Popular gospel artiste, Paul
Praise, established himself in the short while he got into the music
industry. He launched himself into the industry in 2008 and stuck to
gospel music. Five years down the line, he has no regrets. However, he
told Saturday Beats that a major challenge of gospel artistes is that
people expect them to perform for free, forgetting that they have bills
to pay.
He said, “The greatest
challenge is people’s expectations of gospel musicians. Most people
expect that we are not supposed to get paid because of our genre of
music; they believe we should do it for free since it is the work of
God. The truth is that our equipment is bought with money and the
musicians and the band members have families that they need to take care
of. Sometimes when people call and ask how much we would charge for a
particular performance, they feel shocked at the amount we mention. They
remind us that it is the work of God but they fail to understand that
we all buy things from the same market as everybody else.”
Sharing a near death
experience that got him closer to God, Paul Praise said he almost died
after a surgery and did not wake until he was about to be taken to the
morgue.
“In 2008, I was in coma for
about eight hours but God brought me back to life through the prayers of
men of God. I was sick and went for check up, I had a boil and a
surgery was performed to remove the boil. After the surgery, I did not
wake up for eight hours until when they were about to take me to the
morgue,” Paul Praise said.
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