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UPCOMING ARTISTS DIGEST
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
There's a trend; an ugly one that y'all upcoming Artists in the creative arts industry must know about and start dealing with if you must blossom in your chosen carrier as a creative artist in Nigeria...
#UpComing
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
There's a trend; an ugly one that y'all upcoming Artists in the creative arts industry must know about and start dealing with if you must blossom in your chosen carrier as a creative artist in Nigeria...
#UpComing
Before I go on to uncover this ugly thing, let me make it clear to anyone reading this that nobody whatsoever is a target of this post. it is just from the belly of a concerned fellow who wish that those who have put in a lot of time, energy and financial resources to doing...
...what they love and are gifted for get a fair deal of return on their investments.
However, those this article is directed at are those who are hoping to make it big in the Entertainment, Creative Arts &Crafts Industry in Nigeria. They include and are not limited to the following:
Musicians
Actors
Comedians
Fashion designers
poets
Sculptors
Painters
Goldsmiths
Musicians
Actors
Comedians
Fashion designers
poets
Sculptors
Painters
Goldsmiths
Nigeria is populated to the tune of around two hundred million people. This as you may know is just a conservative estimation of reality. That is to say that we could be way more than that figure.
Now, let's be honest. Can we say that the current spread or ratio of those doing very well in the industry is encouraging when compared to our population? I guess your answer is as good as mine.
So then, what is the problem?
We have very few people who have made it to a level they feel very comfortable with and don't want others to dare reach where they are let alone overtaking them. They've gained so much from the society that made them and would do only less than...
We have very few people who have made it to a level they feel very comfortable with and don't want others to dare reach where they are let alone overtaking them. They've gained so much from the society that made them and would do only less than...
little to giving back.
The advent of social media has continued to worsen the woes of people who think their breakthroughs are imminent when it actually is supposed to be the other way around.
The advent of social media has continued to worsen the woes of people who think their breakthroughs are imminent when it actually is supposed to be the other way around.
These guys have mastered the act of using the social media only to their own advantage and you think they're entertaining you.
Ooh...ooh! You haven't noticed that they rarely acknowledge anyone no matter how good you are if you're not their level? They will never come down and look at their faithful followers who are also doing what they do but need little encouragements like "MENTIONS OR RETWEETS"?
They select and retweet very few supporters only when your post sing their praises and will never retweet you when you beg them to help you on something that will better your life.
They think they're already too many at the top when there's room for them to be even bigger by helping others discover themselves. They even fight each other at their level because they feel someone has to be King amongst them.
Sometimes they create these banters to distract you from aspiring. You keep watching them play to their own scripts; you laugh, drag them and help spread their fame and they smile to the bank.
And you that have made zero Kobo from your talent and skills that most likely could be better than what the big guns even possess will start behaving like them. You'll see posts from your fellow upcoming and you'll not oblige them with a simple fav or retweet. That's not good.
See, since the big guys have decided not to expand the industry by allowing more people grow into their space, y'all can shit them and focus on yourselves. Give support to one another. Play something new from someone new; share something new from someone new...
...that's how you too get big.
In America today, you can't dare count Grade-A Artists and entertainers; yet all are making bastard money. Just recently, Tyler Perry made it into the Billionaires list of Fobes. Do you know how many millionaires he has made?
In America today, you can't dare count Grade-A Artists and entertainers; yet all are making bastard money. Just recently, Tyler Perry made it into the Billionaires list of Fobes. Do you know how many millionaires he has made?
You can't make people great and remain small. Who told you someone is trying to use you when he/she asks the favor of a retweet from you? It's really very petty to think like that. You actually get bigger when you help someone get bigger.
If you think me that is talking hasn't been guilty of this same thing, you haven't thought well. But am making amends by this post today. From now on, anything I see that is worth encouraging, especially upcomings will get a retweet from me and I urge you to do same to the ...
best of your ability.
I know you cannot attend to everything that show up on your TL. just help the few you can that makes sense. As others also do, it'll go round and more people will begin to see progress in what they do. That's how to affect lives and build a great nation.
I know you cannot attend to everything that show up on your TL. just help the few you can that makes sense. As others also do, it'll go round and more people will begin to see progress in what they do. That's how to affect lives and build a great nation.
Let another 60 years not meet us still being selfish. Please retweet and spread this awareness. Feel free to tag me or add #UpComing to anything you have that is share-worthy and see what will happen to it.
To start with, you can drop the things you've done or what you do in this thread and let's go. Remember to fav and retweet others as well.
Thank you
NaijaID
Thank you
NaijaID
