{"id":1201484,"date":"2022-09-09T16:48:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/album-of-the-week-songs-of-peter-by-fameye\/"},"modified":"2022-09-09T16:48:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:48:14","slug":"album-of-the-week-songs-of-peter-by-fameye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/album-of-the-week-songs-of-peter-by-fameye\/","title":{"rendered":"Album of the week: Songs of Peter by Fameye"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the few years that Fameye<\/em> has been in Ghana\u2019s music industry, he has managed to become one of the most loved singers.<\/p>\n

Fans love his songs, applaud his songwriting skills and even dance to his tunes. For a relatively new artiste to not only gain but continue to maintain the love and admiration, they must go all out, especially on their debut album or EP.<\/p>\n

Songs of Peter<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 13-track album is 38 minutes long. Fameye<\/em> seems to have followed the trend where musicians produce songs shorter in length than what we are accustomed to because more than half the number of tracks on the album \u2013 at least eight \u2013 are under three minutes long.<\/p>\n

Making tracks shorter than three minutes is now a tactic many artistes use to gain the attention of their listeners. Some might say it rids songs of redundancy and the likelihood of ruining its content value.<\/p>\n

For example, in December 2020, a research by Samsung predicted that songs will get shorter and shorter in the years to come because of a perceived drop in the attention span of music fans.<\/p>\n

The research also indicated that since the year 2000, fans\u2019 attention span has dropped from 12 to eight seconds.<\/p>\n

So now, more than ever, it has become important for artistes to attract a listener\u2019s interest in the first few seconds of their songs, keep the track short and \u2018load choruses up front\u2019.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, Fameye seemed to be on track to achieve just that.<\/p>\n

Every artiste has a motive and a sense of direction for their album. Many refer to this as an album\u2019s \u2018concept\u2019. In his case, Track One of \u2018Songs of Peter\u2019 spells out the album\u2019s motive.<\/p>\n

The musician submits that this album is one of \u2018self-discovery and spiritual awakening\u2019 \u2013 one which has changed the trajectory of his drive and goal for venturing into the music space.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore, I wanted to do music to become a superstar, be popular and draw the attention of everyone, but \u2018Peter\u2019 made me know the message is important. It is not just about being a superstar,\u201d<\/em> he said on \u2018Intro\u2019 which has backing vocals from Xorse.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo now I don\u2019t want to be a superstar, I feel like a messenger and Songs of Peter has these messages Peter wants you to know there is something big coming. This album has everything comfort, peace, love and truth,\u201d<\/em> he says. For the most part of the album, he fulfils this aim.<\/p>\n