My Sound Is Not For The Nigerian Music Industry – Terry Apala

Apala Music crooner, Terry Apala, recently featured on “Tea Time”, a Plus TV Africa interview session where he talked about how different his sound is and how over time, he seems to be getting more acceptance from the foreign market than the home-base. He also categorically stated that his sound “is not for the Nigerian music industry”.

On his sound and the state of the music industry in Nigeria, Terry shared; “I don’t think my sound is for the Nigerian music industry. I’m not trying to discriminate but I think Nigerians are to comfortable with one sound, everybody is still on the shaku shaku wave.”

Talking about his new management and their ideology, he said; “My new management is from South Africa, they might not understand what I’m saying in my songs but they understand that it is a different sound. Angelique Kidjo is a 3-time Grammy award winner, King Sunny Ade has been nominated a couple times, which goes to show that they’re more appreciative of our culture.”

On acceptance and value, he commented; “If Nigerians really wanted to listen to good music, there’s Asa, there’s Brymo. Why did it take them so long to catch up with Burna Boy who has been around for so long? I’m blown in Nigeria but the acceptance of my sound is more foreign than local.”

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The artiste also described the difference between Fuji and Apala, which he says are quite interconnected so can be easily confused. He shared; “The two are almost the same because one gave birth to the other. Apala is the old form of Fuji and is slower. Fuji on the other hand has more ginger to it. I do Apala, LAX does Fuji.”

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