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Payment of money or middlemen is not a requirement to submit videos to ‘Trace Jama,’ the new Television channel dedicated to the promotion of Ghanaian music. The 24-hour channel is a partnership between Pan African music channel, TRACE and pay TV giant, MultiChoice. “Most importantly, video submission, and I want you to put this in bold letters, VIDEO SUBMISSION IS FREE. Do not pay anybody to submit videos to TRACE,” asserted Lanre Masha, General Manager, Music and Editorial, TRACE exclusively to  livefmghana.com . “It is free. You can go online  trace.tv  to submit your video or via  jama@trace.tv . Don’t let any middlemen or anybody tell you anything different.” On the issue of what constitutes a quality video, he cited videos of Bosom Pyung including the viral ‘Attaa Adwoa’ visual to buttress the idea that the quality of a video isn’t necessarily determined by its high expenditure but rather how creative it is, quality of a song and response from music au...

A networking event powered by the West African unit of American music company, Sony Music was held in Accra on New Year’s Eve. An Executive of Sony Music West Africa revealed exclusively to Graphic Showbiz , the first-ever SONY Music event in West Africa is the first stage of plans by the global music company to set up a world-class studio, and also sign music talents in Ghana. Currently the world’s second largest record company, SONY Music has signed deals with African artistes including Davido, Ycee, rapper AKA and WizKid.   Sadiq Abdulai Abu, founder of 3 Music Awards, Fui Tsikata, manager of M.anifest, Ko-Jo Cue, Ayat and other stakeholders in the Ghanaian music industry attended the event hosted by The Woods Lounge, Osu. Ghanaian singer and songwriter, AmaaRae moderated a panel of experienced music professionals including Ghanaian music video director David Nicol-Sey, Tunji Balogun, Executive VP of A&R, RCA Records, Ghanaian-American music Journalist Stephani...