Blogger explains why he leaked Stonebwoy's EOM album
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Since time immemorial, the clarion call has been for Ghanaians to patronise made-in-Ghana services. Day in and day out, we are encouraged to buy and patronise made-in-Ghana services through public education, adverts and other forms of media.
The rationale, we are told, is a mark of patriotism as good citizens and proud Ghanaians. Patriotism is being devoted to and showing love for one’s country.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2017, something spectacular happened in the history of the Ghana Music Industry. The manager of Stonebwoy the signee of Zylofon Media threatened to sue a music blogging site for uploading Stonebwoy's Epistles Mama Album on their site for free upload.
The manager of Stonebwoy, however, said "I called you earlier this morning telling you to take the album down, which you have refused to do. Am giving you up to 3 good hours to do that or I sue you".
However, the argument should be a two-way effect, because, you can’t eat your cake and have it. Ghanaian artists always accuse Ghanaian bloggers for uploading their tracks for free downloads, however they always give their tracks to bloggers in Ghana to upload for free downloads whiles they patronize foreign websites at the expense of uploading their tracks on their site for purchasing purpose! As an entertainment writer, I get disappointed any time I visit entertainment event's in Ghana.
Since the sales of CDs are not more fashioning properly here in Ghana, if an upcoming artiste don’t get a good paying show to perform, then he or she moves on the street struggling to get a means to finance a new work, it's so pathetic.
The worst thing killing our industry is where music lovers and business people get the end products of young men and women’s sweat for free.
The C.E.O of parrynation however questioned, ”Bloggers get free access to songs and push them on their sites and when people download them for free the singer, composer, producer and investors on that specific song don’t get a penny from it, yet still you upload your tracks on foreign site's for purchasing purpose. What do you what the upcoming artists to earn from their sweat as Ghanaian? So, I intentionally uploaded the track on my site for free downloads, because it's so painful to see Ghanaian musicians disrespect we bloggers."
He said, it's high time we patronise our own products, realistically too, living in a globalized world, we cannot also say that we will not use other people’s services at all. But what can we do to improve upon our own services so that we can patronize what belongs to us as a people? It is from this viewing window that I should like beautiful people of Ghana to come to our aid, they are good ideas but as how to initiate them has become a big headache as we lack enough sponsorship.
Why should Ghanaians be characterized as “foreign services prone creatures?” In other words, why do most Ghanaians normally tend to prefer foreign services to those in Ghana? Is it a psychological problem or colonial mentality syndrome, or both? The reader should meditate on this rythorical question.
However, the difference is that this campaign is more holistic in scope and encompasses all sectors of the Ghana Music Industry. But the crux of the matter is that all Ghanaian Musicians are desirous of encouraging Ghanaians to patronize indigenous Ghanaian services, be it Music Promotion, Fashion, Beats, Events organising and many more.
But the object of this article is not to support parrynation technological fame. On the contrary of this, the author wishes to prick the conscience of Ghanaians as to why they should NOT patronize made in Ghana services at all. And why?
Patroning Ghanaian services will help contribute to the technological advancement of the country? How can a young artists make money if Ghanaians doesn't patronize their own services? Perhaps, a simplistic analogy may illustrate my argument better:
The Purpose of Parrynat
Stonebwoy
Since time immemorial, the clarion call has been for Ghanaians to patronise made-in-Ghana services. Day in and day out, we are encouraged to buy and patronise made-in-Ghana services through public education, adverts and other forms of media.
The rationale, we are told, is a mark of patriotism as good citizens and proud Ghanaians. Patriotism is being devoted to and showing love for one’s country.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2017, something spectacular happened in the history of the Ghana Music Industry. The manager of Stonebwoy the signee of Zylofon Media threatened to sue a music blogging site for uploading Stonebwoy's Epistles Mama Album on their site for free upload.
The manager of Stonebwoy, however, said "I called you earlier this morning telling you to take the album down, which you have refused to do. Am giving you up to 3 good hours to do that or I sue you".
However, the argument should be a two-way effect, because, you can’t eat your cake and have it. Ghanaian artists always accuse Ghanaian bloggers for uploading their tracks for free downloads, however they always give their tracks to bloggers in Ghana to upload for free downloads whiles they patronize foreign websites at the expense of uploading their tracks on their site for purchasing purpose! As an entertainment writer, I get disappointed any time I visit entertainment event's in Ghana.
Since the sales of CDs are not more fashioning properly here in Ghana, if an upcoming artiste don’t get a good paying show to perform, then he or she moves on the street struggling to get a means to finance a new work, it's so pathetic.
The worst thing killing our industry is where music lovers and business people get the end products of young men and women’s sweat for free.
The C.E.O of parrynation however questioned, ”Bloggers get free access to songs and push them on their sites and when people download them for free the singer, composer, producer and investors on that specific song don’t get a penny from it, yet still you upload your tracks on foreign site's for purchasing purpose. What do you what the upcoming artists to earn from their sweat as Ghanaian? So, I intentionally uploaded the track on my site for free downloads, because it's so painful to see Ghanaian musicians disrespect we bloggers."
He said, it's high time we patronise our own products, realistically too, living in a globalized world, we cannot also say that we will not use other people’s services at all. But what can we do to improve upon our own services so that we can patronize what belongs to us as a people? It is from this viewing window that I should like beautiful people of Ghana to come to our aid, they are good ideas but as how to initiate them has become a big headache as we lack enough sponsorship.
Why should Ghanaians be characterized as “foreign services prone creatures?” In other words, why do most Ghanaians normally tend to prefer foreign services to those in Ghana? Is it a psychological problem or colonial mentality syndrome, or both? The reader should meditate on this rythorical question.
However, the difference is that this campaign is more holistic in scope and encompasses all sectors of the Ghana Music Industry. But the crux of the matter is that all Ghanaian Musicians are desirous of encouraging Ghanaians to patronize indigenous Ghanaian services, be it Music Promotion, Fashion, Beats, Events organising and many more.
But the object of this article is not to support parrynation technological fame. On the contrary of this, the author wishes to prick the conscience of Ghanaians as to why they should NOT patronize made in Ghana services at all. And why?
Patroning Ghanaian services will help contribute to the technological advancement of the country? How can a young artists make money if Ghanaians doesn't patronize their own services? Perhaps, a simplistic analogy may illustrate my argument better:
The Purpose of Parrynat
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