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If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to work with Ghana’s gospel maestro, Nacee, former manager Nana Poku Ashis has a simple answer: plenty of patience, a healthy prayer life, and a spine built for endurance.
In a recent revelation that surprised absolutely nobody familiar with musical perfectionists, Ashis admitted that managing and working with Nacee was one of the most demanding, exhausting, and mentally draining experiences of his career.
Forget bungee jumping. Forget wrestling crocodiles. Try telling Nacee that a snare drum is “good enough.”
According to Ashis, Nacee doesn’t just raise the bar. He launches it into orbit and expects everyone else to climb up and meet it before lunch. The hitmaker behind some of Ghana’s biggest gospel anthems has earned a reputation for chasing perfection with almost superhuman precision. If a single note drifts off by the tiniest fraction of a semitone, Nacee hears it instantly, calls for a halt, and starts the process all over again.
For a manager trying to keep recording sessions on schedule and budgets under control, that level of perfectionism feels like herding cats through a thunderstorm while balancing a spreadsheet.
“It was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done,” Ashis confessed, perhaps still haunted by the sound of another take being requested.
Before anyone starts organising a rescue mission for producers trapped in Nacee’s studio, Ashis was quick to point out the upside. Behind every painstaking revision lies a clear purpose. The endless hours, repeated takes, and uncompromising standards are not acts of obsession for their own sake. They are the ingredients behind the music that continues to resonate with audiences. Working with Nacee is less of a routine studio session and more of a crash course in excellence, even if it feels like military training while you’re living through it.
Ashis’s reflections serve as a reminder of a timeless truth in the entertainment industry. Genuine brilliance rarely comes wrapped in convenience. If your dream job involves smooth sailing, predictable hours, and the occasional long lunch break, Nacee may not be your ideal collaborator. But if your goal is to create music that stands the test of time, and you don’t mind surviving on coffee and determination along the way, there are few producers better suited for the task.
