How many languages can you express love and passion? Well, the new lady on the block, Jane Peters, uses six languages. Peters, founder of Jane Peters Entertainment, yesterday, debut her hexalingual (six language) song, “Massa Keh” and music video at a press soirée in The Cube restaurant.
Screening the debut music video was like a way back machine that apparently drifted viewers into Sierra Leone’s rich pastoral cultural scenery of tranquility and beauty. The props, the fabrics and the locale coupled with the well synthesized stereo sound of drum beats, and traditional instruments produces a unique convergence of audio visual artwork.
“’Massa Keh’ is sang in Krio, English, Mende, Temne, Madingo and Soso. It is a song about love, passion, intrigue, and living a full, confident life. I am confident my song will bring a change and add feathers to the Sierra Leonean hat. I want to be unique… My music is special… and I want to create a splash.” ”As a proud Sierra Leonean singer, I want to be bringing more of our rich culture to the national and international community. Our traditions and cultures are rich, valuable and something deeply entrenched in our Sierra Leonean DNA,” Peters explained. She said her team is rich in ideas to make that change that will bring Sierra Leone traditional music to another level. “Nothing happens without support and aid… These people are instrumental. As I stand here… I feel the presence of so many fine people… who stand with me, behind me and beside me,” she proudly pointed out. However, though it’s her debut music video, Jane is no newbie when it comes to music. Jane have been singing for as long as she could remember. “Before I took my first steps, I sang. Before the A-B-C’s, for me, there was the doh-reh-me’s… fah-so-lah-dee-doh,” she revealed.
“My passion for music has never faded. I sang as a child and I’m still singing. Music has been a positive driving force in me. It pulses in my heart and soul. Music fills me with hope, love and life. I sing and play the keyboard and guitar…”As a professional musician, Jane advised, “in this day-and-age, if anyone wants to be a success, one must be professional. In the music industry you have to be professional, enthusiastic, talented… and sometimes thick skinned.”Jane studied music for about 3 years at the Ballanta Music Academy and the Royal School of Music, U.K.
Jane has also won several awards – locally and Internationally in music and activism. “I have performed locally in most of the top hotels and at a huge variety of events, internationally, I have performed in Gambia and Morocco,” she said. She ended up by saying don’t be fooled, “music is not for dropouts”. Video Producer, Miles B. Kamara said that the video was shot at the John O’Bey village and come next week it would be screen on DSTV hip channel. Sierra Leonean/Ghanian, Creative Designer, Kweku Kikics Kamara, said shooting the video was a fun process. “It was just creative people coming together to do what they do best…”Guest Speaker at the soirée, Adonis Abboud, advised musicians and artists to come together for the growth and development of the industry. “Together we can do wonders… division is destructive,” he said.
By Ophaniel Gooding
Friday May 26, 2017.
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