DRUMMERS ARE NOT BEGGERS SAYS AYANGBAJUMO

Eniola- Lias Abiodun is a professional drummer and unarguably a woman thriving in a skill mainly dominated by men.

She got her stage name AYANGBAJUMO coined by her fans because her performance on stage was well appreciated. In an interview with her on a talk show ENI OLOKIKI(The Famous) with Bisiologe on IBILE Tv-African Cable Television, Ayangbajumo opened up to her fans on some of her concepts.

Ayangbajumo on ENI OLOKIKI.

Her father is a retired Army from Gbagura town in Abeokuta Ogun state , while her mother is from Ilesha in Osun state where her grandmother taught her how to beat drums.
Ayangbajumo explained furthermore;

''Whenever we were taken to Ilesha for holiday with our grand mum, I would observe that varieties of drums were hanged against the wall in the sitting room. Having shown interest in drum beating just for fun then, I curiously asked my grandma what those drums stand for and would really like to know if we have drumming background. I was in secondary school at this period. She made me to realize that we have no drumming background that my grandpa was an influential man and that was why he married three wives. She told me that she was blessed with a set of twins three times for my grandpa with my mum being as the last born set of twins.

She told me that after her, the rest two of my grandpa's wives also had twins. Then, the culture was that once you have twins, it is imperative for you to take them out and dance around the town in company of a competent drummer. So, being an influential person, my grandpa detests that idea. Instead of that, he bought variety of drums and would invite all the professional drummers from Illesha and its environs to come and beat those drums for his twins. He would also invite all his friends and associates to come and celebrate with him. That was where he came about drums which he hanged in his sitting room. And my grandma has already been used to those drums. She was the first person inspired to beat the drum and she trained me on how to beat drum too.

After my secondary school, I joined Alariwo of Africa as a backup artiste. While I was with him, we did an album titled 'Yawa go gas' and I left him after some times to face my studies. However, after I finished from the Poly, I was used to chant (Ewi) in all events I found myself and still beating the drum but was not that good then. One day, a male friend introduced me to Lagbaja band leader, Mr. Muri Ayangbola and it was him that thought me the nitty-gritty of the job. When I got there, I met Ayanbinrin who had already been learning the job but she later left why I was still there. Ayangbola thought me Apala, Iya-Ilu, Gangan and so forth.
  She also mentioned and appreciated some of the Fuji Artists who promoted her like, Alabi Pusuma

Bisiologe n Ayangbajumo after the show.

  Oganla Fuji, King (Dr) Saheed Osupa,PK1 Obesere and so on.

                  Bisi'ologe.