Sarah Zawedde shares secrets to longevity in the music industry

Singer Sarah Zawedde shared a few tips about how she has managed to stay in the music business for a very long period.

She reasoned that back in the day, songwriters used to give a lot of time to their craft.

Giving the example of her timeless hit jam “Kambere Naawe” that was written by Sylver Kyagulanyi, Ms. Zawedde explained that Mr. Kyagulanyi took three months while penning down the song unlike the songwriters of this generation.

She elaborated that whenever she would reach out to him to ask for the song, he would tell her how he was busy correcting and fixing a few notes, lines, and lyrics.

Our songs were written for a long time. Sylver Kyagulanyi wrote the “Kambere Naawe” song for three months. I waited for it for too long, and whenever I went to ask about it, he would tell me that he was correcting some lines and lyrics.

It has now hit for 20 years. Even up to this day, if I don’t perform it at my band, sometimes I don’t get paid.

She also added that a producer would sometimes bounce an artist from the studio if he felt they weren’t perfecting the song or giving the right vibes which is not the case today.

The producers used to give songs too much time, and they would produce line by line. If the producer felt that your mood was not matching the song, they would send you back, and you return on a different day when you are in sync with the song.

She thus urges artists to take their time during their creative processes because their music represents them for years and generations.

I urge artists to always have at least one classic hit or a song with a deep message because it can feed you the rest of your life time rather than having over 10 songs that will be short-lived.

She also disclosed that lately, when they are performing new generation songs, the crowd is always calm but they start playing the classics the atmosphere and mood changes instantly.

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