Celebrated rapper Sarkodie has urged Ghanaians and music lovers to support their works by purchasing their music from the various paid platforms.
The biggest challenge in monetizing content online is that it gets pirated for free downloads. Some of the various websites and music streaming platforms give out songs for free, to the detriment of the artistes.
The issue of Copyright infringement has been a headache for most creative persons and musicians are not exempted. Lots of revenue due artistes are lost to free downloads and illegal uploads.
However, Sarkodie in a lengthy post on twitter today cautioned bloggers to avoid putting out their songs for free downloads and rather push links to paid platforms.
He added that doing this will encourage people to develop the culture of purchasing their works online.
He again encouraged fans to opt for music from paid platforms to support their artistes if they’re indeed true fans.
There are a lot of platforms that artists put our music … if you are a true fan, please purchase the music… it’s no different from the so called free sites cos you are still using data(and that’s still money) – he said
Read his rants below
There are a lot of platforms that artists put our music … if you are a true fan, please purchase the music… it’s no different from the so called free sites cos you are still using data(and that’s still money)
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
There’s nothing like free music
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
Fans feel like they getting music for free but actually you not… @MTNGhana x @VodafoneGhana x @airteltigoghana and these networks are making the money from your data while your favorite artists are making nothing from your purchase … Think about it
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
All these free sites want is the traffic on their sites so you still don’t lose anything if you push official links from your sites … It starts from there, so the people understand how it works ….
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
We (artists) know when we wanna put out music for free …
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
And to the fans, if you love your artists I’m pretty sure it won’t hurt to pay some coins to listen to their work … You get to be entertained and the creator gets to feed his or her family
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
Let artists eat
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
I know sometimes these free sites help push records but can you guys please allow artists make some ??????????????? At least give them a week God!!! Just push links of paid platform links from you sites.. you don’t lose sh!t
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
I get that perfectly that’s why you need to start signing up with paid platforms so you get notifications one it drops … https://t.co/8hPdn7yEO0
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
Stay without music for a month and you will know what you get from us boss ???????? God bless you for your support anyways https://t.co/E5NqkD7SKI
— Sarkodie (@sarkodie) June 27, 2019
