Finally my producer said my sound was eclectic and I had
gotten to a point where I accepted that it was okay to be
eclectic.
JP: I love your first album - Rebirth.
EW: Oh, thank you! [Big smile on my face]
JP: Can you please tell us what the inspirations for the lyrics were?
EW: It depends on the song. I thank God for divine inspiration. For the song flip
the page, I was listening to a podcast message by Pastor Joel Osteen (Lakewood
Church). And some of the lyrics came to me then. I have to say that many times
my songs come to me with the melody first before the words.
For the song rebirth, my producer gave me the melody he had come up with
and asked me to put words to it. When I listened to it, it felt like it was a song
about a reawakening. Each song has a different inspiration.
JP: And the inspiration for the music itself - I can hear a mix of strains/genres -
what are they?
EW: HAHAHA! I don't know. I struggled for a long time because I didn't have a
common sound and I wanted it really badly. I couldn't answer the question "so
whose music does yours sound like"? Finally my producer said my sound was
eclectic and I had gotten to a point where I accepted that it was okay to be
eclectic
JP: At the end of “Wonderful God”, what language did you use and what were
you saying?
EW: There’s Spanish (Nuestro Dios, Es Grande) and then there's Ibibio, my
language. Ibibio is a language spoken in a certain region in Nigeria. in Ibibio I’m
saying "God in heaven is the true Lord".
JP: I read on your blog that you had been working on the project on and off for
about 10 years? Was it just in the works or was there something delaying its
production?
EW: Several factors delayed - finances my mind-set (I felt like I was too old to be
just now working on my first CD and to have the sound I had). Plus I was
concerned with what people would say or think.
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