Prolific highlife musician, Kwabena Kwabena has said he inspired private television station TV3, to organize its first ever music reality show on TV, known as Mentor.
According to the award winning composer who’s well known for his prowess in performing with a live band, TV3 was motivated to put together the show after he put up a sterling live band performance on the station’s Music Music show in 2005.
“When I started in 2005, when I released Asor, I think my first performance was on Music Music and I recall they were like no, no, no live band here. Do you know what happened? to cut the long story short, I ended up bringing Mega Star Band to TV3. That is how come TV3 started the Mentor show, I’m putting it on record. That is how come they realized that we can power a band through the studio. That was the first time there was a band there,” Kwabena Kwabena told Gatuso on Aben Wo Ha show on Kasapa FM Wednesday.
He urged musicians to commit themselves to doing good rehearsal with live bands to enhance their delivery on stage and rather discourage their reliance on miming during performances.
“Sometime back, I was with an artiste who had an impending performance at an event and had planned to mime and I told him no, you can coordinate the rehearsal. He listened to me, the day before the show we coordinated a nice rehearsal and guess what he came onto the stage and he did marvelously singing three great songs. Consistent rehearsals make artistes great,” Kwabena Kwabena said.