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Stop Pirating Your Own Works, Felix
Duke Tells Artistes
Nigerian music artistes have been warned against pirating
their own works. A one-time gospel act and presently dance-hall exponent, Felix
Duke gave the admonition to his fellow acts while speaking Wednesday at a
seminar organized by the publisher of City People Magazine, Mr. Seye Kehinde in
conjunction with the Pretty Okafor-led Performing Musicians Employers
Association of Nigeria (PMAN) entitled “Revamped Music Industry”.
Felix Duke in his delivery which he described as words to
encourage his fellow music acts, lamented that many artistes, due to lack of
money to pursue their respective initial projects would deliberately walk to
Alaba International Market to submit their incubating musical projects to unscrupulous
labels for inclusion into what they call mixed tapes that add no value to the
artistes’ fortune.
He said: “Hear this; my fellow artistes, stop going with
your legs to Alaba to submit your musical works to the quasi label to include
in their mixed tape for which you also pay without getting any return. By so
doing you are killing your career before it gets started”
Felix Duke further stated that they should endure whatever hardship
and challenges they are facing and trust that they would make it without
necessarily going to waste their intellectual property in the hands of those
who would always be ready to rip where they did not sew.
Other speakers at the event which largely attended by
performing and recording acts, include the president of PMAN, Pretty Okafor,
Sunny Neji Asha Gangali, Ruggedman and the publisher of City People Magazin.
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