COSON ON THE STREETS
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Sunday 20 January 2013
Saturday 19 January 2013
THE COSON WEEK WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE AND UNVEILING.
The important details of the much talked about
COSON Week 2013 will be revealed to the public at a special world press
conference to be held in Lagos on Tuesday, February 5th 2013 @ the 'PROTEA HOTEL' plot 42/44 Isaac john street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos. 
Wednesday 16 January 2013
4 REASONS 2 SUPPORT THE COSON MUSIC FOUNDATION
1. Nigerian musicians are taking the world by storm. In every city in every continent in the world today, music made by Nigerians has become one of the most important positive identifiers of the Nigerian nation. For every Tu Face Idibia that is considered a success story, there are many other equally talented young Nigerians seeking a little assistance to help propel them to a better future. For every P Square making waves from Cape Town to Cairo, there are many more talented twins who with some help can rewrite the history of Nigerian music. The COSON Music Foundation can provide the assistance they need, ensuring that these talents are not wasted, providing a path to gainful employment to gifted Nigerians who the Devil may otherwise have used to torment the nation.
2. Around the country are many who have used their music to give so much happiness to many of our countrymen but who today as a result of age, infirmity or some incident outside their control spend their lives in indescribable misery. In a calling where there is no pension, no gratuity and no insurance scheme, the COSON Music Foundation can provide the support mechanism to put smiles back on the faces of many who today are virtually hopeless and guarantee those who are presently active that if that day comes when they may no longer be on top of their game, they can be sure of a safety net to cushion any fall.
3. To develop the Nigerian music of the future that has the potency to rule the world, energize our tourism industry and be a key tool for national mobilization, there is need for constant research and training of the minds that will seize upon the great potentials that abound in our nation and unleash that creative energy on the world in an articulated sense. Very little research is presently going on in this area even in our best institutions because there are no resources and very little leadership. The COSON Music Foundation can provide the resources and leadership to trigger a new economic and cultural revolution based on the effervescent Naija spirit driven by the music and popular culture of the Nigerian people in an area in which our nation has strong international comparative advantage.
4. All over Nigeria, musicians continue to pay a huge price for the massive abuse of intellectual property rights. This abuse seriously discourages investment in the music industry causing a drain on the national economy. Even when there are clear plans to address the infringement of intellectual property rights in Nigeria, there are very limited resources to activate the plans. The COSON Music Foundation ought to provide resources to intensify the battle against piracy and other forms of abuse of the rights of musicians in Nigeria thereby creating a better environment for investment in the music industry.www.thecosonsongawards.blogspot.comwww.thecosonsongawards.blogspot.com
Friday 11 January 2013
WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE/UNVEILING
The important details of the much talked about
COSON Week 2013 will be revealed to the public at a special world press
conference to be held in Lagos on Tuesday, February 5th 2013 @ the 'PROTEA HOTEL' plot 42/44 Isaac john street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos.
The COSON Music Foundation will be formally launched in style on
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Lagos. The launch is a major highlight of The
COSON Week 2013
Chief Okoroji is calling on everyone who has been moved by a piece of
music to contribute something to the COSON Music Foundation account no.
2022235592 at First Bank of Nigeria saying that every drop will help
make the dream a reality.
THE COSON MUSIC FOUNDATION
WHY I'M COMMITTED TO THE COSON MUSIC FOUNDATION - OKOROJI
‘The rash of avoidable
deaths and incapacitation from manageable ailments that have hit the
Nigerian creative community in recent times are some of the reasons
behind my total commitment to the big launch of the COSON Music
Foundation in 2013’ so says the Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria
(COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji. According to the COSON Chair, ‘All over
the country, there are very talented people from the creative community
suffering from diseases that are curable or living in situations that
are heart breaking and our nation appears unable to do anything about
these situations. I agree that we will not be able to solve everyone’s
problems but we should not be so handicapped that we cannot do anything
for anyone. All we seem to do is to pray. Prayer is good but prayer
without action is not good enough’
Chief Okoroji says, ‘despite the great passion that a lot of people
have for football, I have met many who cannot stand football. Rice is
probably the most loved food in the world yet there are people who do
not eat rice. I have travelled round the world and I am yet to find one
person who does not love music. As we begin 2013, I am going to beg
everyone who loves music to contribute to the COSON Music Foundation so
that we can prevent the untimely death of another music talent or give
an opportunity to some indigent talented person to bloom. I intend to
campaign every day and everywhere and we will turn hopelessness to
enchanting smiles. I have no doubt that once again we will prove that
complaining is not just enough, we can actually solve problems in
Nigeria’
Chief Okoroji is calling on everyone who has been moved by a piece of music to contribute something to the COSON Music Foundation account no. 2022235592 at First Bank of Nigeria saying that every drop will help make the dream a reality.
Preparations are already in full gear at the Opebi Lagos Headquarters of COSON for a massive launch of the COSON Music Foundation. The COSON Music Foundation will be a depository of funds to assist indigent musicians or musicians in distress. The Foundation will also provide funding for music education and training for young musicians, deliver insurance schemes to assist musicians in their time of need, provide robust intervention in the battle against piracy etc. COSON believes that these are important objectives requiring considerable resources which the distributable funds of the organization may not be readily applied to because of the regulatory framework under which COSON operates
The COSON Music Foundation will be formally launched in style on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Lagos. The launch is a major highlight of The COSON Week 2013, one week of unrivalled spectacle which will grip the attention of the nation from May 19, 2013 and rise to a crescendo on May 25, 2013 when the first COSON Song Awards is unveiled in Lagos. Nothing is being left to chance to make The COSON Week 2013 unforgettable moments in the life experience of Nigerians.
In the words of Chief Okoroji, ‘Hundreds of Nigeria’s topmost artistes are members of COSON. The build-up to the events of the COSON Week will be like nothing ever seen in Nigeria’. The COSON Chairman has said that he is giving a personal guarantee that the COSON Week 2003 will be talked about for years and years to come. ‘We are planning live broadcasts across the board and there will be something in the program to grip the attention of everyone, young, old, Christian, Muslim, old school, new school, etc. It will be a paparazzi festival and a promotional and advertising bonanza’
According to the erstwhile President of PMAN and undisputed master organizer of the big show, ‘anyone who knows me knows that I will not promise things and not deliver. With our pedigree, every corporate, communications or brand manager should have full confidence to partner with us with the assurance that we will deliver unmatched value’
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