Orin Tuntun by Adebimpe Afolabi

Adebimpe Adebimpe Katherina Afolabi, is a prolific song writer and singer.

Bimpe released her first album in 2011, titled “Joy in the city” ,it was an audio cd. 

It comprises of songs that she was inspired to write, amongst which are Hosanah ta lo dabire, joy in the city, Child of a king, Wazobia , Ose Baba, Kabiyesi etc. She recently released two new singles titled "Created to worship"and Orintuntun.

She has also been privileged to compose several Christmas songs, namely “Christmas in the air”, “Messiah”, “Something about Christmas’ 'Silent Night' (all of which has been featured in Daystar Carols) and very recently released a christmas single titled " Olugbala".

Kathy, as she is fondly called by friends is the author of a book titled " Melodies from Heaven". It is a book on the art, act and heart of song writing.

She is also the convener of SWS (Songwriter and Singer) Seminars. This is a pet project aimed at nurturing the youths on the Art of writing good quality songs that will add value to lives.

Adebimpe is also the publisher of Melodies from heaven Magazine. This magazine was birthed to aid the Seminar teachings and give a summary of the trainings while at the same time showcasing gospel artists.

She is the leader of the Melodies from Heaven Band.

Bimpe is happily Married with Children. Afolabi, is a prolific song writer and singer.

Bimpe released her first album in 2011, titled “Joy in the city” ,it was an audio cd. 

It comprises of songs that she was inspired to write, amongst which are Hosanah ta lo dabire, joy in the city, Child of a king, Wazobia , Ose Baba, Kabiyesi etc. She recently released two new singles titled "Created to worship"and Orintuntun.

She has also been privileged to compose several Christmas songs, namely “Christmas in the air”, “Messiah”, “Something about Christmas’ 'Silent Night' (all of which has been featured in Daystar Carols) and very recently released a christmas single titled " Olugbala".

Kathy, as she is fondly called by friends is the author of a book titled " Melodies from Heaven". It is a book on the art, act and heart of song writing.

She is also the convener of SWS (Songwriter and Singer) Seminars. This is a pet project aimed at nurturing the youths on the Art of writing good quality songs that will add value to lives.

Adebimpe is also the publisher of Melodies from heaven Magazine. This magazine was birthed to aid the Seminar teachings and give a summary of the trainings while at the same time showcasing gospel artists.

She is the leader of the Melodies from Heaven Band.

Bimpe is happily Married with Children.

OLUFUNMI- Facilitator at Song Writer and Singer Seminar

The gospel singer best known as Olufunmi, was first exposed to singing by her mother, who was 

in her youth, an opera singer.

From a young age her gift was recognised and upon her entry into secondary school she was singled

out by the schools music teacher, Mrs. Amorelle Inanga for singing lessons. At 12 under the tutulage of Mrs. Inanga, she earned a merit in Grade 4 singing and at 13 earned a distinction in Grade 5 singing both from the Royal School Of Music in London.

Olufunmi

When she was ten years old she was exposed to the music of great jazz singers like, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen Mcrae and imediately fell in love with jazz.

All through her teenage years she was singing. Both at school events and external events. Upon her entry into University she joined a band called 'Flint', whose name later changed to 'Electric Dream'. 

Electric dream focused more on pop music and two years later Olufunmi left to join a band 'Project', where she was able to fuse her jazz style with their more contemporary music.

She was with Project for six years. During this period they performed at concerts and were frequent features at 'Jazzville' run by Muyiwa Majekodunmi and ??? run by Tunde Kuponiyi. During this period she won a few awards such as 'Best Vocalist' at the Third Month University Campus Competition and the 'Baba Best Vocalist Award' for the best Jazz vocalist.

At the end of her six years with Project, she felt her Christian faith was calling her to sing gospel music. She then took a break of 13 years from the public singing arena. During this period was married to Diran Olajoyegbe and had two sons.

She also used this time also to write several gospel songs and in the year 2000, she embarked on recording her first gospel album 'Go Quick', which was released on April 1st 2001. In 2004 she released 2 more albums, 'Gbemidele' and 'Say J'.

Taking another 13 year break, she then released her fourth album 'You Alone' on the 2nd of April 2017.

Though Olufunmi's stye can be described as somewhat 'eclectic', there is a current of the jazz feel running through her music.

During her music career, Olufunmi has performed on 4 continents at numerous concerts, programs and churches. Winning several awards on the gospel scene. She has also featured in a few musicals on the platform of SPAN, SOD and Gbenga Yusuf's; 'Era of Legends'.

Professional/media presence of note:

·         Content creator and Director: 24 events - worship/outreach/performing arts presentations since 2006 to date under the umbrella of GiG Time Ministry/Foundation.

·         Several television and radio interviews: (of note are)

a.       Turning Point Television and  Interview - CBN(Christian Broadcasting Network, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA - 2003): Guest on Turning Point with Victor Oladokun.

b.      Premier Radio (London , Uk) - Benny King

c.       Cool FM,( Lagos, Nigeria) - With Dan Foster

d.      Inspiration FM,( Lagos, Nigeria) - With Kemi Adetiba

·         Awesome Praise Concert (2004) - Peformance at the Kennedy Centre, Wasington DC, USA:Performed at this event and recieved a commendation in an article in the Washigton Post.

"A few performances provided an umblemished uplift. Olufunmi praised Jesus in her clear, rich voice, over beats drawn from R&B, African music and Latin dance, showing fluency and charisma in all styles."

...............................by Andrew Lindemann Malone (Wednesday July 21, 2004, pC3)

·         Awesome Praise Concert at the Barbican,London, England (2003): Sang/ministered at this event.

Anthony Livingstone - Facilitator at Song Writer and Singer Seminar

Anthony Livingstone is a songwriter, musician, author, and blogger.

     From childhood I have always had a vivid imagination, painting hypothetical scenarios that I saw with my mind’s eye that eventually led to my writing them down. I began writing short stories in this manner and graduated to full-fledged novels, from where I began to try my hand at screen play writing. I am often inspired by novels I have read, movies I have watched or scenes from my past experiences.

Anthony Livingstone

  

I started serious writing after reading Frank Peretti’s novel – PIERCING THE DARKNESS. One of my favourite scenarios before reading his book was about battles between Angels and Demons, because I had read JR Tolkien’s Trilogy – LORD OF THE RINGS; so I felt that instead of having battles between elves and orcs, why not have between angels and demons? That was how I began reading as many of Frank Peretti’s books as I could find. He is my mentor.

PARTING WORDS…

In life, one should always find what one is not only good at doing, but also what actually holds one’s attention for forever…something you never get tired of doing…something that can never bore you…and even if you can’t practise whatever it is full time because you can’t find the right kind of job in it…it will always be there for you not only to ease off the pressures you will face in life, but also to give life meaning and purpose.

The Vision!

Music fuels the mind and thus fuels our creativity. A Creative mind has the ability to make discoveries and create innovations. The greatest minds and thinkers like Albert Einstein, Mozart, and Frank Lloyd Wright all had something in common in that they were constantly exploring their imagination and creativity.
Music is universal, there are no boundaries to understanding music.

No one really knows where Music came from but one thing is certain music predates the existence of Mankind, Meaning that it comes from Our Creator. God Himself. Most people simply know that certain lucky individuals are born with a Talent for music and that's the main factor in how well they perform or write it.

Music has traditionally played an important role in African culture. It is essential in representing the strong African heritage and its importance can be seen in many aspects of our culture like Traditional marriage rites, Naming ceremonies,Religious and other Sacred Tribal events etc

The Nigerian music scene has become vibrant and evolved from what it used to be in the past.  In Nigerian cities, especially in Lagos, whose 21 million inhabitants can hear popular songs in the form of mobile phone ringtones or blaring out of speakers on the private transit buses, known as danfos, that are ubiquitous. Even the numerous lyrics that we hear being blasted via our airwaves, most of which are disjointed and lack proper structure, talk less of passing across valuable information, are usually laden with sexual undertones, luring our youths into various forms of atrocities.

Should Entertainment be devoid of values? Absolutely not!

In July 2016 a book was written by a Nigerian Author, Adebimpe Afolabi, titled Melodies from Heaven. It is a book on the Art, Act and Heart of song writing. The foreword of the book was done by two of her Mentors, Wale Adenuga and Kunle Pinmiloye (Ksticks).
This book teaches song writers to write responsively, by passing across a definite valuable message to the hearers constructively.

Bimpe started her music career at Powerline Bible church as a Choir member and later a Soloist. After which She joined the Fountain of praise choir, headed by Wale Adenuga in the 90's, where She was a worship leader. It was here that She had the rare privilege of Ministrying  with Bob Fits during one of Wale Adenuga's and Fountain of Praise concerts.
She later joined Christ Chapel Abeokuta choir (The Levites) when She gained admission into Ogun state polytechnic abeokuta to study Masscommunication, and eventually became the President of the Campus fellowship.

The ondo state born Ministrel has always had a flair for writing songs but her major break came when the Lord inspired her to write the song “ Hosannah ta lo da bi re” a Yoruba song that means “ Hosanah, who is like unto thee”.
The song came has a result of the challenge She was going through then as a student,  way back in 1995, She needed God to intervene in her academics. So while preparing to go to the Redemption camp, She  knelt down to pray, and that was how the melody for the song came. She quickly recorded it in the little midget She used to have in those days. She later taught her choir, “the Levites” of Christ chapel churches Abeokuta and then Fountain of praise (RCCG).

Bimpe's first ever Album was released in 2011. Titled “Joy in the city” ,it was an audio cd. It comprises of songs that She was inspired to write, amongst which are Hosanah, joy in the city, Child of a king, Wazobia, Ose Baba, Kabiyesi etc. She recently released a single titled "Created to worship".
She has also been privileged to compose several Christmas songs, namely “Christmas in the air”, “Messiah”, “Something about Christmas’ and more recently “Silent Night”.. All these songs have been featured in the much publicized Daystar Christian center carols from 2013- 2016. All to the glory of God.

The Entrepreneur, cum Communicator who is presently studying Business Administration at the Atlantic International University Honolulu, is also a member of The Advertising practitioners council of Nigeria , is the CEO of Melodies From Heaven. A company set up to carry out Musical activities i.e composition and production of music  and organising of concerts.
She conceived this Vision to impact aspiring Song writers, while writing her book. The Song Writer Singer Seminar has been designed by Melodies from heaven concept, to train  song writers and singers alike on the most effective ways of communicating valuable message via music. We aim to teach entertainment with value and structure as well as song delivery.

The vision is to eventually have a state of the art studio, where recordings can be done by the youths at a very affordable rate while also ensuring proper marketing structure and protection for their music. It has been observed that the rights of song writers are not adequately protected in this part of the world.

We are projecting to train thousands of youths and the young-at- heart (in phases) during and after the training. The first phase already kicked off in August with outstanding success.

Adebimpe is the leader of a Band called Ministers of Grace.
She is Married to Oyedeji Afolabi and they are blessed with Three Boys, David, Daniel and Derick.

Yetunde Chorus- Facilitator at Song Writer and Singer Seminar

Yetunde Chorus Grew up in a Family of Six and Started Music at age 5 with are Father *Remmy Adex  A Popular Circular Highlife Juju Musician Yetunde was a Dancer  in this group which made People call her *Alajota*Yetunde holds a post graduate diploma in Communication Management With Southern American University and a degree in Libraries and Information Science

Yetunde, was a top 5 finalist from Set Da Stage, Nigerian idol season 1 , and AirtelTrace Nigeria 2015. Yetunde is passionate about being God’s vessel to draw his people unto himself by coming just as they are to be positioned as labourers in God’s kingdom, and Manifest to the Highest Peek thier God given Gift for HIS glory.

2 i'm Adventurous and Very Versatile

3. I Love to Travel, Go for a run or walk, and i Boat cruise to Relax.

Song Writer and Singer Seminar

Melodies from Heaven presents a Seminar titled:

Song Writer and Singer (SWS)

It's targeted at youths who have the talent for writing songs.

The training is aimed at teaching the Art, Act and heart of song composition .

We will teach entertainment with value and structure as well as song delivery.

We are projecting to train thousands of youths and young-at-heart (in phases) during and after the training.

Gate fee is N5000.

Account details:

• Melodies from heaven
• Keystone Bank
• Acct No.1006894095

Send an SMS to 08023046646 to confirm payment and obtain your code.

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Song Writer and Singer (SWS) Registration details

Wetin be the Answer?

New Musical Video: Wetin be the Answer? by Blessomania.

WETIN BE THE ANSWER?

[Words & Music by Blessing Okere]

Refrain:

Anything wey the devil tell you (na lie)

E no go work, e no harm you (na lie)

If you truly believe the Lord, let me hear you say it

Chorus:

Wetin be answer?

(Jesus na the answer oh!!!)

Verse 1:

Sometimes you think say problem no go end

Sorrows & worries - they want to scatter your head

Katakata & confusion begin to rack your brain

All you gotta do is call on Jesus’ name

(Repeat Refrain & Chorus)

Verse 2:

Now you are redeemed always stand your ground

Never let the devil push you up or down

You must be bold, you must be strong, learn to fast & pray

And call on Jesus’ name every night & day

(Repeat Refrain & Chorus)

Song Credits

Produced  by	Iyke On’ka
Words and Music, Lead Vocals, Co-production, Arrangement	Blessing Okere
Alto Saxophone and Horns’ Co-arrangement	Tunde Makoyawo
Tenor Saxophone	(Late) Y. S. Akinnibosun
Trumpet	Micheal “Shu Shai” Adefolaju
Percussions	Ariyo Omilabu
Drums	Ariyo Omilabu
Keyboards	Dennis Uka Deji Ojekunle
Bass Guitar	Joseph Uzo
Lead and Rhythm Guitars	Johnny Effah
Backing Vocals	Udo Dan-Ufomadu Chioma Okere Ben Inyang Tunde Makoyawo Emeka Nkele Ariyo Omilabu

http://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/blessomania

https://youtu.be/uVI5EYDGRig

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