David Solomon Koroma, aka Double King, a local musician has on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, said that he has recently released a single song titled ‘Take my hand’ featuring Rozzy Sokota, a renowned Sierra Leone musician.
He said the song is based on love, and it encourages lovers to be faithful to each other because, adding that unfaithfulness breeds failure in life. He said, “One good woman is enough to be with.”
He noted that he sings the Milo Jazz (Gumbe)-fusion, a genre of music in the African societies mostly in Sierra Leone.
Double King is a multi-talented musician, with four songs so far: ‘Mama Loving,’ ‘Take my Hand,’ ‘Gumbe Dance’ and ‘Stay Safe,’. He is an Instrumentalist who plays the piano, keyboard, organ and drums.
He explained that his music career started in Church where he served as a chorister. He added that to broaden his knowledge in music, he applied and gained admission into the Ballanta Academy of Music in 2020, and was sponsored by his church to learn the Organ.
He revealed that he was inspired by Dr. Kitty Fadlu Deen, Mr. Lesily Cummings, Christopher James and others tutors at the Academy who influenced him to consider music as a profession.
He explained, “I never knew that I would take music as a profession until when I started a course in music it at Ballanta. People at the Academy always accommodated me, they corrected me whenever I did something wrong and made me acknowledge and learn from my mistakes. The care which Ballanta showed to me made me enjoy music and I decided to take it as a profession.”
By Ibrahim S.Bangura
13/11/2020. ISSUE NO: 7951