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My Pivot Journal is a Ventures Africa weekly sequence documenting folks’s profession transitions from one trade to a different, particularly to expertise.
Mosanya Abiodun was born with rhythm in his veins. He may swear that his love for music was from beginning and that is why he wished to seal it with a diploma. Since his mom could not let him do this, Omosayan traveled to the neighboring Republic of Benin to get a level in historical past and worldwide relations, to please her. A level he later gave up for a profession in music manufacturing. Here is his playbook:
The way it began
I’ve all the time liked music way back to I can bear in mind. Music is all I do know. So rising up, I realized to play sure devices in church, like drums and piano, and I loved enjoying them. That drive made me wish to examine music so I enrolled JAMB and received admission to Lagos State College for a level in music.
That was my first and most defining second in music manufacturing. I’ve discovered a function. That have was all I wanted to find out whether or not I wished to proceed with my ardour or not. So it grew to become fairly straightforward for me to attend patiently till 2016 once I graduated from faculty to pursue music.
Mosanya Abiodun, Founder, Mysteeriouz Beats.
Transition
It was tough for me to totally transition into music manufacturing in 2016. One of many first steps I took when absolutely transitioning to music was to buy manufacturing software program that I may work with. Victor used a software program referred to as Ableton that I discovered a bit laborious to know. For instance, I had no expertise for that, so I needed to set up Fruity Loops, one other manufacturing software program.