Ghanaian gospel artist Josh Laryea has moaned about the over immersion of tunes that glorify material accomplishment to the detriment of songs for spiritual uplift.
"We've neglected to focus on the genuine reason for gospel music. Now is the right time to move center," he told Graphic Showbiz in a interview.
Josh, who is likewise the head pastor of Kharis Center International at La in Accra, said in times past, he additionally got influenced by tunes that conveyed such thriving messages.
"I've been a casualty myself and it took some time for me to acknowledge I was going off kilter. I began to see that the verses of my melodies were evolving. Thinking back now, I have a few laments yet I acknowledge that at that point, I presumably didn't have any desire to be an independent person so I pursued the direction,' he said.
He thusly pinned this peculiarity on ministers for regularly conveying lessons loaded down with such messages as opposed to spreading things that will attract individuals nearer to Christ a completely change themselves to improve things.
"I will part of the way fault ministers for the change in focal point of gospel music. It is said that 'you are what you hear' and the result of what the congregation is doing is what's going on with gospel music now," he said.
Minister Josh Laryea said in light of the fact that tunes themed on material achievement certainly stand out enough to be noticed, most gospel artists incline towards that heading.
"Indeed, we should be applicable, however not to the detriment of our profound command. Now is the right time to pull together on the message since we are slowly making a culture where individuals accept God's essential concern ought to be the condition of their ledgers," he said.
Josh Laryea got into the music business in 1992 when he delivered his presentation melody, 'His Restoration Power'.
He is additionally known for tunes like 'Emmre', 'Ajoomi', 'Ngboo', 'Kane' and 'Bisa.'