Ghanaian musician, Fameye has disclosed that he will drop an invitation to perform at Afronation Portugal because he is not prepared and his songs are not well known there.
Speaking in an interview with Berla Mundion The Day Show, said he is not as ready as he should be because most of the guys claim that they are international musicians but their songs are not known when they travel to perform.
He emphasized the tasks faced by Ghanaian musicians when trying to gather support from the Ghanaian diaspora during their international performances, particularly in comparison to the crushing turnout for Nigerian artists.
He shared his experience of hosting a show in the UK where the attendance fell short of his expectations.
It seems there is a shift in the dynamics, as Ghanaians were earlier leading the charge in terms of international performances, even holding the attention of Nigerian singers for collaborations.
However, this trend has reversed, and Ghanaians now find themselves in the position of seeking opportunities to collaborate with their Nigerian counterparts.
“I would love to hear my song outside, recently I was in Germany buying something when they started playing Burna Boy’s song, which shocked me,
When asked what he did about it he said “he started dancing”.
Because where I am they don’t know me, It’s not every time you have to move to people, sometimes you have to go and come back again,
Right now if you call, me to come to perform at Afronation Portugal I won’t go, I don’t have the people there. I want to work well so when I go, I can match up to the audience. I have to be prepared and I feel like I am not prepared because some so-called international artists are unable to make the numbers when they travel out to perform.
Since I blew up in 2019, I played shows in the UK and America, I have gone with other people I have gone with and it didn’t pick for us. Even if it would work for us, the Ghanaians have to be the majority there, and even though they are shy to get along,
Why do you think Ghanaians keep canceling their shows, they don’t come. When Wizkid has a show, people seek permission from work four months before the show, they won’t do that for any Ghanaian artist,
Because our people, all of a sudden, it looks like it’s an intentional thing cos it was not a lie that before, that was why the Nigerians used to feature us again but right now it is us chasing them to feature them because they don’t feel like they will get the mileage they want.
King Promise has been performing internationally for a long time now but Ghanaians have a problem”.
The discussion is about how Ghanaian performers are not able to pull the numbers when performing at bigger platforms outside Africa or within Africa.
This has caused a huge debate among industry players.
Story by Obaapa Janee
Source: Pulse.com.gh
