timing to put out your songs

* Music is about unity if you don’t understand the language you still vibe to it

* Promoting songs in different markets

You can follow Wumi Spell aka Swaggaboibeatz

IG artist profile: @wumispell

IG producer profile: @swaggaboibeatz

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Follow the host Sentini on all social platforms: @sentinimusic

Intro music: Groove On - performed and written by Sentini (@sentinimusic) produced by Romél Veal (@romelveal)

Outro music: Mario Trap beat produced by Milli (@millionamilli)

KBK Starboi is a Nigerian singer/songwriter and he has an EP coming out called “Love Boi”. He features a lot of different artist on it and is happy to have finally released his EP and make his late Dad proud. KBK Starboi’s message for all upcoming artists is that it takes time to build your craft: “It doesn’t happen in one day to build your fanbase” KBK Starboi and I also worked together on a song. It hasn’t been released yet, but you will hear a small snippet in this podcast episode.

Key take aways in this episode:

* How to get the right artists to be featured on your EP

* Going to the recording studio even with your last budget

* Talent can be discovered anywhere as he spontaneously made music with an old classmate

* How his Dad’s believe in him has given him the strength to start his career

* Having received devastating news and still being able to move on

* Keep growing and putting out music even if nobody believes in you yet

* Challenges of not having the right funding and fanbase when putting out an EP

You can follow KBK Starboi on

IG: @kbkstarboi

Twitter: @kbkstarboi

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Intro music: Groove On - performed and written by Sentini produced by Romel Veal

Outro music: Mario Trap produced by Milli

Rythmz is a Ghanaian rapper with a unique style combining Twi and English. In this episode we talk about the music industry in Ghana and the need for influential people to financially invest in underground artists to build them up into becoming mainstream. “We should build a business case to show the profitability of investing in artists and help grow the Ghanaian music industry just like how they do in Nigeria.” - Rythmz

Rythmz and I also worked together and we did song that has been released on Valentine’s Day. Listen to our song “Gimme Life” on Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/sentinimusic/song/gimme-life

Key take aways in this episode:

* By investing in underground artists we can grow the business

* It’s hard for people to believe in you in the industry

* Building a business case for investors to see that artists are profitable

* How to start the songwriting process

* Creating a whole new way of writing a love song

* Daring to do things out of your comfort zone as an artist

* Even with a shy personality you can be a beast on stage

* Keep praying and paving the way

You can follow Rythmz

IG: @rythmz_music

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In this episode of Music Vibes we talk about how to break into the LA music scene. Our guest is Romel Véal, a multitalented musician, producer and composer originally from Chicago and has been working in Los Angeles, California with world renown artists like Melanie Fiona, Musiq Soulchild and Eddie Murphy. Romel decided to become an artist because he wants to share his understanding of music with the world.

Key take aways in this episode:

* Why LA is major gateway in the music industry

* Having the energy and drive to be excellent at what you do

* How you can be a multitalented producer: play different instruments and direct music videos

* Even a spoon can be an instrument (lol)

* Create a home studio and work with what you got when creating a hit song

* Be humble and work hard and be patient with releasing your projects

* Let your music be heard all over the world

You can follow Romel on

IG: @romelveal

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In this episode of Music Vibes we talk about how you as an artist can reach a broader audience with your songs by using different languages. Our guest is Rayay, Island Afro artist from the beautiful Caribbean island Curaçao. He talks about working on his debut island Sabien Star and has a released a single called “Turn Up”. His music is being played in Sierra Leone, Gambia, Nigeria and Liberia. His motto as an artist: “Keep making progress at all times”.

Key take aways in this episode:

* Create fusion with multiple languages

* Step out of your comfort zone with songwriting

* How using different languages makes your music appeal to a broader audience

* Try to build your fanbase in countries of which you don’t speak their language

* All Caribbean music is actually African music

* How to empower our African Culture by owning the royalties to our own music

You can follow Rayay on

IG: @rayay_official

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In this first episode of Music Vibes we talk about how you as an upcoming artist can get your music played in the most popular clubs. Our guest is Meed, he is a hype man at Skyfall, the Hottest beach club in Lagos, Nigeria.

Key take aways in this episode:

* How to get your music played in the hottest clubs

* Who you can ask best help promote your music

* The best ways to get in contact with the people to push your music

* What industry people consider to be a hit song

* If you need money to get your music played in a popular club

You can follow Meed on

IG: @officiallymeed

Twitter: @tweetmeed

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Follow the host Sentini on all social platforms: @sentinimusic

Welcome to Music Vibes, in this podcast we talk about everything related to being an upcoming artist in the music industry. We have conversations with experts and artists about topics like:

*How can you best promote your music?

*How to get your songs on major playlists?

*What are best ways to create music videos?

*What type of royalties are there to get paid?

Hosted by Sentini @sentinimusic

Made possible by Jungo @jungo_app