This
is one of the most comic articles yet to be written by 18newspaper.com.
Information for this article was gathered during the launch of the MUSICGA
music week at the Regent Coconut grove hotel pool side in Accra.
Hon.
Fritz Baffour a very familiar face in the arts world, unveiled that he had
always had love for music hence during his ending remarks in his speech at the
just ended launch he released his upcoming first Jazz single as a solo artiste.
According
to the Minister at the launch he wants the world and everybody to know that he
can only not compose music but has the voice to sing as well. Not to talk about
the fact that he even performed his single with a live band, something many musicians
in this country run away from, means that he is very ready for the game.
Well,
the Honorable minister made his point very clear when he composed a two
sentence song and repeated it throughout the 3mins of his performance.
What
does that tell us, it means that music is the soul of life no wonder there is a
saying that music is the food for the soul because as human beings are souls
are the most sensitive part of our lives hence we don’t joke with it and if
what feeds this soul is music, then, music is indeed a powerful tool.
Just
to draw the attention of the honorable minister of Information that, in order
for his new single to become a house hold song not forgetting his brand both
image and name, sell CDs and perform to a live band just like what he did, it
will costs him over GHC 10,000 to do that.
18newspaper
is very sure he will be surprised but if we are to do a little break down
analysis, we will say studio recording alone might take close to over 2000
because we are sure he will love to record it live and not digital. After that
comes, PR, promotions, distributing and the rest plus in this country where a
song takes 6 months to stand, he needs to promote it continuously for that
period or nothing happens hence we are even sure the quoted figure is peanuts.
This
is our catch, if the Honorable minister who was once known for all his comic
words during his days as Master of Ceremonies will stand for the arts industry openly
and fight our course, the arts will definitely receive attention from the government.
If
not for anything at all, Honorable minister of information please for the love
that you have for music plus the love that you have always had for
entertainment because during your speech at the just ended launch, we felt your
hay days coming to bear. Also if not for anything at all for the fact that you
want to release your own single and tell the world you can sing, you need to
help make it better so that when your single is released officially, things
will be much easier for you and by the way, 18newspaper loved your single, we
are huge fans.
A
note of caution to MUSICGA, the fact that the honorable minister sang at your
launch does not give you the mandate to claim ownership of any funding that the
Honorable minister will push for us. There are other parts of the creative
sector doing more hence needs support as well.
18newspaper
knows and believe that the Honorable minster will give us his white
handkerchief to clean our tears because he shares in the pain of the art
industry.
Story:
Nana Yaw Wiredu / www.18newspaper.com
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