MEET BUSAYO AKINLOTAN: FEMALE GOSPEL TALKING DRUMMER.

What a man can do, a woman can do even better, so they say. When Church Portal met with Busayo Akinlotan aka Bhussie Halulah, the fast rising female gospel artiste who plays talking drum with passion. In this interview with our correspondence, she share with us her passion for the male dominated instrument .

CP: Can we meet you?

Bhussie: My name is Akinlotan Busayo aka Bhussie Halulah, Accounting student of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti.

CP: You play a very unusual instrument especially for a lady, talking drum, how do you come about it?

Bhussie: Actually I played drums when I was young though I stopped for a while then after my exams, I started playing it again: it was then I developed interest in talking drum.

CP: Have you been intimidated before being a male dominated area of interest?

Bhussie: Not really, you know when you are doing something you have passion for and you are focus, nothing can intimidate you. I remembered when I started playing talking drums, it looks like wasting of precious time, but now when people hear Bhussie Halulah, they will say oh, the female talking drummer, so that’s how it is.

CP: What has been keeping you going?

Bhussie: It is God.

CP: Is there any encouragement from your siblings or your parents?

Bhussie: Now, yes but when I started, no, my dad use to call it Un-necessary activity then, he will say ‘your siblings are in school and you are there playing talking drums’, but I was focused?

CP: Have you been to any reality show before to showcase this talent?

Bhussie: No

CP: Are you planning to give it a trial?

Bhussie: I don’t think so

CP: You have been signed under Zion Music Record Label, what are your projections?

Bhussie: We are working on a project.

CP: Do you have a group or you usually perform as a solo artist?

Bhussie: Zion Records are not just managing me, they are family, so we work together, anything that we want to do, we do together. Though I am planning to set up a group, it will be under the management.

CP: Do you play the talking drum in church?

Bhussie: Yes in school

CP: What about home?

Bhussie: Each time I am around, I do play in my church.

CP: We need to see more of you probably in a concert or what do you think?

Bhussie: Zion Music Record Label is working on a project; I believe by His grace, you’ll see me then.

CP: Thanks for the time you share with us.

Bhussie: You are most welcome.