{"id":462338,"date":"2018-02-07T14:52:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/ghanaian-guitarist-joins-grammy-winners-after-playing-on-ed-sheerans-album\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T14:52:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:52:51","slug":"ghanaian-guitarist-joins-grammy-winners-after-playing-on-ed-sheerans-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/ghanaian-guitarist-joins-grammy-winners-after-playing-on-ed-sheerans-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian guitarist joins Grammy winners after playing on Ed Sheeran\u2019s album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday,  7 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/54228144.295.jpg\" alt=\"Stevie Wood\" title=\"Stevie Wood\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Stevie Wood<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518015171_720_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Moments after the Recording Academy announced \u2018Divide\u2019 by Ed Sheeran as the Pop Album of the Year at the 60th Grammy Awards, messages of felicitations poured in from all across the world for two Ghanaians who had contributed to the production of the album.<\/p>\n<p>Fuse ODG co-wrote the popular song \u2018Bebia Beyeyie\u2019 on the album while Killbeatz produced the song.<\/p>\n<p>However, a third Ghanaian who contributed immensely to the production of the same song seems not to have been given any attention at all.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen OT Woode, a Ghanaian guitarist based in Tema delivered the string instrumentation on \u2018Bebia Be Ye Yie\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to the song, OT Woode\u2019s guitar instrumentation dominated a greater part of the tune.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of this feat, it is quite surprising that the young instrumentalist has been less celebrated for the new milestone in Ghana\u2019s music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the Recording Academy\u2019s award which acknowledges him as a contributor to the Pop Album of the Year, not many Ghanaians have congratulated him like they did for Fuse ODG and Killbeatz.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to celebrate the young Ghanaian talent, Joy FM\u2019s Naa Ashakor hosted Stephen OT Woode on the station\u2019s entertainment analysis program, Showbiz A-Z.<\/p>\n<p>The instrumentalist confessed that he experienced an exciting change in his life after winning the Grammy Award with Ed-Sheeran, Fuse ODG and Killbeatz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life has changed\u2026Opportunities come but once, so you have to grab them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On his low popularity, OT Woode, who is known among his colleagues as OT Wood, said: \u201che is working around the clock to get himself out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also made known his initial reaction when he realised he had grabbed the prestigious Grammy Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sleeping while the event was happening in New York\u2026In the morning I had calls\u2026I checked online and I realized it was true\u2026I lost my voice. I was screaming!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>OT Wood has worked with music heavyweights such as Daddy Lumba and Manifest and has also performed on several platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V2Hap7yHxgM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Wednesday, 7 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-07 play videoStevie Wood Moments after the Recording Academy announced \u2018Divide\u2019 by Ed Sheeran as the Pop Album of the Year at the 60th Grammy Awards, messages of felicitations poured in from all across the world for two Ghanaians who had contributed to the production of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":462339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}