Music is no longer paying like it used to be - Mzbel

Ghanaian Hiplife musician Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, popularly known as Mzbel, has bemoaned the difficulty in promoting songs in modern times.

The ‘I am 16 Years’ hitmaker told Prince Kwesi Dadzie aka Mr. Handsome on GH Entertainment on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM that, in the past, a musician is able to make money even before his or her music is released because people will buy them. But in modern times, you have to struggle before your song is accepted.

She also decried the negative effects of piracy of songs, a situation she lamented has affected the sale of albums.

It has become easy for people to have access to songs and so it has affected the sale of CDs.

‘’Ghanaians are not buying CDs. People are downloading our songs and so we are unable to make money. Speaking for myself, I now release singles because the sale of an album is difficult due to technology,’’ she said.

Music she said is not treating her bad but she is not ‘’taking music as a world cup’’ like in the past. When asked how music is treating her and whether she is still into music, she said, ‘’not so bad. It’s okay. I do music once in a while. After fourteen years, I cannot take music as a world cup because you’ve seen it all, you’ve done it all. So I will release a song once a while. You cannot be moving from a DJ to DJ to beg for your songs to be played because the brand is already known and you have left a mark and so I will not be doing music like I used to do in the past.’’ When asked why she has relaxed in promoting her songs she said, ‘’whether you promote your songs or not, you will not make money like in the past. In the past, you will make money even if you don’t promote it because people will buy the rights even before the songs are released. I am currently moving from one station to the other promoting my new song. It was not like that in the past.’’