Music is a beautiful art. The layers to it can sometimes be cumbersome. Experts who are reputable in their craft make such a task less hard. From conception to execution and to the final process which is the song release. There are always personnels who are in charge of this process,they make the work easier for the artiste. Although, in the long run, the artiste takes the shine yet the place of this personnel can’t be downplayed. Right now, Pelumi Deborah’s song titled “Niwaju Oba,” readily comes to mind.
Tobbydaniels began his music journey at Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Ibadan, Oyo State where he played Keyboard for several years. From there, he moved on to play for Four Square Church and Kingdom Life Church, where he spent three and nine years respectively and evolved into a fine music producer that oversees the creative and technical aspects of music production while collaborating with artists, arranging compositions, and shaping the final sound of a track or album. His role futher includes mixing, mastering, and guiding the artistic vision and industry networking.
During this time, he had the privilege of playing for several gospel artists such as Big Bolaji, Dare Another Level, and Adetoun. He also worked with Afrobeats artists like Kizz Daniel, the late Sound Sultan, and Bella Shmurda.
Tobbydaniels has performed on major platforms like Lagos @50 and the Globacom tour. His production career began after winning the #LoveYouBaby global challenge by Banky W and Samsung Mobile Nigeria. Shortly after, he was hired as a producer for one of Nigeria’s top music groups, The Gratitude COZA, where he produced the hit song “Nothing Is Too Hard For You.” The track has amassed over 10 million streams across various platforms.
The songs produced by Olatunde Daniel Ajimajasan popularly known as Tobbydaniels is a distinct showcase of sonic brilliance as a producer. Tobbydaniels more than a decade experience in music has been put to use in the state of art assembling and producing for the instrumental on ‘Niwaju Oba’ by Pelumi Deborah who is the song writer and recording artiste.
A drum roll kicks off the song, it reverberates with the underneath, snare and synth colliding. This gets uplifted by the back up vocals, they ably echoes the end note of the lyrics. By the end of the first session, the guitar strings and piano chord becomes mild, thereby allowing the artiste vocals to seep into the song. The neat synchronization of the instrumental makes this more lovely.
Tobbydaniels who has worked with Afrobeats icons like Banky W, KizzDaniel,Sound Sultan, Bella Shmurda and more has always carved a niche for himself with his dazzling sonic skill. Beyond working with Afrobeats artistes, The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) graduate has also worked with other Nigerian gospel artiste like The Gratitude Coza, Big Bolaji, Dare Another Level, and Adetoun.
One peculiar highlight of the song is Tobbydaniels use of the Keys popularly called the piano, he plays it in such a way that it echoes, it reminds you of a secondary school assembly ground. It thunders and shudders almost at the same time, it is a grand entry the song needed. For anyone who is listening, the tone of the keys calls your attention to the magic Pelumi Deborah and Tobbydaniels was about to unleash on the listeners. For once, an artiste and a producer were able to level up, push each other to greatness and when they finally get the attention of the listeners, we have a classy song that can rival any Nigeria gospel song around.
Across seven minutes and eight seconds, Tobbydaniels exhibits his pristine skill as a music producer and a song arranger. A percussion based song like this always gets clumsy if an unknowledgeable producer gets to work on it, yet , this particular case seems to be different as the producer was up to the task.
With more than close to half a million streams on Spotify (500k), Niwaju Oba is the most streamed song from Pelumi Deborah however while we adore and worship the artiste, the place of Tobbydaniels as the music producer should not be downloaded. It is an ingenious sonic output.
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