Some music enthusiasts, recently advised record label owners and their artists to ensure proper signing of contract agreement to avoid disputes.
They dished out the advice in a reaction to popular Nigerian singer, Anidugbe Daniel, a.k.a Kiss Daniel’s announcement on his exit from his record label, G-Worldwide Entertainment.
Kiss Daniel, who is best known for his chart-topping single “Woju”, announced his `divorced’ from the record label after `a four year romance’ on his twitter handle @iamkissdaniel.
“All is set for the take-off of “FLY BOY I.N.C” which is my label. This implies that all activities regarding Kiss Daniel will be carried out under this new arrangement” Daniel said.
“This is an important move for me and I sincerely want to thank the fans who have always been there for me and also the media for their constant support,” he said.
The artists also confirmed his exit with the removal of G-Worldwide from his profiles on social media handles with the new the new label called `Flyboy INC.’
`Capital Hill` music record label owner, Tobechukwu Ejiofor, a.k.a Illbliss told NAN that for some bizarre reason, most artistes do not treat the music business as a business.
“First of all I think the artist need to take a little bit more control over the music and they need to become partners in the business.
“That era where you are an artist, is fading. So when you are stepping in and meet a record label, how about raising 50 per cent of the money?
“So that when you sit down at the table, it becomes a partnership in its true sense.
“That is where we should go to now, because everybody should become like an investor in the course.
“Not the artist pops up, the label spends a lot of money, then the artist wakes up one day and says I’m leaving and you don’t even know if the label has recouped all of its investment.
“On the other side the labels need to also spell it out from onset, from day one, make it clear cut, we are looking for partners, we are not looking for people to just sign and help their lives.
“It’s being unofficial, the record label artist relationship has been very unofficial in Nigeria, let’s make it official,’’ he said.
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