Renowned Ghanaian music producer, Zapp Mallet, seems to have regretted choosing to be a sound engineer in Ghana.
Despite working so hard and putting his creativity to good use, the producer states that he gets little or nothing for his sweat.
He noted that unlike Ghana, producers across the world enjoy huge monetary benefits for thier works.
“I am in the right profession, the right vocation, but in the wrong location”
“You see the guy who wrote the Champions League anthem, every performance of that song, every time or year, at the stadium on TVs, gives him something”, he said.
Zapp Mallet noted that in Ghana, producers rarely enjoy royalties for their past and present works.
He explained that as a producer and a sound engineer, he rarely receives money for some of his old works especially those still playing today.
The producer partly blamed the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) for the shortcoming.
He disclosed that while serving as an official of GHAMRO for two years, he realized that GHAMRO has a tough time collecting revenues of artistes from radio stations, TV stations and other medium.
