Myron Ak
Myron AK is the latest artiste to announce his presence on Ghana’s music scene.
His optimism of becoming a successful musician is driven by the fact that the music industry is welcoming new talents and his product is very good for the competition.
He is still working on his maiden album but he has two singles, ‘Run 2 Ur Man’ and ‘Down There, being played on air. Both songs used heavy drums and synthetic instruments and strings reminiscent of Jamaican dancehall greats like Mavado, Beenie Man and Vibz Kyrtel.
But he tried to give it a Ghanaian touch by occasionally singing lines in Ga, Asante Twi and Pidgin.
On ‘Run 2 Ur Man’, Myron AK used a Jamaican accent as he talked about his abilities and how his music was supposed to get girls dancing.
The playful ‘Down There’ attempted to humorously paint a picture of a heavy-bodied woman and how guys said so many things to her because they were attracted to her body.
Twenty-two-year-old Myron Otoo revealed that he started writing songs when he was 12.
According to him, he used to make music with notes when he was in junior high school. He took it more serious when he was in St. Peters’ Secondary School.
The Bachelor of Arts undergraduate of the University of Ghana said, “A couple of my friends and I started a music group called S.O.E (School of Entertainment). We recorded a couple of demos that were hits among all the schools that were on the Kwahu Ridge and other schools in the Eastern Region.
“In form 2, when teachers (NAGRAT) went on strike, I started a mock ‘radio station’ called Bonzy FM in my class and all the windows around our class were packed with people from other classes. I also sang a couple of songs I had written and free styled while my friend, Atu Osborn Selassie played on his desk with his cutlery. I had fully developed my music personality and written enough songs to make two albums by the time I was in SSS 3 and took delight in disturbing my classmates with them during prep hours.”
Myron however gave up his dreams on music after earlier attempts to get his records on air proved futile. The will to stay on came when he followed his friends to the Ghana Movie Awards last Christmas.
He imagined himself on the stage and felt he could do what every single artiste that performed on the night came to do. So he hit the studio again and recorded a couple of songs including his first single, ‘Run 2 Ur Man’ and ‘Down There’.
“This time I have mustered enough willpower to stay on no matter the obstacles and I have also learnt a few lessons pertaining to what people want to hear,” he said.
Myron grew up listening to an array of music genres like reggae, dancehall, highlife, traditional Ga music, hiplife, hip hop and country.
Artistes like Bandana, Samini, Sean Paul, Amakye Dede, Daddy Lumba, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Justin Bieber, Kwabena Kwabena and Buju Banton have influenced the kind of music he does.
Though his works are dancehall, the young man said he did not want to be categorized to any genre of music.
“To me, music is a big river with various streams of expressions, I’m doing dancehall now because it is the stream closest to me, as in, it is what I listen to mostly when I was developing my music personality but don’t be surprised if you hear me singing highlife or even rock in the future,” he added.
Sony Addo’s Optic Nerve is working on the video for Myron’s ‘Run 2 Ur Man’. It is expected to be on the screens in mid-November.
source:newsone.com
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