Coming
from a background steeped in music, it didn’t come as any surprise that Babatunmida
Kuboye, the middle child of renowned jazz duo, Tunde and Fran Kuboye (Fran died
in 1997), has decided to launch a professional music career. Though Baba, as he
prefers to be called by fans and friends, has always been on the periphery of
the music industry by virtue of his regular sessions at his parents’ popular
Jazz 38 Club with The Extended Family Band, even releasing an album to lukewarm
reception years back; the gangling and gregarious London based RF Engineer is
now musically and mentally enamoured to give established Nigerian music stars a
run for their talent and artistry.
He is
coming to the scene with a banging new single titled, Baba De Baba, accompanied
with a multi-million naira video shot on location in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. Despite
the fact that he only has one single at the moment, Baba is upbeat about his
chances of scaling through whatever challenges that he may encounter on his
path as a professional musician. He expects people to have same amount of fun
he had when he first listened to his latest single and says that his guiding
principle is to have fun in whatever he ventures into.
“I
have been exposed to some of the good and bad sides of the industry by virtue
of my background. I have also had some experience whilst doing my own music.
Whilst nothing can ever fully prepare one for the wonderful world of the music
industry, I like to think I have a good support system and experience to deal
with what comes my way.” Speaking further, he says, “My guiding principle in
doing music is that it should always be fun! I had fun making the track. From
the composition to the recording in the UK to the video shoot out in Florida, I
think that comes across in the song itself. My hope is that people will have
the same amount of fun I had whilst they watch and listen to it.”
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