{"id":455270,"date":"2018-01-15T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/15\/musiga-to-announce-standard-wages-for-musicians\/"},"modified":"2018-01-15T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T09:30:21","slug":"musiga-to-announce-standard-wages-for-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/15\/musiga-to-announce-standard-wages-for-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSIGA to announce standard wages for musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday, 15 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/25441376.295.jpg\" alt=\"Obour Abba Father\" title=\"Obour Abba Father\" width=\"295\" height=\"219\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) President, Obuor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1516008621_700_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Very soon musicians in Ghana will be contracted and paid according to a standardised grading system, the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has hinted.<\/p>\n<p>This system will prescribe how much musicians who are members of the union should be paid whenever their services are sought for performances or shows.<\/p>\n<p>At a press soiree organised by MUSIGA on Friday, 12th January, 2018, the President of the Musicians Union of Ghana, Bice \u2018Obuor\u2019 Osei Kuffuor said after having hatched the idea for a long time, the time was ripe for its execution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we\u2019ll be announcing standard wages for the music industry \u2013 and so we\u2019ll have A list artistes, B list artistes, C list artistes and MUSIGA is going to propose standard minimum wages that these artistes must be paid when you engage them for their services.<\/p>\n<p>The President also announced other things the union will be embarking on in the coming years. He said MUSIGA in partnership with the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) will be launching a pension scheme for musicians and an App for the union.<\/p>\n<p>He said another thing the union will be doing is an artiste incubation project dubbed the\u2019 Future Project,\u2019 aimed at giving support to fledgling musicians who have shown great potentials in their endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the need to help up and coming artistes because for a long time MUSIGA has been a professionals\u2019 club but for some time now we\u2019ve made a conscious decision to expand our wings to take in unsung artistes; people who have the potential but are not there yet,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have put these artistes together in an artiste incubation project, giving them all the needed support that MUSIGA can afford,\u201d Mr. Kuffuor added.<\/p>\n<p>He said in total, there are about 64 artistes in the Future project who have been supported to have international experiences and collaborations with established artistes.<\/p>\n<p>MUSIGA has also launched the \u2018Play More GH\u2019 campaign aimed at encouraging Ghanaian DJs and presenters to play more Ghanaian songs on the radio or television.<\/p>\n<p>One project that has sparked controversy after its announcement is the annual music chart compiled by Qisimah GH on MUSIGA\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to Obour, is purely based on radio airplay and would be done every year for both secular and gospel as a means of helping furnish the music industry with reliable data.<\/p>\n<p>Obuor who became President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) in 2011 is serving his second term in office.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 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 Monday, 15 January 2018 Source: citifmonline.com 2018-01-15 Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) President, Obuor Very soon musicians in Ghana will be contracted and paid according to a standardised grading system, the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has hinted. 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