{"id":46652,"date":"2023-03-20T21:14:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T21:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/20\/artistes-for-pre-independence-concert-in-ho-were-underpaid-elorm-beenie\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T21:14:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T21:14:40","slug":"artistes-for-pre-independence-concert-in-ho-were-underpaid-elorm-beenie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/20\/artistes-for-pre-independence-concert-in-ho-were-underpaid-elorm-beenie\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistes for pre-independence concert in Ho were underpaid &#8211; Elorm Beenie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Artiste manager and publicist, Elorm Beenie has said in an interview with <strong>Joy FM<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018 A-Z\u2019 that artistes that performed at a pre-independence concert for this year\u2019s celebration in Ho were paid lower fees than they budgeted for.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pre-Independence Concert was held on the night of Friday, March 3, 2023 at the Ho Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting some of the challenges creatives in the region go through Elorm said, mostly, people who serve as middlemen to deals, try to exploit entertainment people in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told Kwame Dadzie in the interview on Saturday, March 18, 2023 that at the concert, somebody who served as a middleman to the Volta Region artistes, slashed down the fees that were originally budgeted for the local artistes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would get people who are middlemen who go behind and try to berate <em>[sic] <\/em>rate cards. Yes, I am saying it on record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[The middle men will tell you], let\u2019s say if Kwame is charging fifteen to twenty thousand, there is somebody who will go and say \u2018oh Kwame is my brother. I go fit get am 2,000\u2019,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Confirming Elorm\u2019s assertion, Seth Dellings Nyasorgbor (Sizzla), an event organiser and artiste manager in Ho said\u00a0the attitude is affecting the work of entertainers in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent show, if I tell you the amounts that were supposed to have been given to the boys and what they were paid to the boys, you would marvel. On paper, it is quoted that this person is supposed to get this amount but on the grounds, we are paid peanuts. How would they event get money and get the courage to master their craft?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Some artistes who performed at the event were Chief One, Agbeshie, Camidoh, Israel Maweta, Hanx Bex, Afro Khelly, and Feli Nuna.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/F2636BC0-116E-4D3D-800C-343045D8AF24.jpeg\" alt=\"Artistes for pre-independence concert in Ho were underpaid - Elorm Beenie\" class=\"wp-image-10032280950 lazy\"  data- title=\"Artistes for pre-independence concert in Ho were underpaid - Elorm Beenie\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seth Dellings Nyasorgbor \u2013 event \/ artiste manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elorm Beenie also stated that creatives in the region are faced with financial challenges, a reason most of them cannot gain recognition beyond the region.<\/p>\n<p>The two music executives from the Volta Region said that the entertainment space there is viable; they only need investors to tap into the varied opportunities and talents there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This discussion on projecting entertainment in the Volta Region comes on the back of the Afadjato edition of  A-Z which was held on March 11, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The show which was aired live from Gbledi Gbogame in the Volta Region explored the Ewe culture, tourism potential and creative economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artiste manager and publicist, Elorm Beenie has said in an interview with Joy FM\u2019s \u2018 A-Z\u2019 that artistes that performed at a pre-independence concert for this year\u2019s celebration in Ho were paid lower fees than they budgeted for.\u00a0 The Pre-Independence Concert was held on the night of Friday, March 3, 2023 at the Ho Sports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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