SOME MUSICIANS and key players in the music industry last Monday besieged the premises of the Copyright Society of Ghana (COSGA) in reaction to a story in the Monday edition of the DAILY GUIDE, headlined “Joe Ghartey Urged to Stop Royalty Distribution”.
The story cited Faisal Helwani, a producer, ...
A Music Researcher and Consultant, Mr. Carlos Sekyi, narrated to participants attending a seminar on `Distribution- The Key to Success In The Music Industry,` how the music of a young musician he met years ago was used without any payment to him.
`Few years ago I met a young man who has produced ...
We can all jump for joy at the thought that there are more Gospel musicians in Ghana than there used to be a decade ago.
But a major question on the lips of almost all Gospel music fans is whether the proliferation of these gospel musicians also exhibits the required professionalism when making t ...
Most Ghanaian musicians are dying and dying poor. Not because they do not make money out of what they produce, but because there are no concrete structures and channels in the country through which they can benefit immensely from what they have produced.
These were some of the grave concerns expr ...
MUSICIAN PRINCE Tuffour of Mentor I fame found it tough controlling a crowd of Liberian fans when he performed at the launching of Pastor Mabel H. Buckett’s inspirational and praise album at Buduburam in the Central region.
Prince, who performed two songs from his collaborative album ‘W’aseda,’ w ...
The former deputy chairman of the National Commission on Culture (NCC), Mr Hawkson has declared that the music industry in Ghana is being killed by lack of financing in the production of Ghanaian music.
According to him, the industry lacked empirical data to show the contribution of the music ...
Remember the days when Jay Q used to be a household name in Ghana. Every new good song came from his golden fingers then, but it seems it’s all over now as more and more musicians and executive producers turn to Appietus to produce their songs and albums.
The Gospel music industry has witnessed lot of artistes over the years. Some of these are able to finish the journey but others fell somewhere along the line.
One such personality, who has survived in this competitive business, is Emmanuel Kwabena Asante.
The Alliance Francaise in collaboration with the French Embassy in Accra will on Friday October 13 2006 present Hewale Sounds, a neo-traditional group in a magnetic concert at the premises of the Alliance Francaise.
Other groups scheduled to perform at the concert, which forms part of the 10th ...
