Keep Political Affiliation Out Of Showbiz

It takes a classic and masterpiece of a song to make a mark, especially when it comes from a new artiste making his/her debut.

We have many debutants producing hit songs and Evangelist Diana Asamoah is no exception with her acclaimed song ?Mabo Wo Din? which she followed up with an exquisite music video.

Music videos are simply meant to bring the message in the song to life; to depict what the song is about in a play form. Many musicians get it wrong, since their music videos do not in anyway correlate with the messages of the song.

But with Evang. Asamoah, she got it right with her video, telling and showing Ghanaians what the song was really about.

This is where my agitation stems from. The ?Mabo Wo Din? video has been showing on television for months, and for me, the pictures in the video vis-?-vis the song ain?t right.

The sad video depicts President Kuffuor engaged in many endeavours and I?m not insinuating, but I think the video was clearly dedicated to the President.

So what?s my beef with the Evangelist? I just wonder the real idea behind the video was it meant to be a political song or a scheme to get the sympathy of the numerous followers of the President to patronise the song?

Interestingly, the song catapulted to number one on the charts and enjoyed the position for weeks. So what then culminated in the mass sales and airplay the song enjoyed?

Was it because she politicized the song and that won the sympathy of Prez Kuffuor?s admirers to purchase the song? Or the song in itself was simply sublime and soul-inspiring? (barring the Kuffuor connection).

Regarding the success of the song, what if other musicians use in a bid to accumulate more sales? Then we?ll have a musician doing it for Prof. Atta Mills, another will do it for Dr. Mahama, and maybe someone will do it for Kofi Wayo.

If that should be the scenario, then we?ll be politicizing our music industry, and it?s not right. Evang. Asamoah has no doubt showed where she stands as far as politics is concerned and she has every right to do that, but since her video has been showing on national television, the impact on viewers is certainly great.

Musicians should try as much as possible to keep their political affiliations and interests out of the business.

I would take the opportunity to apologise to the Editor and staff of Graphic Showbiz for the derisory remarks I made about them in the article, ?What is A-Pluz up to? and I hereby retract the statement.

It takes a classic and masterpiece of a song to make a mark, especially when it comes from a new artiste making his/her debut.

We have many debutants producing hit songs and Evangelist Diana Asamoah is no exception with her acclaimed song ?Mabo Wo Din? which she followed up with an exquisite music video.

Music videos are simply meant to bring the message in the song to life; to depict what the song is about in a play form. Many musicians get it wrong, since their music videos do not in anyway correlate with the messages of the song.

But with Evang. Asamoah, she got it right with her video, telling and showing Ghanaians what the song was really about.

This is where my agitation stems from. The ?Mabo Wo Din? video has been showing on television for months, and for me, the pictures in the video vis-?-vis the song ain?t right.

The sad video depicts President Kuffuor engaged in many endeavours and I?m not insinuating, but I think the video was clearly dedicated to the President.

So what?s my beef with the Evangelist? I just wonder the real idea behind the video was it meant to be a political song or a scheme to get the sympathy of the numerous followers of the President to patronise the song?

Interestingly, the song catapulted to number one on the charts and enjoyed the position for weeks. So what then culminated in the mass sales and airplay the song enjoyed?

Was it because she politicized the song and that won the sympathy of Prez Kuffuor?s admirers to purchase the song? Or the song in itself was simply sublime and soul-inspiring? (barring the Kuffuor connection).

Regarding the success of the song, what if other musicians use in a bid to accumulate more sales? Then we?ll have a musician doing it for Prof. Atta Mills, another will do it for Dr. Mahama, and maybe someone will do it for Kofi Wayo.

If that should be the scenario, then we?ll be politicizing our music industry, and it?s not right. Evang. Asamoah has no doubt showed where she stands as far as politics is concerned and she has every right to do that, but since her video has been showing on national television, the impact on viewers is certainly great.

Musicians should try as much as possible to keep their political affiliations and interests out of the business.

I would take the opportunity to apologise to the Editor and staff of Graphic Showbiz for the derisory remarks I made about them in the article, ?What is A-Pluz up to? and I hereby retract the statement.