Nigerian singer-songwriter and actress, Tiwa Savage has revealed that she has no plans to sign upcoming artists.
She stated this in an interview with Forbes Africa on Thursday.
According to her, managing musicians can be incredibly stressful. She doesn’t feel equipped to handle the responsibility, maintaining that artists can be a handful and the pressure of managing them can be overwhelming.
“Everyone always asks me, ‘When will you sign an artiste?’ I don’t think I have the gift to sign another artiste, because artistes are stressful. I could just be sleeping, and then I will wake up and my artist is trending for something else,” she said.
Instead of signing new artists, she wants to create opportunities for them through alternative means.
She is working on establishing a music school where aspiring musicians can hone their craft before potentially signing with a record label that can provide the support they need.
“But I do have the gift to help, which is why I am trying to do the music school, where you can go and later sign to a label that can actually help you,” she added.
