Today we’d like to introduce you to Ben Wogu.
Ben, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
Well, I started off purely as an artist and a songwriter. Not to say I haven’t gotten any help along the way, but I have a pretty strong ‘DIY attitude and that just naturally progressed into recording and producing for myself and ultimately others.
Having family already living in Atlanta, moving down here just made sense on a lot of levels and I’m not sure how I would’ve built some of the relationships as well as work with some of the people I have without doing so.
Has it been a smooth road?
Haha, doing music professionally is never a smooth road. There’s a lot to navigate honestly, even when things are going great from a business sense. Your passion for music has to be great enough to overcome those struggles. Simply keeping your focus on making great music becomes tougher the further you advance in your career. I just feel like the more joy you can put back into the process of making music; the better everything turns out in the end.
We’d love to hear more about your work.
I’m a producer, engineer, and artist/writer. I’ve worked with a fairly decent number of high-profile artists (21 Savage, Trae Tha Truth, Yung Dro, TK Kravitz, Rich Homie, Young Thug, FredtheGodson, Translee, Tracy T, and Tokyo Jetz) over the years whether through production or engineering, but I take the most pride in some of the work I’ve been able to build with local independent artist such as Z.Rich and Bags, in creating a tailored sound and continuing to build our fanbase organically. A lot of placements that producers receive nowadays (myself included) is through emailing beats to an artist. Working with Z.Rich and Bags, I get to personally craft a sound that’s tailor-made to fit emotions or vibes that they’re trying to articulate. When you’re emailing beats, it’s just impersonal, and nine times out of ten you aren’t really afforded the opportunity to truly produce the record. I’m fortunate because they’re incredibly talented artists. When we’re working, they give me the freedom to push boundaries and they trust me with their music which takes time to develop.
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
Streaming revenues have definitely opened things back up a little with some of the bigger labels, but the trend is more and more independence – which I’m all for. More and more artists owning their masters and just being more cognizant of their power and how to take control of their music and their career. We’re seeing it already. As for what this means for the industry as a whole in the next ten years? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.benwogu.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benwogu/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/benwogu
Image Credit:
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