Multiple awards-winning gospel singer, Christiana Love is "happily-sad". Days after releasing her latest album, which is the third in four years, she said, "I'm happy because God is using me as a vessel to spread His word among the people through my music".
"But I'm sad because after four years since I became a professional, there still appears to be too few experts in the music industry and I cannot find any to employ to offer me excellent advice and direction to enable me to soar as the professional artiste that I want to be", she told The Mirror.
She said all her efforts to get even a manager to run her 'basic affairs' as a musician have proved futile as all the people who claimed to be professionals and thus got into her camp turned out to be pretenders.
"In fact, I recently sacked one of such pretenders and I'm seriously searching for a true professional who can properly manage my activities and also negotiate contracts that will fetch me enough fortune so that I can accomplish my cherished dream of building schools".
"Could you believe that I personally have to strike deals with event organizers, negotiate contracts, run my publicity and even make travel arrangements? All these do not give me the clear mind to write as many songs as I would wish", she lamented.
The songs on Christiana Love's latest album titled, "Awurade Akae Me" (God has remembered me), were written by her husband, Love Hammond and songwriter, Nana Boateng with Christie writing a few.
Apart from executive producer-cum distribution, Big Ben, who is working on Christie's latest release, there are no other qualified persons working for the nursing mother/singer and she is desperate to find some to employ "so that I can touch more souls and make some good money to build schools and initiate charitable activities".
The new album has songs that suggest a theme that underlines God's Supremacy and the need for one to call on Him at all times. The 10 songs run on highlife, reggae, 'jama' praise and cool worship rhythms. Arguably, the most captivating of the songs is 'Metumigyina' (I'm able to stand), which is fats paced and full of assuring words for the listener.
Other potential chartbusters on the album include, 'Se Wan Maa' (If you don't come...), 'Dea Awurade Aye Soso' (God's deeds are great) and 'Obia Mta Wo Yonko' (All should befriend you).
Christie's ear for good reggae rhythms is shown in 'Mate Wo Ase' (I now understand you). In the title song, 'Awurade Akae Me' (God has remembered me), the singer's prowess in the production of praise songs is also clearly evident. Other hot praises on the album are 'Empa Metiriso' and 'Aye Papa'.
RoRo, George Forest and Dan Bassey, three of Ghana's deft sound engineers worked on the album, which was launched at a ceremony in Accra recently.
Multiple awards-winning gospel singer, Christiana Love is "happily-sad". Days after releasing her latest album, which is the third in four years, she said, "I'm happy because God is using me as a vessel to spread His word among the people through my music".
"But I'm sad because after four years since I became a professional, there still appears to be too few experts in the music industry and I cannot find any to employ to offer me excellent advice and direction to enable me to soar as the professional artiste that I want to be", she told The Mirror.
She said all her efforts to get even a manager to run her 'basic affairs' as a musician have proved futile as all the people who claimed to be professionals and thus got into her camp turned out to be pretenders.
"In fact, I recently sacked one of such pretenders and I'm seriously searching for a true professional who can properly manage my activities and also negotiate contracts that will fetch me enough fortune so that I can accomplish my cherished dream of building schools".
"Could you believe that I personally have to strike deals with event organizers, negotiate contracts, run my publicity and even make travel arrangements? All these do not give me the clear mind to write as many songs as I would wish", she lamented.
The songs on Christiana Love's latest album titled, "Awurade Akae Me" (God has remembered me), were written by her husband, Love Hammond and songwriter, Nana Boateng with Christie writing a few.
Apart from executive producer-cum distribution, Big Ben, who is working on Christie's latest release, there are no other qualified persons working for the nursing mother/singer and she is desperate to find some to employ "so that I can touch more souls and make some good money to build schools and initiate charitable activities".
The new album has songs that suggest a theme that underlines God's Supremacy and the need for one to call on Him at all times. The 10 songs run on highlife, reggae, 'jama' praise and cool worship rhythms. Arguably, the most captivating of the songs is 'Metumigyina' (I'm able to stand), which is fats paced and full of assuring words for the listener.
Other potential chartbusters on the album include, 'Se Wan Maa' (If you don't come...), 'Dea Awurade Aye Soso' (God's deeds are great) and 'Obia Mta Wo Yonko' (All should befriend you).
Christie's ear for good reggae rhythms is shown in 'Mate Wo Ase' (I now understand you). In the title song, 'Awurade Akae Me' (God has remembered me), the singer's prowess in the production of praise songs is also clearly evident. Other hot praises on the album are 'Empa Metiriso' and 'Aye Papa'.
RoRo, George Forest and Dan Bassey, three of Ghana's deft sound engineers worked on the album, which was launched at a ceremony in Accra recently.
