Beat Oven Productions

Shall we do some throwbacks

The year was 2008 I was just fresh off uni and NYSC (I don cast myself 🙄🌚) and I'd left Ondo to come to Ibadan to learn how to make music (I was already a good church keyboardist at the time).

A studio was opening on Ring road on Ibadan and my friend Sanmi Akinmusire (Na**lm) was the producer in the new studio, together with Victor Ayokunnumi Owolabi (Big Ishe) who was a sound engineer, Xodus Productions began.

I was one of the first interns there together with Felix Ogbebor I learnt directly from Na**lm and Big Ishe how to make beats, record and handle a production session on general.
That's where I also met Goke Bajowa and he made of of his albums in the studio. It was an incredible experience for me seeing the a sing being made from bare bones to a full record.

Xodus wasn't just a studio it was a meeting point for artists, managers, music enthusiasts in Ibadan. We really felt like the industry then was building up to blow and meet up with Lagos 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (yeah right 🙄)
Back then SplashFM 105.5 Ibadan was the biggest and freshest station around. Imagine how I felt within a year of making music and I had my songs on rotation in Splash FM 😂
Bk Bellisimo used to come around too, great guy he is, also 213 Entertainment a show promoter who would always drop (advertise) his flyers in our reception two or three days to his show. I never understood his strategy 😂😂😂 I made a song for Wyza Oriola then he didn't release it 😂🤦. At some point too I think Dremo came around. Of course I had my brother, partner in crime and music Vicar Tundey Atkinx always by my side 😂

It was fun times honestly. Imagine me church boy, fresh from uni in the midst of guys that were on the streets hustling..... T Money, InTro Omoruan and many other persons I can't even remember now.

Fun times it was. We had fights, friendships, beef, romance, alcohol, everything and I was a creative genius right at the centre.

Mrs Pamela Udoka spoke to us on how culture relates to music.

What an enlightening experience it was!!!!

Mr. magik himself educates us on music and how to sell yourself as an artist