Ghanaian musician and songwriter Enoch Nana Yaw Oduro-Agyei, also known in showbiz as Trigmatic, has revealed that about 80% of aspirants who turned up to be vetted for various roles at Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) did not want their children to do music.
The ‘My Life’ crooner made the revelation in an interview with Sammy Flex, host of Showbiz Agenda on Zylofon FM on June 22, 2021.
Trigmatic’s revelation followed Facebook post made by an internationally recognized Ghanaian Afropop musician Reggy Zippy. In the Facebook post sighted by Mynewsafric.com, Reggy Zippy warned emerging acts in Ghana not to venture into the music business.
“If you are an upcoming Ghanaian music artist reading this post right now, I WANT YOU TO QUIT DOING MUSIC IN GHANA and go learn a trade.” Reggy wrote.
However, speaking to Sammy Flex, Trigmatic says he agrees with Reggy Zippy. Affirming his statement, Trigmatic says, he was not looking at the statement from the direct point of view, but rather the effect it will bring.
“Put away the direct Utterance and look at the effects. Yes, I agree upcoming artist should quit music. The effect of this post is what I am looking at, the conversations it has sparked around. It will help us put things in the right place.”
He explained that, in 2019 he was part of five-member committee appointed by the National Executive Committee to supervise the National Election of the Union and vet aspirants, adding that it was during the vetting of aspirants that he realized that 80% of the people who came did not want their children to do music.
He said the value of music has been degraded by the very people who wanted to occupy the high office of the union and therefore making it difficult for people with resources to invest in music industry.
Touching on how far the music industry in Ghana has come, Trig, as he is referred to by his fan base, believes the industry “has not even started ‘moving’ after so many years”.
He noted that, it is individuals who have made progress but the industry as a whole is stagnant and not helping musicians.
“Media houses are not paying, GHAMRO says Media house are not paying and therefore we are not getting our royalties. Whenever people in institutions are ‘bashed’ it should not be personalized” he added.
