FOSTERING GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVE MUSIC BAND AND FUN-SPOT OWNERS
As the Nigerian music industry is currently witnessing the influx of performing artistes, it corroborates the fact that majority of the youths are determined to make a living through music without undergoing any music rudiment training or going a step further to learn how to play one musical instrument. The live bands are not left out in this growing population. As the live band owners struggle to be in business by fiercely competing for few fun-spots that are ready to accommodate live band the relaxation spots exploit the live band by not paying performance fee and the band in a bid to survive will rely on spray dash. The band may be lucky to make good spray which will be shared among the musicians and if the fun-spot do not provide sound equipment it will be paid for from the spray dash; in that case, there will be nothing or just transport fare left.
More worrisome, is the practice of some fun-spots management that shares spray dash into two and take half. Some of these fun-spots managers often tell the band that they are doing the musicians favour by allowing them to play but they knew that the band also add good value to the business because customers in most cases prefer to listen to live band.
One wonders why a fun-spot should engage a band on a spray dash bases, no offer of refreshment or even water after accepting a rigorous play time of ‘till the last customer goes’ which usually extend into late night hours. I wonder why fun-spots in Nigeria are becoming slave drivers to those that created happiness on the faces of their customers. Music is an art and resonates from inner emotion which connects with the listeners but shouldn’t band be respected by fun-spots owners?
Putting these fun-spots under serious check and formulating mutual benefits policies for the parties should have been one of the key responsibilities of the Performing Musician Association of Nigeria (PMAN). Legendary instrumentalists and vocalists are left to be insulted by capitalists dominating the entertainment industry.
Thirty years ago, we should have had a music empire with an international standard creative art park, live performance stages, theatre, well equipped music training school and regular music concerts that will promote and sell our culture overseas these are my little but promising showbizness future value expectations from PMAN. But today, PMAN doesn’t have a registered office. It is still saddled in unending tussle for leadership.
All PMAN past presidents and executives are comfortably watching all the embarrassing drama. I wonder how many of them can come out boldly and state what was achieved during their tenure?
Courtesy: Cashiff Ltd, music band managers, promoters and etiquettes trainers. Contact: 08023176523, 08179325260. Website:
As the Nigerian music industry is currently witnessing the influx of performing artistes, it corroborates the fact that majority of the youths are determined to make a living through music without undergoing any music rudiment training or going a step further to learn how to play one musical instrument. The live bands are not left out in this growing population. As the live band owners struggle to be in business by fiercely competing for few fun-spots that are ready to accommodate live band the relaxation spots exploit the live band by not paying performance fee and the band in a bid to survive will rely on spray dash. The band may be lucky to make good spray which will be shared among the musicians and if the fun-spot do not provide sound equipment it will be paid for from the spray dash; in that case, there will be nothing or just transport fare left.
More worrisome, is the practice of some fun-spots management that shares spray dash into two and take half. Some of these fun-spots managers often tell the band that they are doing the musicians favour by allowing them to play but they knew that the band also add good value to the business because customers in most cases prefer to listen to live band.
One wonders why a fun-spot should engage a band on a spray dash bases, no offer of refreshment or even water after accepting a rigorous play time of ‘till the last customer goes’ which usually extend into late night hours. I wonder why fun-spots in Nigeria are becoming slave drivers to those that created happiness on the faces of their customers. Music is an art and resonates from inner emotion which connects with the listeners but shouldn’t band be respected by fun-spots owners?
Putting these fun-spots under serious check and formulating mutual benefits policies for the parties should have been one of the key responsibilities of the Performing Musician Association of Nigeria (PMAN). Legendary instrumentalists and vocalists are left to be insulted by capitalists dominating the entertainment industry.
Thirty years ago, we should have had a music empire with an international standard creative art park, live performance stages, theatre, well equipped music training school and regular music concerts that will promote and sell our culture overseas these are my little but promising showbizness future value expectations from PMAN. But today, PMAN doesn’t have a registered office. It is still saddled in unending tussle for leadership.
All PMAN past presidents and executives are comfortably watching all the embarrassing drama. I wonder how many of them can come out boldly and state what was achieved during their tenure?
Courtesy: Cashiff Ltd, music band managers, promoters and etiquettes trainers. Contact: 08023176523, 08179325260. Website:
FOSTERING GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVE MUSIC BAND AND FUN-SPOT OWNERS
As the Nigerian music industry is currently witnessing the influx of performing artistes, it corroborates the fact that majority of the youths are determined to make a living through music without undergoing any music rudiment training or going a step further to learn how to play one musical instrument. The live bands are not left out in this growing population. As the live band owners struggle to be in business by fiercely competing for few fun-spots that are ready to accommodate live band the relaxation spots exploit the live band by not paying performance fee and the band in a bid to survive will rely on spray dash. The band may be lucky to make good spray which will be shared among the musicians and if the fun-spot do not provide sound equipment it will be paid for from the spray dash; in that case, there will be nothing or just transport fare left.
More worrisome, is the practice of some fun-spots management that shares spray dash into two and take half. Some of these fun-spots managers often tell the band that they are doing the musicians favour by allowing them to play but they knew that the band also add good value to the business because customers in most cases prefer to listen to live band.
One wonders why a fun-spot should engage a band on a spray dash bases, no offer of refreshment or even water after accepting a rigorous play time of ‘till the last customer goes’ which usually extend into late night hours. I wonder why fun-spots in Nigeria are becoming slave drivers to those that created happiness on the faces of their customers. Music is an art and resonates from inner emotion which connects with the listeners but shouldn’t band be respected by fun-spots owners?
Putting these fun-spots under serious check and formulating mutual benefits policies for the parties should have been one of the key responsibilities of the Performing Musician Association of Nigeria (PMAN). Legendary instrumentalists and vocalists are left to be insulted by capitalists dominating the entertainment industry.
Thirty years ago, we should have had a music empire with an international standard creative art park, live performance stages, theatre, well equipped music training school and regular music concerts that will promote and sell our culture overseas these are my little but promising showbizness future value expectations from PMAN. But today, PMAN doesn’t have a registered office. It is still saddled in unending tussle for leadership.
All PMAN past presidents and executives are comfortably watching all the embarrassing drama. I wonder how many of them can come out boldly and state what was achieved during their tenure?
Courtesy: Cashiff Ltd, music band managers, promoters and etiquettes trainers. Contact: 08023176523, 08179325260. Website:
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