Duo receive music mentors award

Cobhams Asuquo and GT Da Guitarman have been honored as mentors at the Tenstrings Music Institute.

The duo were hosted last week at the institute’s  quarterly event tagged StarMingle were the received the recognition for their hardwork.

The StarMingle is a program designed to celebrate outstanding artistes in the Nigerian Music industry, while providing students in the institute the opportunity to learn from the artists by interacting and sharing with them during the event.  Activities during the event included live performances of both musicians’ popular songs by students, words of advice from the guest artists, question and answer session and presentation of a Mentor-Worthy award to the artists.

Students of the institute expressed great excitement as GT Da Guitarman shared with them his numerous tough experiences in the music industry in a career that has lasted over a decade. Cobhams was not left out in this enlightenment for the upcoming acts, as he made them understand that no amount of disability is strong enough to retract their destinies, provided they believe in themselves, keep it real and pay the price of hardwork. Remarkably, he emphasized there’s no big deal in failing, when you fail,  fail-forward.

The director of the institute in his statement, reiterated that the event was paramount to bridging the gap between where the upcoming musicians in the college are right now and where they dream to be, by drawing inspiration from musicians who have already walked the path. He thereafter presented to both artists the mentor-worthy award, which henceforth  makes them mentors to students of the institute officially.

Cobhams later took to the piano and GT to the microphone to dazzle the students in a jamming session which lasted over 30 minutes. The students soon joined in the fun as they mounted other instruments and perform with the visiting stars.