Veteran music producer, Appiah Dankwah, commonly known as Appietus, has revealed insight into why Ghanaian music has battled in arriving at worldwide acknowledgment.
As per him, the battle lies in Ghana's affinity for continually exploring different avenues regarding new classifications and declining to adhere to one.
In a no limits interview with King Kweku Mensah on the Showbiz College digital recording, Appiatus communicated his interests, expressing, "that thing is troublesome. Ghanaians, they like to change. I believe it's been an issue. We like to change in any event, when it's excessive. We just consistently need to check whether this one will likewise get along nicely. We abandon the rest."
Attracting correlations with music scenes different nations, he featured the persevering through presence of explicit sorts in America, Nigeria, and Jamaica.
"In America, hip-jump is still there. Exciting music is still there. Blue grass music is still there. In the event that you go to Nigeria, they actually have juju music. They have added a full beat, and they've adhered to it," Appiatus made sense of.
He made a point that Ghana's rich music legacy, especially in Extravagance and luxury, gives the country a benefit over Nigeria.
Nonetheless, he bemoaned the way that Ghana has floated away from its underlying foundations, abandoning Extravagance and luxury, Azonto, and other special classes
"We left Highlife, we left Azonto, every one of those Alkayeeda. Presently we are playing Afro Beat. Afrobeat even began from here," he said on the Webcast.
Appietus, who has delivered a portion of Ghana's greatest hits, gladly brought up that Afrobeat started in Ghana, referencing his melody "O Waee" as an illustration originating before Nigerian artistes' reception of the class.
"I did 'O Waee' way before Nigerians considered doing whatever is an Afro Beat tune. They picked the energy from that point and they made it their own. Along these lines, I don't fault them," he shared.
In any case, he recognized Nigeria's effective allocation of Afrobeat and communicated vulnerability about how Ghana can recover its possession.
"They've taken it. Taking it from them will be troublesome. Undeniably challenging. I don't have the foggiest idea how we will make it happen," he admitted.
While recognizing that Ghanaian artistes are succeeding in Afrobeat, Appietus noticed that the propensity to continually move center hampers the business' advancement.
He refered to the case of artistes presently pursuing the South African Amapiano direction, encouraging them not to lose their remarkable character chasing after worldwide acknowledgment.
"The majority of the artistes are doing Afro Beat and they are doing it competently. Be that as it may, we simply need to continue to change. Presently they are following Amapiano, which is South African music. You can never guarantee that," he added