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Music of Saturday, 19 February 2005

Source: ghanamusic.com

Books To Edify Gospel Musicians

The gospel music scene in Ghana has been blessed with the proliferation of musicians and all have enjoyed the good gospel music provided by them.

However, very little has done to teach the correct and scripturally direct music that is labeled gospel, from our pulpits and churches and even from the recording studios.

We have all enjoyed gospel music without effectively addressing the problems that sometimes accompany them. For example, unscriptural lyrics, wrong motives for singing, materialism overshadowing ministry and the temptation to appeal to non-Christians which sometimes leads to comprise.

Kwabena Frimpong has gone to all length to put this right and has blessed the gospel music industry with two inspiring, practical, direct and scriptural books, ?Wait a minute! Musician? and ??And God Created Musicians? all published by Combert Impressions Ltd.

?Wait A Minute Musician!? deals with truths and principals that guarantee excellence in the ministry of music. It creates awareness about certain attitudes and perceptions that are critical to success and others that will guarantee failure. It outlines how one could excel according to God?s standards and not by the standards of men.

??And God Created Musicians!? is a practical ?hands on book? that explains what music was created for and thus what a musician is actually capable of. It practically teaches how a musician can work under God?s inspirational to leave the arena of mediocre compositions and performances and stretch their knowledge and skills to produce a mature ministry that would command the respect and the admiration of all.

As the author so rightly puts, it ?our success or failure in this ministry is not really dependant on how well God is able to get through to us?.

Kobby (as he is affectionately called) has actually been involved in raising, building and training music groups for over twenty-two books as his contribution to the gospel music industry.

He believes these books will revolutionalise perceptions, challenge musicians and inspire them to ?do it God?s way so they can experience God?s hand in their ministry and not simply handicaps.

Gospel artistes, song writers, leaders of music groups, soloists, church leaders, worship leaders, lovers of music, producers of artistes and the general public can get copies in the bookshops including Challenge Bookshops nationwide.