What I immediately and easily remembered after the hearing the word CYMFONY GH was the prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony held a few nights ago in the renowned American city of Los Angeles. There, the much imperative British group, the London Symphony Orchestra was awarded the best opera recording for Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd. This doesn’t only vindicate their vital positioning in music circles but also perk up their projection.
On a weekend inside the ultra modern and multi purpose shopping facility, I touched base with executives from the latest music label in GH. Though being young chaps, they appear very brainy, possessing ideas people thrice their age are yet to envisage. To them, music is yet to be commercially exploited in GH hence the need for a perfect blend of talent, creativity and dedication in order to achieve actualized results.
To many music devotees including myself, Hip Hop as a genre has projected several artists and catapulted them to several heights but not in GH! No one pays for Hip Hop in GH leaving emcees with fame and modest recognition. Acts aligned to relatively unknown music genre have remained underground as the mainstream music scene gets commercial after the day.
In the light of this phenomenon, CYMFONY GH, a Ghanaian based record label company was established with the aim to inspiring and motivating artist aside entertaining the GH music nation and beyond. Comprising of a devoted and result oriented individuals; CYMFONY GH is supposed to get around the complexities surrounding the music fraternity and hurl it to greater heights.
Yoofi Odamtten (alias Peyo) is the founder/CEO of the label and doubles up as the labels leading artist. The young emcee equipped with grand punch lines interlaced with pleasant lyrics revealed the ideas of his group. “CYMFONY GH is a group of young men filled with the passion for music. We have taken time off to learn the rudiments of the trade and the industry so we make the difference. We are here not to add to the numbers but get to the top and put GH on the map”.
With all evidence of confidence and intelligence, Smart Kwasi Yeboah, Executive producer of the record label hinted on the plans of his outfit. “You can’t afford to continually fail at a course for over a decade. GH rap is regarded as Hip Hop which is by all standards right, and i am certain it can be used as a tool to market Ghana more easily when the right structures are put in place. We are coming in with a fresh paradigm”.
Talk of diversity in music and that is what CYMFONY GH prides as one of its goals. From artists to management, there is a fusion of originality and potentials. Emcees signed to the label include K-Spliff, Sel-K, Basha, Spinx da Jinx, Fortune Dane and Juju (rapper cum singer). Magnum is the labels unfailing and imaginative producer under the effective management of Laud Robinson.
“My 2 Verse Symphony” is the labels major mix tape from CYMFONY GH which features artists of the label and other emcees. Currently, it is receiving rotations on radio and making the rounds with many music lovers dancing to it. A must watch video directed by one of GH’s finest is set to hit the screens pretty soon.
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