Artistes Manager, Bulldog, born Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, has advised telecommunications (telcos) companies across the country to pay royalties to musicians.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM with host\u00a0 Andy Dosty, Bulldog underscored the need for the Telcos\u2019 to introduce a Data Levy Fee that would pay musicians upfront for marketing their songs.<\/p>\n
According to him, the telecommunications company make huge revenues from the works of the musicians so couldn\u2019t fathom out why they will turn a blind eye to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t have this digital world then when it started. I beg of them to introduce a data levy fee for the Telcos, even if it\u2019s 3 billion annually. They should pay upfront to the musicians because it\u2019s their platform that is carrying most of these stuffs to the pirates to do their work\u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Telecommunication companies throughout the country one way or the other utilize works of artistes to market their products in the public domain.<\/p>\n
The terms and agreement between Telcos and musicians on how they would be paid royalties is unclear which is in sharp contrast of what happens abroad.<\/p>\n
He added that, \u201cIf it\u2019s not like that, we will be seasonal. We can\u2019t work. They make a chunk of the money from that and it\u2019s about time they put in the work\u2026\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
Bulldog further urged musicians to unite and fight for their royalties from the telcos.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to sensitize our musicians. It\u2019s high time we start using our brains. That\u2019s all we have. All the resources can deplete but the mind is what God gave us. That\u2019s what the creative people use. There is a perception that musicians don\u2019t pay tax it\u2019s a huge lie\u2026\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Artistes Manager, Bulldog, born Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, has advised telecommunications (telcos) companies across the country to pay royalties to musicians. Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM with host\u00a0 Andy Dosty, Bulldog underscored the need for the Telcos\u2019 to introduce a Data Levy Fee that would pay musicians upfront for marketing their songs. According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":2663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1923],"class_list":["post-2659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bulldog-news"],"yoast_head":"\n