The President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bessa Simons, has called on musicians to charge politicians who engage or contract them to write songs for their political parties.
According to him, that is their job and they should be paid for it.
Bessa Simons was speaking on the sidelines of the National event for this year’s World Tourism Day, at the Sekondi Youth Center in the Western Region. It was on the theme, “Tourism and Peace “.
He was however of the opinion that those who want to do so without any monetary gains can equally go ahead.
“If you are a musician and a political party engages you or contracts you to write a song for them, please charge them, it’s a job you are doing. We make music, we sell it, and they pay us but if it’s from your heart, you want to compose a song for a political party because of your affiliation or passion or anything it’s up to you but remember, keep the lyrics clean,” he advised.
He is also admonishing musicians to use clean lyrics to promote peace as we go to the polls.
“We encourage all musicians to keep their lyrics clean; it means the words they use in their music should inspire people, make them tolerant, open minded and understanding. Don’t use words that will bring confusion. No calling of names, no, we want peace with this election and musicians, we play a big role, especially when it comes to tourism. You know December in Ghana is very big and so we want to have peace this December so that more people can come to move this country forward,” Bessa noted.
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