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Ace highlife musician, Gyedu Blay Ambolley has bemoaned the lackadaisical attitudes most musicians attach to their work, which he says lead them to churning out half-baked songs. The simingwa do musician told Xfm�s Abena Asiedua Tenkorang, �just like preparing soup, music has to have the right ingredients so that anybody who tastes it will feel it and come back again. That�s what our brothers in the Hiplife genres are not doing. They are doing �sharp sharp� music; and it�s dangerous� He however added, �people are not stupid; they work for their monies and if they are taking some part of their money to buy what you have taken out there, they think about it�. Gyedu Blay Ambolley had had collaborations with some contemporary musicians, but says many of the artists he has worked with are only in a hurry to finish the songs and release them onto the market. In that light, he says, many of the songs do not come out like he had envisaged. �It is okay working with them but I see that they are always rushing because when we go to the studio they always want to finish the music right there in the studio. You can�t do that�. �When I�m working with them, I give them some guidelines as to how to go about it and leave. After that, they re-make the songs to suit their style because they think my style is old�. This notwithstanding, Ambolley cited Reggie Rockstone, Obrafour, Trigmatic and a few others who are professional and wouldn�t mind collaborating with them in the future. He therefore advised musicians to take time because �before you take anything to the public, you will have to make sure that it is well done�. Story by Dennis Nii Lantey Lawson/Xfm95.1/Accra/Ghana Ace highlife musician, Gyedu Blay Ambolley has bemoaned the lackadaisical attitudes most musicians attach to their work, which he says lead them to churning out half-baked songs. The simingwa do musician told Xfm�s Abena Asiedua Tenkorang, �just like preparing soup, music has to have the right ingredients so that anybody who tastes it will feel it and come back again. That�s what our brothers in the Hiplife genres are not doing. They are doing �sharp sharp� music; and it�s dangerous� He however added, �people are not stupid; they work for their monies and if they are taking some part of their money to buy what you have taken out there, they think about it�. Gyedu Blay Ambolley had had collaborations with some contemporary musicians, but says many of the artists he has worked with are only in a hurry to finish the songs and release them onto the market. In that light, he says, many of the songs do not come out like he had envisaged. �It is okay working with them but I see that they are always rushing because when we go to the studio they always want to finish the music right there in the studio. You can�t do that�. �When I�m working with them, I give them some guidelines as to how to go about it and leave. After that, they re-make the songs to suit their style because they think my style is old�. This notwithstanding, Ambolley cited Reggie Rockstone, Obrafour, Trigmatic and a few others who are professional and wouldn�t mind collaborating with them in the future. He therefore advised musicians to take time because �before you take anything to the public, you will have to make sure that it is well done�.