Lying on my sick bed and going through Facebook on my BB I came across this post by Dublin based Nigerian artist Young Bross and the first thing that came to my head was about time. I may not attend a lot of events or write much about entertainment apart from the occational interviews, but trust me I know everything that goes on in the entertainment scene here in Dublin from video shots to who is dating who to petty fights on FB, the one that bugs me most is performing for free seriously? Anyways seeing the post brought a smile to my face, I am so happy that finally someone is standing up for what he feels, I feel and I know you Ireland based Nigeria artist know and feel is wrong, my question is why? I know a lot of you don’t like it and always complain behind closed doors because you are scared that if you say anything and don’t perform for free that promoters will blacklist you and make sure you never see any stage again ohhhhh please nobody I repeat nobody has your destiny in their hand and so cannot change or stop you from getting to your destination, my dears please about time you take a stand and give yourself, your talent
and your craft a little bit of respect and value, that way the promoters and your fans will take you seriously, so as far as I am concerned this idea of free this free that has to stop I am not saying you can’t do stuff for free but before you do that ask yourselves why am I doing it for free? Is it for charity (a good course) or because the person involved is my friend, am I in this business for the fun of it or to entertain and make money with your God given talent c
Promoter as far as I am concerned are exploiting and taking advantage of you they bring in Nigerian music stars spend so much making sure they are comfortable, accord them all the respects and benefits that come with being a star and they treat you like a lesser star which you know deep down you are not. My dears you are stars and celebrities in our eyes and here in Dublin so it is time you take control of your territory show us you value yourself and you craft and put a price on you talent no matter how little and we will take you seriously don’t be scared that Oga promoter won’t call you again for an event (bone them).
My dearies organise a little listening party and concert and we will all come out to support you (my 2cent) and feel free to comment under anonymous cos I know a lot of you wouldn’t want to comment because of you oga on the top and as for me primmy I say warraever *winks*
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Email: primroseobata@gmail.com
Well done ma, thanks for writing about what a lot of us are thinking but not able to say openly for fear of the cabal called promoter somebody showed me the post will broadcast asap
ReplyDeletewoah so on point i will visit your blog more often i hope they take everything you have said on board
ReplyDeleteLike all starters we garner goodwill by self promotion thro free shows and all. With time u have to put ya feet down and weight your options. That's when you start thinking like a bizman. As intoned, everyone with his destiny but no matter what their will be some clients u cannot refuse for free.
ReplyDeletei am sure you are one of the people spoiling this business for us what do you mean by good will self promotion are you trying to use grammar to justify yourself because its not working
Deleteread what she wrote she said she is not saying don't do free show but make sure the reason for doing it is good some of you have being doing free shows for 3 to 4 years now, i can name names but no point i am into entertainment in Dublin to and i agree with what she is saying we must learn to stand our grounds how long are we going to be doing free show everything she said here is so on point, the problem with us is that we don't like the truth even me most time but she is bold to say what we are thinking about kudos ma
ReplyDeleteLike u said, no point in naming them jare!Some of us artists have been doing free shows since Ireland got their Independence and will still continue to do free shows till the world comes to an end!!!#u know urselves# sYoung Bross as far as i am concerned is a true artist forget about the bad vibes about him, he knows he has paid his dues and now, it's time to be rewarded for same!! God bless u ma.
Deletepoddesk young bross can afford to say that because he has being in the game for long but for those of us just starting we have no choice than to perform for free
ReplyDeleteThis is so on point! The truth is, we artists are not worth fighting for. Reason is we have alot of ass lickers in this game that even if we take a stand not to perform for free, these so called suckers will still go back and perform for free! I remember vickie robert contacted a blogger sometime ago to blog about this same issue...it's still a pity things have not changed! As for me, i am no longer performing for free!!
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ReplyDeleteThis is spot on, its about time promoters value artists, including djs that are promoters too. Even upcoming artist should be valued and given some form of token. Shout out to the bloggers, artist, djs promoting afrobeat and entertainment at a whole. I hope this issue will soon be a past issue and things begin to change for the good.
ReplyDeletePoddesk thanks u for writing about this issue it iS so on point, i hope the artist take it up so as to stop these so called promoter ripping us off
ReplyDeleteNaija artists in Dublin...funny, there are none.Just social benefits seekers, jobless users,there are millions of you doing their videos but none worth paying for.Get jobs, stop the fraud.
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