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Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about afrobeats will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 6 years of working with music has actually taught me.
The people who struggle most are the ones who overthink the entry point.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to building one real thing instead of more tutorials. After that, things started moving much faster.
The one thing I would prioritise: do not compare your beginning to someone else's middle.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
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