Ghanaian actress Emelia Brobbey is the latest subject of social media trolls.
The actress became the subject of trolls on social media after a music video for her new single Fa Me Ko went viral.
Whilst many condemn her attempt at music, renowned music producer and engineer Fred Kyei Mensah well known as Fredyma thinks otherwise and has come in for her.
According to Fred Kyei Mensah, the actress successfully honoured the 3 T’s of music including timing, tuning and tempo.
He suggested Emelia Brobbey is rather encouraged than asking she quits music. He also advised the actress to seek the professional services of a voice coach so she is “transformed”.
Read Fred Kyei Mensah’s post from below.
LEAVE EMELIA BROBBEY ALONE
“I am not on any social media platform apart from Facebook and Whatsapp. I understand some people are trolling Emelia Brobbey because of a song she released on twitter, instagram, Facebook etc.
Yes! She might not be one of the gifted singers on the continent but i can confidently say with all my 36 years in the music industry as a professional sound engineer and over my 50+ years on this planet that, she tried her best.
One of the ingredients one uses to measure one’s song is the 3T’s of music that is, timing, tuning and tempo! Did she have all these applied in her song? I say yes she did. She never went off key, timing was good and tempo excellent.
We can criticize her vocal delivery on the song. It lacked dynamics and was raw. The instrumentation and the arrangements is a two chord progression song of the doh and fah chords. It could have been better with the arrangements moving to other progressions.
The saxophone intro of her song has a resemblance to Diana Hamilton’s “Mo ne yo ” and Obaapa Christie’s “Wagye me” songs. I understand it came from the camp of one of the country’s great music producers and sound engineer, Dan Bassey whom i have so much respect for.
You might not appreciate the music maybe based on your perception about her being an actress and “forcing ” her way into music. Her lyrics are on point. With a good voice coach like Freeman Daniel Ame,she can be transformed. She has the potential if she would give herself ample time to learn the rudiments of music.”
Let’s encourage her rather than asking her to quit music. Practice makes a man perfect. Emelia Brobbey, time will tell.
