Diamond Platnumz rants about unsupportive government!
Platnumz,who deemed to have the most popular ringtones,argues about ringtones revenue,a question raised by one of Mps during Parliament session in Dodoma.
Mobile ringtones have in fact opened up a whole new revenue stream for record labels struggling with falling revenues and piracy.
Amazingly, ringtones are still one of the key pillars of the music business — music industry benefits significantly,musicians supplement their incomes and become famous in the process
Ringtones sales still generate HUGE revenue in Tanzania.Each player should draw its share of revenue from every ring tone that gets downloaded by the user, but it seems musicians are not benefited from them while others enjoy the lion's share.
Many politicians have realised that music has powerful effects and can be used as a vehicle for getting in touch with the people. They use musical influence to gain votes for their respective parties.According to Diamond,the government is completely unsupportive ,they just use them throughout the campaign and get dumped so coldly when done.
It is with this view in mind that government must realise the amount of popular support musicians as a whole have, therefore ought to give a lot of respect and material support to struggling musicians who undoubtedly through their creative and artistic minds know and understand the true feelings of the struggling masses at the grassroots level better than most politicians who only visit their constituencies during election time.
The foregoing account is given as a way of showing how Government support is essential for the struggling musicians of Tanzania. Needless to say, it is the Government which will benefit in the long run either by way of getting musicians to help them to promote Government policies, or simply by providing the youth with entertainment which is an essential psychological need, without which the youth are likely to remain idle or cause a revolution.
Both moral and material support from the Government are essential. If these are given it becomes easy for the musicians to organise themselves into a strong and viable industry. Again the Government will benefit from the income tax that will eventually be levied from this industry. The
Tanzania has the potential to raise millions of dollars from music alone if this industry is properly organised. There is also the possibility of large amounts of money being earned through record royalties,live performances and ringtones.
For this industry to become more viable in the future, certain moves have to be made.
Musicians have to find ways of getting rid of exploitation by other musicians, by promoters, by equipment owners, by music pirates and by record companies. Musicians need to organise themselves into a strong union or a co-operative body.
Both moral and material support from the Government are essential. If these are given it becomes easy for the musicians to organise themselves into a strong and viable industry. Again the Government will benefit from the income tax that will eventually be levied from this industry. The
Tanzania has the potential to raise millions of dollars from music alone if this industry is properly organised. There is also the possibility of large amounts of money being earned through record royalties,live performances and ringtones.
For this industry to become more viable in the future, certain moves have to be made.
Musicians have to find ways of getting rid of exploitation by other musicians, by promoters, by equipment owners, by music pirates and by record companies. Musicians need to organise themselves into a strong union or a co-operative body.
The music industry is both a cultural and a business concern. Its problems need to be looked into by all Government facets including Trade and Commerce, Labour, Treasury, Tourism, Economic Planning, Culture and Public Commission.
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