Ghanaian Highlife musician, Bisa Kdei, has opined that musicians creating campaign songs for political parties is just a business that should not affect their career.
In an interview on Y97. 9’s ‘Dryve of Your Lyfe’ Show, he shared: “For me sometimes you have to see it as a business. The fans must sometimes understand that.
What really brings the problem is campaigning for a party after you have done a song for them. That is where the problem is”.
He instanced that he was ever ready to create songs for any political party as far as he will be paid for his job.
“If a party approached me and asked me to do a song for them for an amount that I think it is good for me, I see that as a business. Why not? That will work for me.
It’s business. You are getting paid. It is just like being billed for a show.
Depending on the contract, I can even do songs for two different parties”, he added.
Meanwhile, he noted that while some musicians’ careers might be negatively affected by a decision to create political campaign songs, others may not experience that.
It is thus up to each and every musician to make that personal decision.
By: Alberta Dorcas N D Armah