There are dynamics and rudiments that songs go through before they are composed. Majority of music consumers do not take into consideration ...
There are dynamics and rudiments that songs go through before they are composed. Majority of music consumers do not take into consideration these rudiments put together to make a song rock.
Reviewing the various sounds been composed and analyzing the songs for consumers to appreciate what it takes to make music as well as educating new musicians on musical techniques they can employ to aid them in writing good songs is a way we are assisting Ghana’s music industry.
Today, we are reviewing Ayigbe Edem’s first single of the year 2021, ‘FAVOUR’ featuring Efya Nokturnal and Sarkodie, produced by Magnom.
MUSICAL ELEMENTS
Vocal melody: The vocal melodies of this song are in tune. The chorus has a very interesting melody. The chorus is a kind of melody that would be easy to remember.
Commercially, the melody of “FAVOUR” is a positive vibe; there is consistency in the vocal qualities of these three artistes. The singers’ vocal qualities are very rich in tone. The singers through their vocal expressions showed how emotional they are about the lyrics. The vocal melodies have the ability to be in your head for days.
Lyrics: The lyrics of the song are very interesting, amusing and meaningful. The singer employed predictable and interesting lyrics to show the originality of the song. The words and phrases of the song were not just used for their meanings. The lyrics truly show the sounds and natural rhythmic qualities of the song.
Key Signature: C major
Camelot: 8B
Chord Progressions: G major – F major (V – IV)
Beat Per Minute: 119
Meter: Four crotchet beats in a bar
Instrumental Arrangement
Rhythm: There is a solid beat and strong engaging rhythm in the song that grabs you and carries you along. That is a good feature. The fusion of 1990’s funk style with current highlife rhythm is mind blowing.
In addition, there is consistency and conviction with the rhythmic style used – Ostinato.
Instrumental variety and balance: If a song has a rich variety of interesting instruments, it may be more distinctive and memorable. ‘FAVOUR’ has essential variety of interesting musical instruments like African percussions, lead guitar and synths that were employed in the instrumentation to bring out both highlife and 1990’s funk feel. The “WAH-WAH” effect on the lead guitar has the ability to drive a listener crazy due to the perfect infusion. This variety and arrangement is tasteful and suits the mood of the song. The instrumentation has the ability to boost your mood.
Digital effects: The usage of digital effects in this song was not much. One could feel the originality of Edem, Efya and Sarkodie’s vocal texture and the instruments.
In addition pitch correction could have been interpolated right to automatically detect and adjust little non-trivial intonation inconsistencies at some point on Edem and Efya’s monophonic vocal tracks.
There is no substitute for musical quality. The producer, Magnom really did a great job on that.
MELODIES: Catchy, tuneful, interesting, shapely, strong, melodious, memorable, and original.
VOCALS: The vocal production of Edem, Efya and Sarkodie are distinctive, rich, warm, attractive, appealing, confident, conviction, heartfelt, clear, stylish, impressive and powerful, most especially the section for the “duet” and harmonies.
LYRICS: Original, amusing, thought provoking, inspiring, heart-warming, punchy, meaningful, and clever. Edem, Efya and Sarkodie have their unique styles of writing lyrics that have strong commercial potential.
ARTISTES: These three artistes are talented, imaginative, professional, creative, accomplished, competent, skillful, careful, experienced and natural.
Overall Musical Qualities Of The Song
STRUCTURE: The song has a familiar arrangement of sections – Intro, Verses and Chorus. This structure is easy for the average listener to vibe with it. Ultimately, this makes the song more commercially attractive.
PERFORMANCE QUALITY: One can still get a feel of how much the artistes enjoy and believe in what they are doing. Again, one can feel that, the singers are technically brilliant; vibrant performers who are full of confidence, conviction, style and flair. These performance qualities are far more attractive commercially.
PRODUCTION AND RECORDING QUALITY: The instrumental accompaniments are balanced, rhythmic, engaging, smooth, creative, solid, original, exciting, powerful, good vocal-instrumental balance and ethereal.
The production quality of this song is on point. Performing ‘FAVOUR’ live would not be a problem for instrumentalists because of the fusion of 1990’s funk with highlife. These instrumentalists do not need to employ digital effects to make the song sound original.
Panning, side chaining, equalizing and spatial techniques used in the mix of the sound have made it a good-vocal instrumental balanced song.
This is a great song and performance. The melody is strong and tuneful. Edem, Efya and Sarkodie have attractive vocal tones and put real feelings into the lyrics they sing or rap. The lyrics are interesting and meaningful with some punchy phrases.
Instrumentally, the song has a rich, full accompaniment that complements the vocal tracks perfectly.
In addition, the performance quality is high throughout, both vocally and instrumentally.
Overall, the song sounds distinctive and original, and I think it has strong commercial potential.
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