I realised early, long before I became a researcher, that ideas are mobile. They can move through sound, rhythm, rhetoric, performance, and creativity.

My creative journey began early. When I was about five years old, I would gather stray plastics and old cooking pots from my mother’s kitchen and arrange them into something that looked like a drum set. I would pick up tiny sticks, or sometimes use my school pencils, and make all sorts of rhythmic and not-so-rhythmic sounds. At other times, I would sit on my late dad’s motorcycle, using the fuel tank as a snare drum, the left side of the handlebar as a hi-hat, and the right side as a ride cymbal. This was the beginning of the journey of “Drummer Boy Bolu” and later, “B Sharp.”

By the age of eight, I was playing drums in my local church, and I would go on to play on bigger platforms as I grew older. As a teenager, I became fascinated by other musical instruments and somehow picked up the bass guitar and piano. I started playing these instruments without any formal training. I learnt them by myself.

By the age of fifteen, I had become a music director. In 2014, I was appointed Provincial Instrumentalist Coordinator of a large faith organisation, RCCG Lagos Province 25, covering over 100 branches and choir teams.

On campus at Obafemi Awolowo University, I was recognised and awarded Best Guitarist by Redeemed Christian Fellowship, one of the largest Christian fellowships in the university.

My music and creative abilities have also been recognised in other fora. More about this part of my background can be read in an article published by Mr Idowu Omisore, an author and PR expert.

Over the years, my creative work has expanded to other forms of art and expression. I have grown as a musician, songwriter, composer, spoken word artist, poet, creative writer, and public performer.

My creative practice is rooted in the belief that creativity is a way of processing experience and communicating conviction. It is also a language for communicating with deep emotions.