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Highlife\u2008musician, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, believes the old musicians are the only ones who can salvage the Muscians Union of Ghana(MUSIGA)\u2008from its myriad of problems including the long-standing issue with their national elections.<\/p>\n
Gyedu Blay Ambolley opines it is about time old musicians like himself, Pat Thomas and the likes came together to run the affairs of the association.<\/p>\n
In an interview with\u00a0Graphic , the\u00a0Simigwa\u00a0hitmaker stated, \u201cIf you take people like me, Pat Thomas, Amakye Dede and the others, we don\u2019t sit down to think of ways to make the union profitable, that is why the younger ones have\u00a0 taken over. When the cat is away, the mice will always play.
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“If we the older ones won\u2019t sit down to think of how to streamline the Union, then all I just say to myself is why don\u2019t I concentrate on my European tours and my recordings, so that is exactly what I am doing,\u2019\u2019 he stated.
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Ambolley\u00a0went further to express his frustrations with MUSIGA, \u201cI have said it before and will say it once again that there is a lot of \u2018mafiarism\u2019 in MUSIGA.
The Obour-led administration took money for the association which they said was used for research.
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\u201cWe can\u2019t do things like that because it is an industry and those who have to lead the industry should be people with knowledge. I had the chance to stay in the US and I know what happens there and that can happen here too because it is the same formula.
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\u201cThey tell you we have 4,000 members but when you really go into it, you will find out we only have 1,000 members, there are so many fabrications not helping the industry to stand on a solid ground, they are not being truthful to themselves and to everyone.
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\u201cThey say they are there to help the industry but when you check their backgrounds, they don\u2019t have what it takes to do so. Bessa Simons was with Obour for eight years and what did they do? Yet he is now saying he can do better, how is that possible?, Ambolley questioned.
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Asked why he didn\u2019t stand for elections, if he had all the ideas to run MUSIGA, Ambolley said \u201cI have tried and the reason why I am stepping aside is because of the \u2018mafiarism\u2019 that I am talking about, it is going on in there today, aside from that, we the grown-ups are not sitting down to think.\u2019\u2019
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Away from MUSIGA, we sought his take on beefs in the industry, \u201cThey are just copying the Americans. Whether it is for popularity or attention, they do that to create news in the media.
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“I have already told them that instead of engaging in beefs, they should focus on how to export our music genres beyond the shores of Ghana.
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Gyedu Blay Ambolley also does not agree that beefs keep the industry active. \u201cHow can beefs keep the industry active? You are both doing the same music and trying to create rivalry, the bottom line is for attention. It is some kind of competition among themselves,\u2019\u2019 he said.
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When asked if he would respond if another musician attacks his brand? \u201cI don\u2019t think I would, once I do good music, my work will speak for me all the time.
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“Bulldog said something about me sometime ago and people blasted him on my behalf. I didn\u2019t have to say anything because my works speak for themselves. My music will always speak for me,\u2019\u2019 Ambolley concluded.<\/p>\n
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