User:Henry2913

Seye Akinmboni popularly known as BANTEY..is a force to reckon with when it comes to music as a whole...a prolific music producer,composer,singer and pianist.. who has always believed in the dynamism in the word 'MUSIC',thats why he is been tagged Jack of all Trade and master of ALL..fromhiphop to salsa,rnb,juju,pop funk,polka,jazz,march,pop,fuji,rock,soul,merengue,dancehall,reggea.name it,he's got it all in his creative store house.he grew up listening to the like of jamesbrown,kool and the gang,georgebenson,fela,eviednaogoli,bongosikwe,sirshinapeters,sir bobby benson,ayindebarrister,michealjackson,dollyparton,bobmarley,elvispresleye.t.c He started out with playing musical instruments like the recorder,piano,guitar,drums and saxophone..but his major instrument has always been the piano which he started to play at the age of four,he recalls that he's dad(who he regards as his mentor)employed the services of a music teacher for his older sister and some family friends initially but at the end of the day he came in and became the centre of attraction and also with time his sister and others dropped out which left only him in the class and that attracted his father's attention,by the time he was 7 years he already had four keyboards to play around with,got a new keyboard as his seventh year birthday gift and started performing at concerts,playing for churches and at age nine he was already playing in album recordings,@ age 16,the break came and his creative knowledge/bass lineswhere required to make yinkaayefele’sFUNFAIR album a hit,and guess what,d album recorded a commercial success,subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing different genres. the graduate of business administration has developed THEME music/Production of Audio Branding  for Outfits /Corporate bodies like Swiftthinkltd,Cowbell,Trustline,UAC ltd(gossy water) and many more and also had his input on the productions of artistes such as Sunny Nneji,Flavour,Roy(project fame),tiwa,lumeenous,folakeumosen,uk rapper Skyyboi and american rapper gillie da kid He believes a music producer should be able to interpret any kind of music,ranging from big band music to solo, experience really counts in everything one does in life,he recalls experimenting  and  achieving the sounds of big bands/ensembles  by playing (as a pianist)with notable artistes such as Yolanda brown(uk),  Gregory jones(usa),teemac (international flutist),mike aremu,yinkadavies,ebbydrenbt(holland)omotolajolade,ronkenoly(usa),temidollface,bright gain and also playing @ different events /music festivals around the world/performing on the same stage with world reknowned acts such as Brandy,Fredhammond,Dbanj,tuface,Israelhoughton,donmoen,deitrickhaddon,joethomas,marvinsapp,tyetribbet..e.t.c He presides over an all round media outfit called LUMINOUS media as the inhouse Music producer/creative director.