Famous Playwright, Uncle Ebo Whyte says a lot of Artistes Managers are to be blamed for lack of discipline on the part of the Artistes.
Speaking at the 4th edition of Joy FM’s Showbiz Roundtable on events, venues and safety, the venerated playwright said this has contributed to a lot of lapses in how Artistes do business with event organisers and other people in the entertainment ecosystem.
“We do not have many of our artistes who have managers that they respect. In many cases, the person he introduces as his manager is nothing more than a glorified messenger. So the manager cannot ask him to do anything he decides not to do,” he noted.
Stressing indiscipline on the part of artistes, he said there had been instances where some artistes appeared late at events, or charged fees for events and did not turn up because they did not have anyone to whip them into line.
He also cited an artiste who was billed to perform at a concert in the United Kingdom but couldn’t make it to the show on the day because he had passed out from overdose of drug intake.
The Roverman Productions boss intimated that for the creative industry to take shape a lot of these concerns need to be addressed.
Other people on the panel were Solomon Lartey, the President for the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana, the CEO of Asuavo Security Richard Osei and Roberk Klah, PRO of Charterhouse.
The rest were Sefa Gohoho, the CEO of Untamed Empire; Kate Hassan, the President of the Event Vendors Association of Ghana; and Kojo Poku, the Chief Executive Officer of Big Ideaz Consult.
