The SMG (Sputnic Music Group) studios in Atlanta, Georgia was the venue for a celebrity mini-party which included the likes of Abdul Salaam Mumuni of Venus Films Production fame, Mr Abodam aka Kwaw Kese, and Ghana’s screen idol Majid Michel, who declared, “I’m just here to spend quality time with my brothers.”

The owner of the SMG studios is a Ghanaian producer and engineer named Sputnic. Currently blowing up the producing scene in the USA hip-hop circuit, he’s not as well known in Ghana so therefore, I think it is time for a brief introduction.

Sputnic has worked with a variety of A-List music artists including the likes of Akon, Teddy Riley, T.I., Wyclef Jean, Outkast, Jermaine Dupri, Dallas Austin and many more.

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This is the final part of the article ‘Can Ghana Music Awards Be Bought’? Click here to read the part one.

Charter House must construct a suitable system to determine the inclusion of artists from other Ghanaian regions. This must be done in order to dispel the perception that the Ghana Music Awards is strictly for Accra-based music artists.

Not only would a new system avoid discrimination across the regions when it comes to nominating artists, it should also be implemented in order to ensure that the committee members have facts before selecting the nominees of a particular category in order to avoid embarrassing occurrences.

These include when Ohemaa Mercy’s producer had to be contacted in order to find out when ‘Obeye Kesse’ was released, or when Okyeame Kwame was contacted to ask about which of his brothers in the rap duo Bradez should be nominated in the ‘Best Rapper of the Year’ category.

One would assume that as committee members, they would be aware of this information already. It seems quite unbelievable that the awards have been happening for 11 years now, yet there seems to be very little progress made in terms of the system and acquiring of information.

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Below are the various categories and category description. Ghana Music Awards 2010 is slated for the Accra International Conference Centre on the 10^th April, 2010.

As part of the Ghana Music Awards festival, an open forum was held on April 1 for stakeholders to discuss efficient ways to utilize new trends in music marketing. The forum which was instituted in 2009, discussed the issue of musicians paying for airtime in the first year and according to Mrs. Diana Hopeson, the President o the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), plans are far advance to do further negotiations with independent broadcasters on how to reach a fair agreement concerning paying for airplay.

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