In September 2015, I wrote an article titled “The Paralysis of Ghana’s Music Industry.” In the honest piece, I discussed the non-existence of a music industry in Ghana, and what may be done to create one. Almost five years down the line, the music scene still faces the same problems, and even probably worse. I see a lot of talents emerging with gut, passion and naivety, with little to no direction on how they can make a living off their craft. All because there’s no appropriate structure in place.
What
I want to establish with this editorial is stated below:
- The
right structure of a working music industry, so the reader can have a good idea
of how things work. We shall look at the creation of music through to
consumption by the public, and activities in between that result in capital
generation.
- The
current state of the Ghana music scene, and the problems challenging it.
- The solutions that can be put in place to resolve the problems.
