“Educative music pays too” - Mesach Semakula responds to Lil Pazo

The Golden Band maestro says musicians need to return to the production of educative songs and not just hits that will only give them short-lived fame.

“Musicians need to change. Songs that carry good messages also work; they last longer and they pay too,” he said.

“Such songs may not return dividends instantly…I know that people want to get quick profits… but for us over the years, we never chased after hits because hits are easy to make"

“But the right thing to do is to work hard and come up with a good song which touches people’s lives. It doesn't matter if it becomes a hit or not.”

Mesach Semakula scolds disrespectful journalists

Semakula was speaking in light of the recent recognition he got from the Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, who praised his new song “Emirembe Ngalo” during this week’s “Lukiiko” (Cabinet) meeting.

Lil Pazo

Recently, singer Lil Pazo went viral talking about how Ugandans don’t care about educative music anymore.

“I have been singing for seven years but people are not listening…Now I brought Enkudi and that’s what they want. That's where our country stands,” Pazo said.

“Even at government functions, it is Gravity who is getting invited to sing Okwepicha,”

But Semakula begs to defer.

He says every time an artist puts out a song that supports societal transformation, the most important people in leadership will notice.

"In the music I make, I look at society and the things that affect people’s lives and I pick out the messages that I feel people need to hear,” he added.