{"id":282445,"date":"2011-02-25T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T08:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/x3m-music-etcetera-separate\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T08:40:07","slug":"x3m-music-etcetera-separate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/x3m-music-etcetera-separate\/","title":{"rendered":"X3M music, Etcetera separate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"58.8227334235\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/fc0ce0a8Etcetera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1127\" title=\"Etcetera\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/fc0ce0a8Etcetera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a>Indy label X3M Music and Etcetera announced, early today, that they would no longer be working together.<br \/>The Lagos-based label, founded by Steve Babaeko, has pushed Etetera for over three years, kicking against all odds to establish the singer-musician as a talent to court, in an environment where rock is so not fashionable.<\/p>\n<p>Several chart-topping hits, two albums, and multiple awards later, a spokesperson for the label says the point has been made, and \u2018it\u2019s time to move on\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are no issues here, as many would want to think. We\u2019re a small, close-knit family and we\u2019ve put all we have into establishing whatever brands we\u2019ve built today. We\u2019re happy with what, together with our friends in the media, and those in corporate Nigeria, we\u2019ve been able to achieve with Etcetera \u2013 a genuinely talented musician that deserves far more than any celebration and decoration he\u2019ll ever receive.<\/p>\n<p>But, having both seen our contract (a three year, two album deal) through, and having look at the relationship seriously, we have both agreed not to renew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s a tough decision to make, but it\u2019s the best at this time. And we plead with our friends and fans to please understand and continue to support X3M and Etcetera.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<strong>Read Also<\/strong>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vanguardngr.com\/entertainment\/2011\/02\/x3m-music-etcetera-separate\/\" title=\"X3M music, Etcetera separate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X3M music, Etcetera separate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Indy label X3M Music and Etcetera announced, early today, that they would no longer be working together. The Lagos-based label, founded by Steve Babaeko, has pushed Etetera for over three years, kicking against all odds to establish the singer-musician as a talent to court, in an environment where rock is so not fashionable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>X3M music, Etcetera separate - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/x3m-music-etcetera-separate\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"X3M music, Etcetera separate - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Indy label X3M Music and Etcetera announced, early today, that they would no longer be working together. 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