{"id":418983,"date":"2017-09-16T07:20:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T07:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/16\/it-is-not-easy-to-be-a-gospel-musician-oj\/"},"modified":"2017-09-16T07:20:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T07:20:40","slug":"it-is-not-easy-to-be-a-gospel-musician-oj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/16\/it-is-not-easy-to-be-a-gospel-musician-oj\/","title":{"rendered":"It is not easy to be a gospel musician \u2013 OJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Saturday, 16 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>abrantepa.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/90378035.295.jpg\" alt=\"Oj Gospelmusician2\" title=\"Oj Gospelmusician2\" width=\"295\" height=\"277\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Gospel musician, OJ has lauded colleagues for organising musical shows<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505546440_633_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Gospel musician, OJ, has commended his colleagues for their ability to organize musical shows without support from corporate bodies.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook live interaction with his fans monitored by www.abrantepa.com, OJ said he was overwhelmed by the level of perseverance and heights achieved admitting that it is not easy for one to put up a successful show without any sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I\u2019m happy about is how the current crop of gospel musicians are able to organize their own events. It\u2019s so amazing. Kudos to all of you! You guys are doing so well. God bless you. At first, it wasn\u2019t easy securing sponsorship for shows but after taking up the challenge and organizing your own shows, the Lord is making the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not easy to be a gospel musician because you don\u2019t get sponsorship. The brands say you are a religious singer and they don\u2019t sponsor religious activities but the young people, I believe took the risk,\u201d he acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>A number of gospel musicians have complained bitterly about how companies embrace proposals from secular musicians but refuse to sponsor events by gospel musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to \u2018SP Kofi Sarpong Live in Concert\u2019  this year, manager of the artiste, Ernest Kwesi Ennin made it known that efforts to secure sponsorship yielded very little positive results as not even a single company offered a thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 1000) sponsorship. Regardless, the event was successful.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Mettle, however, secured a sponsorship from Vodafone for his \u2018Praiz Reloaded Concert\u2019 organized this year.<\/p>\n<p>Other gospel musicians who have taken it upon themselves to organize their own shows include Ohemaa Mercy [Tehilla Experience] and Herty Borngreat [Be My Guest].<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmroware%2Fvideos%2F10214184550833525%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Saturday, 16 September 2017 Source: abrantepa.com 2017-09-16 play videoGospel musician, OJ has lauded colleagues for organising musical shows &#13; Gospel musician, OJ, has commended his colleagues for their ability to organize musical shows without support from corporate bodies. 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