{"id":607272,"date":"2019-04-12T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p><strong>Kofi Owusu Duah Anto known in the Music Industry as Koda a Ghanaian Gospel musician has opened up on why he didn\u2019t file for the Western Music Awards (WMA).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Gospel musician, some young gospel artist"},"modified":"2019-04-12T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:01:11","slug":"im-glad-i-didnt-file-for-western-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/im-glad-i-didnt-file-for-western-music-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;m Glad I Didn&#8217;t File For Western Music Awards&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kofi Owusu Duah Anto known in the Music Industry as Koda a Ghanaian Gospel musician has opened up on why he didn\u2019t file for the Western Music Awards (WMA).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Gospel musician, some young gospel artistes have released songs during the  year under review and if he would have filed for those categories that his songs will be competing them, those artiste would have suffered.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: I\u2019m Not Feeling Akufo-Addo\u2019s Actions In My Pocket \u2013 Edem<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are these my young boys taking the pain over there so if \u2018Hosana\u2019 under the same category would been worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked on projects he\u2019s done so far, he answered that he has released five (5) albums and still counting.<\/p>\n<p>Westline Entertainment in February launched its third edition of the Western Music Awards (WMA) at the Raybow International Hotel in Takoradi.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO: I Can\u2019t Buy Credit For My Fans To Vote For Me To Win VGMA Awards \u2013 TeePhlow<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>The launch was attended by a number of music stakeholders such as Nero X, Osei Bediako, Tailor Rahim,  Casta Troy, Yaw Lucaz, Quesi Flex, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The awards scheme was instituted to recognise and honour distinguished music industry personalities from the region who have contributed positively to the growth of the music in the region as well as Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by Westline Entertainment with sponsorship from Rigworld Training Centre (RTC), the main awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 4 at the Best Western Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the interview below;<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"770\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ck-I_jgnS6g?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Source: ghgossip<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><\/p>\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>Kofi Owusu Duah Anto known in the Music Industry as Koda a Ghanaian Gospel musician has opened up on why he didn\u2019t file for the Western Music Awards (WMA). 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