What COVID-19 Taught Me -Sir Shina Peters
POPULAR singer, Sir Shina Peters has revealed that COVID-19 taught him how to manage his finances.
In an interview with City People, the Afro-juju maestro said he’s now left with spending his savings to survive, as the infectious disease, has crippled in the entertainment industry.
While lamenting how COVID-19 humbled him, Peters maintained that music business is no longer feasible, at least till a vaccine to cure the virus is discovered and approved.
His words; As regards Covid-19 I have learnt a lot. The Covid-19 has shown to us that this life is far more delicate than we can imagine. I now believe that whatever you are doing today in a second, the table can turn around. I have learnt to be more conscious. I have learnt to be more humble, because we may be seeing today and tomorrow we are no more together. More so, it is only when we are eating and dining together, that we remember ourselves. We have been indoor for 3 months now.
“So I have learnt to be more cautious now especially when it comes to savings. If we don’t work for three months and money is not coming from anywhere, if you don’t know how you will manage, if the money is not forthcoming, the one you saved too will finish.
“As long as we are still on the lockdown there is nothing like music, there is nothing like concert, there is nothing like social life. So if this pandemic continues till next year, how are we going to survive? But people are talking about banking they are talking about the corporate world; they are forgetting that it’s the artistes they always use when they are going up there.
“They use us when they are going for the Presidency, Senate, etc. to be singing for them. But today no one is remembering us. That’s why I have learnt to respect integrity. If you have integrity, you have everything. Truth be told, what I am spending now is my past savings. We always advise artistes to always make sure their music is a constant material. By the grace of God, I have many materials to turn to money any day, anytime. But what about those artistes who have sold their master tapes?”
