Issah Aminu
Ghanaian musician Issah Aminu has expressed concern about the personality clash and conflicts that had plagued the music industry and said these were affecting the industry negatively.
He appealed to music stakeholders to bury their differences, unite and promote the music industry.
He observed that due to disunity among members some producers were taking undue advantage of that situation to exploit musicians.
He said the creative industry of which music belongs had great potential to promote the growth of the economy and there was the need for effective collaboration by all stakeholders to ensure that the sector contributed to national development.
Expressing his opinion on problems facing the music industry in Ghana the musician said frequent wrangling among stakeholders in the sector coupled with piracy of creative works was impeding the growth of the music industry in the country.
According to him, the creative industry had a great capacity to generate jobs and income for the nation and called for peace to prevail in the industry.
He therefore expressed concern about personality clashes and power struggle as well as misinformation in the music sector and called for tolerance and accommodation of divergent views in order to bring peace to the sector.
According to him, it is only when musicians unite that they can truly realize the glory of God in their line of work, adding “All of us need to unite to combat the many challenges confronting the music industry in the country.”
In recent times, the Ghana music industry has been characterised by confusion with musicians fighting each other as happened at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
He urged musicians to learn to accommodate and tolerate one another and try to eschew personality clashes that have existed in the music industry for so many years.
The multi-talented musician said the major challenge facing the industry was how to break even in the Ghanaian market and called on musicians to come together to find a lasting solution to it.
Issah Aminu cautioned musicians to work tirelessly to protect and promote the image of the Ghana music industry to attract additional investments into the music sector.
He, however, called on the government to help put effective structures in place to build and grow the creative arts sector, adding that the creative industry needs to be adequately projected on the international scene.
By George Clifford Owusu