BBorn
in Nigerian town of Nsukka, Gary
studied music at the prestigious University of Nigeria Nsukka
where he majored in composition, percussion and piano minor and
passing out in flying colors with a Bachelor of Arts degree and
diploma respectively .
He later went ahead to grab a certificate
of merit in Radio production from the Federal Radio Corporation
of Nigeria Training School Lagos, certificate of merit in directing at
itpan lagos and another certificate in film/video editing from the
same school. With his real understanding
of the real issues on ground and his sheer determination to conquer
the industry where survival is left for those who could combine
talent with education, Gary went straight
to then famous music production studio Klink Studios to train
as a sound engineer. He eventually started his career right
at the same studio as one of its engineers until another established
studio VIF studios, sought his services and he moved on to work
as engineer and producer.
However, the urge of going it all alone
and owning what he considered an ideal digital sound pad never
stopped biting him. So he started procuring equipment after another.
No international music equipment magazine passed him by as he
subscribed to some through his friends and contacts abroad.
Sometime in 1998, Gary stopped working
for VIF and threw open the doors of his own digital sound studio
with two arms , one for demo and the other for master from where
he churns out hits after another. Not long after he set up the
studio had the place turned into a mecca for budding artistes
who want to benefit from the art that had turned around the works
of artistes like Healing Child (Gwamokwu), Zaki Adzee, Telemi
, Gbemi Olaleye and a host of others as sound engineer.
Apart
from these, Gary Stinno Nwobu arranged , produced and engineered
the award winning albums of wave making artiste OLLIE GEE whose
album Daddy Moh was the highest selling album in Nigeria for 2001.
Omalicha , the same artistes latest album is still rising on the
rump of the charts. No wonder therefore that Gary is one of the
most sought after music producers today and his studios are usually
fully booked.
Before
this , Gary had made the recording of some of his songs titled
Ewa jo (come and dance) and put them out on cassettes and CDs
and released in Europe and Canada.
- Fred Iwenjora Vanguard Newspapers.
