Songstress, Mzbel has stated that music is no longer paying as it used to. Something she has attributed to the difficulty in promoting songs in modern times.<\/p>\n
She also revealed that she no longer releases albums because it has become difficult to sell them due to technology.<\/p>\n
The ‘Legelege’ singer stated that formerly, a musician could make money even before the release of his\/her music.<\/p>\n
But in modern times, musicians have to struggle even after the release of their music.<\/p>\n
She also decried the negative effects of piracy of songs, a situation she lamented has affected the sale of albums.<\/p>\n
Mzbel noted that people are able to easily access songs online hence, they tend not to purchase CDs.<\/p>\n
“Ghanaians are not buying CDs. People are downloading our songs and so we are unable to make money. Speaking for myself, I now release singles because the sale of an album is difficult due to technology,”<\/em> she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Asked how she’s faring after more than a decade in the music industry, she revealed that she’s not doing so bad. However, she isn’t taken music as seriously as she did in the past.<\/p>\n
“not so bad. It\u2019s okay. I do music once in a while. After fourteen years, I cannot take music as a world cup because you\u2019ve seen it all, you\u2019ve done it all. So I will release a song once a while,”<\/em> she stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
When asked why she has relaxed in promoting her songs she said,<\/p>\n
whether you promote your songs or not, you will not make money like in the past. In the past, you will make money even if you don\u2019t promote it because people will buy the rights even before the songs are released. I am currently moving from one station to the other promoting my new song. It was not like that in the past.\u2019\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Mzbel, born,\u00a0Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, was speaking in an interview with Prince Kwesi Dadzie aka Mr. Handsome on GH Entertainment on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM.<\/p>\n
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