Ghanaian gospel musician, Joe Mettle has made a revelation about gospel musicians finding it very difficult to get the needed sponsorship.
According to the award-winning gospel musician, some companies are reluctant to support gospel musicians because of the genre of music they do.
He made this known in a recent radio submission he had on the popular Ghanaian radio station, Hitz FM, and in his submission, he said;
“Some companies are reluctant to support gospel musicians because of the genre of music they do.
For my Kadour Tour, some of the companies we approached for sponsorship didn’t sponsor us. Some of them initially agreed to sponsor and disappointed at the last minute.
I didn’t say companies are refusing to invest in gospel musicians. I was misquoted.”
Days ago, Joe Mettle shared his thoughts on why instrumentalists who play the various instruments should be paid.
According to him, some instrumentalists service the church on a regular basis, and some on part-time basis. The expectations of the church from them requires a lot of sacrifice and makes it difficult for them sometimes.
He made this postulation after a debate erupted on social media on whether instrumentalists and musicians for the church should be paid or not.
President of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries (EAM) said in a viral video weeks ago that Instrumentalists should be well paid because “they carry the fuel for signs and wonders”.
Joe Mettle speaking on GTV Breakfast Show, he said;
“I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. There is full-time, part-time, and there is a service. It depends on how the church systems are. Some churches prefer or want a lot of time from their musicians. They want you to be at every major service early before everyone else. And for you to be doing other things that are also major will make that difficult for you. Most churches actually want their musicians to be at every church function.”
“There are quite a number of churches that have full-time Musicians who are on payroll. They don’t do any other thing. They come to the church during weekdays just to rehearse and be ready for the service. Most of the time when you go you see the difference in the delivery compared to when the guys will be so busy,” he said on Tuesday, May 31.
He added: “It can also help some of the musicians who do too many other things to share off some of those things they are engaged in to spend more time prepping for services, ministrations, and events.”
Source: www.ghgossip.com
