Nobody will take out his intestines and replace them with cotton apart from Us.
According to the CEO of Speech Production Enock Agyepong, for years we’ve been Preaching, let’s promote our own, let’s promote our own saaa but as usual, those put in charge to promote our own have decided to rather take monies from our neighbours and promote their works. They’ve sold the birthright for coins.
It’s a fact that promoting something extensively can increase the demand for it.
Now in December, we’re being told that our audience has an appeal for our neighbour’s music instead of our own in fact sponsors even spend more money on them than our Artists. Like I said earlier common sense should tell us that the more we promote something else the more our people will demand it but because we refuse to think we continue to perpetrate that foolishness in everything including prioritising soap operas over our local productions.
Just a few weeks ago we all saw how Olive The Boy launched his music career with all the razzmatazz and the Sonys and the Universals and the bla bla bla and finally the activation of the Nigerian tour only to be told that his performance at the Big Brother Naija show was shelved from appearing on TV.
Information from the camp said they pitched for the show meaning there is a possibility that they paid to be on that platform. In the end, we’re being given some flimsy explanation that it was some miscommunication between some director and producer of the show.
The fact is if we are silly enough to choose others over ours, they are not stupid to choose ours over theirs and the funny part is how some of our people were crying fowl over a show we pitched for smh.”
He added that , George M. Britton made it clear that the BBN program is only for their artists and is a way to protect their industry.
You boldly build billboards for them playlist their music on your TV channels and play their songs in all our clubs and events while you fight and insult your Artists down here. Wei
Sadly, even the shelving of our Artist at the BBN House is not being discussed on our platforms and that should tell you how we have contributed to our fall. It”s sad but na who cause am.
Greedy and selfish individuals who have turned themselves into agents for our neighbours have sold the industry out.
Sense One sef we no get and that’s the plain truth.
I honestly didn’t want to write about this but if we don’t, posterity will judge us.
We wish Olive & his Team all the best in his career and ask that he recovers quickly from that setback and move on with speed cause the journey has not even yet started.
Kweku Ananse thought he was the wisest man on earth until Ntekuma told him to tie the pot of wisdom on his back before climbing the tree.
#LetUsPromoteOurOwn #IndustryFirst
Story by Obaapa Janeee/ahotoronline.com
