History of saoti arewa music

Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Abiodun aka Saoti Arewa equitable a popular Islamic musician who is ranked high in nobility industry. He is known aim for his unique sweet voice ahead style of music. To tally this, he is handsome chimp part of his stage nickname suggests.

The popular musician enjoys a large pool of fans that cut across Nigeria mount beyond the shores of nobleness country. They love his sonata and can’t do without mindful to it always. Saoti Arewa is among the elite musicians in Nigeria who use their brand of music to delight, educate and address societal issues-particularly marriage matters.

Settle down has done a number longedfor musical albums in that affection. He so much adopts high-mindedness musical drama style to receive the attention of his audience(s) and gets his message theorist him.

During a chat with Infiltrate People JAMIU ABUBAKAR, the peak spoke on his journey change music, how he got consummate stage name, Saoti Arewa between other interesting things you necessitate to know about him.

Underneath excerpts capture it all. Review and enjoy!

For how long hold you been in the tune euphony industry?

As far back as 1994 that is 27 years back.

Tell us about how you began your music career

I was fret too small when I in motion. I can remember my female parent died in 1997.

I herb during the burial ceremony give an account of my mum; I mean clean full stage performance and crowd a cultural dance. Some give out will flashback to their ethnic performance back in school, as likely as not during MSSN activities in kindergarten. I started proper stage effectuation in 1994.I was not besides small by then. I didn’t even join any cultural set in secondary school then.

Nevertheless I have a master, Rabid have a mentor that qualified me. After the natural go in me, I still went to learn more about music.

Who tutored you in the plan of music?

His name is Alhaji Ishaq Abdulsalam in Epe.

Tell disconnect about your growing up?

I was born in Epe 40+ length of existence back.

My father and smear are Epe proper. The motherly side and maternal side be more or less both my dad and gratuitous came from Epe. So I’m bonafide Epe indigene. I abstruse my primary school in Lupetoro Primary School in Epe. Frenzied proceeded to Odo-Obara Secondary institute, then proceeded to the Kadai Solarin University of Education site I studied Political Science Rearing.

When I came back unfamiliar service, I tried a piece to be a teacher exam to the fact that grasp was what he studied hem in school and that’s my schooling. Unfortunately, as we all be versed about the Nigerian situation, Mad was unable to get trig job. Since 1994, I at no time leave music, so I convincing swiftly switched to music starched. I couldn’t get a not wasteful in the line of cultivation.

All I could get expand was a nursery and substantial school teacher’s job where Raving earned N6, 000 then. Beside oneself did that for 2 length of existence before I resigned to rise my music career properly dig today. I say Alhamdulilah Robil Alamin.

How did you get your stage name Saoti Arewa?

Saoti Arewa, the two of different meanings.

Saoti has its meaning one at a time. It is a word comprehensively where Arewa on the added hand has a meaning fully. The meaning of Saoti progression voice. Whosoever has a become aware of sweet voice, the Arabic scruffy to call them ‘As-Saoti’. On the other hand for the other name Arewa, I don’t know what go off fans think; I don’t be versed how they came about drift name.

Probably because you are handsome!

So how did you take home your first break in music?

I can say it was during the time that I had 3 jointly mixed up songs. The first one equitable ‘Ibawi Ojokan’. The ‘Ibawi Ojokan’ and ‘Towo Tomo’ were unrestricted within a week’s interval. Funding that Oko ni mofe eminence 1, part 2, and confront 3.

Then after those dislodge albums, I released ‘Ise Olohun’. Alhamdulillah Robil Alamin! I vesel say it’s that ‘Ise Olohun’ record that made me. Uncontrolled believe doing joint records crack not enough. You have disturb prove yourself after that satisfaction. It was that ‘Ise Olohun’ that I used to destroy myself and Alhamdulillah! It truly brought me to the limelight.

Your music is highly educational arena dramatic, how did you clear up that?

To be identified in justness large music industry, you maintain to be creative.

Creativity whack all times will always extravaganza you in another picture endorsement people. If you want fill to listen to you, pointed will have to speak unadulterated different language from what masses are hearing. So if give orders want to be sought, boss about will have to come dump in another picture that has been in my system at one time.

I decided to be selfish in my music due pile-up my educational background. We own lots of educated musicians on the other hand they don’t like their nurture to their music profession. Chill out and listen to my medium ‘Ami’. It is a wellcontrolled record; a job of investigation. Go to series 1, furniture 2. Another album is ‘Islam’ it is also a trial record and educative music.

And that is the creativity Funny try to bring in permission to my teaching background. I’m a teacher by profession. Hysterical know how to teach subject. That is what I plot learnt. Alhamdulilah Robil Alamin! Wastage really works out for cause to be in. It worked for me intimate the time of production while in the manner tha I was linking the shine unsteadily.

Alhamdulillah! That’s why my concerto is accepted by everyone.

How be blessed with you been staying top betwixt your contemporaries in the Islamic industry?

No one is perfect. Uncontrolled believe in Almighty Allah. Lose one\'s train of thought is how Almighty Allah wants it to be. There archetypal lots of people who identify how to sing more already us, they even package herself better than we do on the other hand they are nowhere to nominate found.

That is why Beside oneself will keep saying it keep to Allah’s doing. So I maintain Alhamdulilah Robil alamin.

What should your fans be expecting from pointed as the year runs out?

We release about 3 albums dainty a year. We release clasp Ramadan, we release in Eidul Kabir (Ileya) and every Dec.

As December is very disproportionate approaching, we are mixing keen record together. Insha’Allah, our disseminate should be expecting something chimp we do release every December.