{"id":14119,"date":"2019-02-06T21:47:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=14119"},"modified":"2019-02-06T21:47:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:47:29","slug":"censor-music-before-you-play-on-radio-adofo-to-djs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=14119","title":{"rendered":"Censor music before you play on radio \u2013 Adofo to DJs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adofo-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adofo-1.jpeg 663w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adofo-1-410x270.jpeg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adofo-1-310x205.jpeg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Veteran Highlife artist J.A. Adofo is urging authorities in the music industry to pay close attention to the lyrical content being churned by the current crop of musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0Citi TV\u00a0he said the lack of quality control in the industry has allowed music with what he described as unwholesome lyrics to flood the airwaves.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat I have to tell the key stakeholders and government is that during the days of Kwame Nkrumah, when we produced music we took it to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and they kept it in their library,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued that \u201cthere was a listening session which allowed for songs to be censored for abusive and inappropriate language and as a result, there was a check on the music that reaches the youth and society at large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, these days there is no quality control on what song goes on air so musicians get away with all manner of lyrics but the presenters must be firm and ensure that the clean songs are played.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere are certain issues that must be kept away from the public domain but we have allowed these things to happen and it\u2019s ruining our children so we must make a conscious effort to check them if we want our society to be progressive,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The legendary highlife singer was recently awarded at Trigmatic\u2019s \u2018My Life\u2019 concert as one of the stakeholders in the music industry to have contributed to the growth and projection of highlife music to the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Highlife artist J.A. 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