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| SEUN ADESEMOYE |
Seun Adesemoye is a talented cultural singer and
song writer from Ondo West Local Government in Ondo State. Her genre of music
is indigenous music; some people call it cultural music and that is what it is.
She has been singing now for the past 16 years using
her indigenous dialect to sing with the motive of promoting the Ondo cultural heritage and God has
wonderful for her glorious achievements since she started out.
She is happily married to Olubunmi Adesemoye and she
is forever grateful to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Olapade.
The energetic singer started her education from St
Stephen’s Anglican Primary School Odosida, Ondo, then moved to Celestial
Grammar School Omolore Yaba ,Ondo. Later further her academics at the Nigerian
Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Lagos, Nigeria with a National Diploma and bag
another degree at the Houston Community College (Business Management- (AAS) and
currently transferred to University of Houston in Texas to study Digital Media.
She began in 2001 with a quest to promote Ondo traditional
heritage through music. She has waxed 13 albums to keep the record straight
which includes; Aso Luyi, Discovery, Daye mi san, Peegede maye, Jegudujera,
Obiri Aye, Ekimogun, Ire Ayo, Itan, Alaafin Orun and Eky Classic
Seun started stage performance in 2002
professionally and God has been so awesome ever since then. Her ever spanking
singles are titled-Oimolafe and Ona mi la. And, not forgetting her talk of the
town collaboration tagged- Ife.
Seun’s music career is one of the best career ever
because she has gotten a lot of connections and attentions through this cause
of her cultural music talent.
Entertainment is the best world for her and she has
used her kind of music to address different life situations, promote norms and
values and many more.
Children have learnt Ondo language and idioms
through her music; it is a great privilege to make a positive impact in the
society where she belongs and beyond.
As part of her plans for her numerous esteem fans,
she squealed that increasing fans all over the world should expect many more
beautiful, educative, informative and entertaining music soon. Aside, she has a
lot of cultural events coming up in Houston Texas to be precise and skit dramas
to illustrate certain situations for her target audience.
And, no doubt she has all her passions centered on
print and electronic media. There is also a planned chat forum that would
address cultural heritage worldwide in two versions; One in English and the other
one for all Ondo speaking communities including; Idanre, Ile-Oluji, Ilaje,
Odigbo, Okitipupa, the Akokos and more related communities on her YouTube
channel. Anyone willing and able can
subscribe to her YOUTUBE channel and she will definitely have the opportunity
to get notified each time she uploads or streams on the internet.
Funny enough, musically she does not have a mentor
to be modest and never meant to be rude because she was never familiar with all
these indigenous stuff all her life until one day when she attended a party
where some local traditional singers were on the side of the party trying to
use their music to gain attention so that people can appreciate their efforts
with some cash of which they achieved eventually.
Wow, the experience from the native singers
triggered her passion and she actually noticed that most people from abroad
find the traditional genre of music so nice and unique and so they fell in love
with the kind of music and coincidentally there was no one singing such song in
her community at that time.
Interestingly, that was her sojourn to cultural
music performance with the support of her mother before she passes unto
glory. She decided not to go back from
her discovered career path and her mother laughed at her then because she will
be the first person doing such in her lineage.
She emphasized that musically she does not have a mentor but spiritually
she does and the person is Rev. Funke Adejumo.
She advised all the people in the music industry to
please try to be themselves. Do not try to be like anybody; let people identify
you with your brand. Build yourself, know what you are doing, be courageous, be
focused, and be bold. And, for upcoming artistes that want to be like her, Shel
suggests they should try to build a brand for themselves; they should not
imitate anybody and be real.
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