COSON Week explodes with The Nigerian music machine

An important part of the events of the much-advertised COSON Week 2013 which from May 19 to 25 will be the publication of the Nigerian music machine, a 300-page full gloss magazine. The publication will contain never before seen photographs and text, tracking the highpoints of key aspects of the effervescent Nigerian music industry, the people, institutions and brands driving the industry.

Thousands will get to read the magazine during the week and after. During the COSON Week press conference held in Lagos on February 5, a dummy of the magazine was unveiled and Nigerian veteran rap act, Ruggedman, said in a video presentation that; “The Nigerian music machine will be food for the eyes, a collectors’ item that will be read for many years.

Every article is being written by a writer who knows his onions. The Nigerian music machine will provide records, information and entertainment not available anywhere else. It will be the authoritative reference material on the industry”.

The fascinating cover design, depicts a machine-like or robotic presentation of a performer that appears to be 2Face Idibia. Among the several features of the magazine is the foldable cover and centre pages that allow the possibility of four-page and three-page spreads because of the special design.

Speaking on the magazine, COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji said; “In line with the standard we have set for everything associated with the COSON Week, the magazine will be without equal. We are not cutting any corners”. The week will involve a series of programmes, involving every facet of the entertainment industry in the nation, to celebrate the blossoming music industry in Nigeria.